10 best chins in boxing History
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No oliver McCall either......good list but could be better.
the list is very bias towards fighters from the early 80's back, im not saying all these guys never had great chins but theres been a few since the 90's to......Sweatpea should defo be considered, although he was never hit much he could take punches when he had to....he fought some destructive punchers like chavez,nelson,paez,oscar,tito in his career and was not floored by any of them.
the list is very bias towards fighters from the early 80's back, im not saying all these guys never had great chins but theres been a few since the 90's to......Sweatpea should defo be considered, although he was never hit much he could take punches when he had to....he fought some destructive punchers like chavez,nelson,paez,oscar,tito in his career and was not floored by any of them.
it was sweatpea who gave oscar the official knockdown in the 9th brutus, it was BS though because he clearly shoved oscar after landing a fairly soft shot.
Tito never knocked him down either,,,,there was a couple of ocassions in the fight when sweatpea slipped, you must be thinking of them mate.
To my knowledge sweatpea only recieved 1 official knockdown in his career and it was in his first 10 fights against roger mayweather and he was up at the count of 2,,,,,,i'll need to check this for sure.
I'd have to find room for "head of stone" Duran in there, and Holyfield, but that's just based on what I witnessed, most of us don't have any exposure to the fighters listed. Hagler, of course. You could even make the case for Ali.
You know, I got to looking at the list a little more, and it makes you wonder. All those old timers fought so many times, and so many rounds, I really think Boxing is one sport where the "athlete" has diminished over time. Can you imagine a current day LaMotta, or Sugar Ray Robinson? I can't, never in a million years. Yes, I'd have to say in large part, current day fighters are far far inferior to those old time greats. I'm not sure you can say that about any other sport.
You know, I got to looking at the list a little more, and it makes you wonder. All those old timers fought so many times, and so many rounds, I really think Boxing is one sport where the "athlete" has diminished over time. Can you imagine a current day LaMotta, or Sugar Ray Robinson? I can't, never in a million years. Yes, I'd have to say in large part, current day fighters are far far inferior to those old time greats. I'm not sure you can say that about any other sport.
Oh snap i remember the knockdown in th DLH fight now its been a while since i saw that fight.
Are you sure about the tito fight tho? i seem to remember Tito flooring him with a straight right hand.
He didn't tom, there was no official knockdowns in that fight.
Felix Trinidad vs. Pernell Whitaker (February 20, 1999)
I thought i remembered one so i had a look, this site has it listed in the second round. I might have to go watch it again but iv deleted it off the comp now lol
Correct Brutus, he's the best defensive fighter ive ever seen, i doubt we'll see one like that again.
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Charles didn't drop Marciano. The Moore knock down was a flash knockdown. Walcott floored Marciano with the same shot he knocked Charles cold with though. Marciano only got mad.
You cant go wrong with that pick Southpaw.
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