Boxing's most durable fighters.....

[Tinnie]

Battling Nelson made a name for himself going the distance with some of the acknowledged heaviest hitters of his day and was only stopped once towards the end of his career. His courage, tireless aggression and ability to absorb punishment earned him the nickname "The Durable Dane"

Who are some other durable boxers that can absorb punishment whilst still maintaining a high workrate?

[oliverfennell]

Saoul Mamby.

[jimglen]

spanning the years 4 that come to mind, Jeffries, Moore, Chuvalo and Glen Johnson...

have to think about some lesser known fighters like Joe Grimm and company, must be countless old war horses out there, you know 200 - 300 fight guys rarely stopped.

[raylawpc]

James J. Jeffries

[alexpaterson]

Varguez the man who fought Ricardo Lopez took a hell of a lot of punishment and just kept coming.

Jake LaMotta goes without saying really

[BoxBuzz]

If you'll excuse one bad NM moment and one quick KO Roberto Duran has to fit into this catagory. I like the Glen Johnson call. Jeffries and Moore of course. Maxie Rosenbloom? His record would say so, even if he was a bit of a dandy.

[dr_devious]

Marvin Hagler

[giacomino]

Jorge Castro. 130-11, 90 KOs. KO'd only twice in 20-year-career, both times when he was well past his prime and fighting at 20 or so pounds over his best weight. Started as a 19-year-old welterweight, held middleweight belt in the 1990s. As an overweight old man, fought twice for the cruiserweight title.
Took horrific nine-round beating in middleweight defense against 32-0 John David Jackson and scored one of the great come-from-behind KOs of all time. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PI9rydJd ... re=related
Went the distance with Roy Jones and Terry Norris at light middleweight and with 30-0 IBF cruiserweight champion Jirov. His two KO losses were against 32-0 cruiserweight champion Juan Carlos Gomez (who had a six-inch height and 11-inch reach advantage) and, at 38, against Jose Luis Herrera when Castro was coming back from a terrible car accident. Castro destroyed Herrera in two rounds a year later and then retired at 38.

[Goodnight, Irene]

Rosenbloom fought everyone, everywhere, all the damn time. What an example

[granberry]

Kid Lavigne, Kid Broad, Tom Sharkey, Jack Dillon, Tony Zale, Rocky Marciano, Johnny Risko, Paulino Uzcudun and tons of others.

Nelson is number one.

[oliverfennell]

Jorge Castro. 130-11, 90 KOs. KO'd only twice in 20-year-career, both times when he was well past his prime and fighting at 20 or so pounds over his best weight. Started as a 19-year-old welterweight, held middleweight belt in the 1990s. As an overweight old man, fought twice for the cruiserweight title.
Took horrific nine-round beating in middleweight defense against 32-0 John David Jackson and scored one of the great come-from-behind KOs of all time. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PI9rydJd ... re=related
Went the distance with Roy Jones and Terry Norris at light middleweight and with 30-0 IBF cruiserweight champion Jirov. His two KO losses were against 32-0 cruiserweight champion Juan Carlos Gomez (who had a six-inch height and 11-inch reach advantage) and, at 38, against Jose Luis Herrera when Castro was coming back from a terrible car accident. Castro destroyed Herrera in two rounds a year later and then retired at 38.

Great call. Castro-JDJ is one of the most "Hollywood" fights you'll ever see!

[zojo]

Mo Wilson

[jimglen]

good shout on Jack Dillon, a right hard nut by all accounts...

[granberry]

There is no film of Jack Dillon.

[SaadOffTheDeck]

Kid Gavilan

[IKSRTFO]

Marvin Hagler

Definitely, after the Hearns fight, I thought his chin was incredible because he got into a shootfight with someone who punches a little harder and pressed him into submission.

[enrique]

European Champion and middleweight contender Ignacio Ara was never stopped in 178 bouts against the best of his time.

[Seamus]

Duilio Loi
Panama Al Brown

[Ezzard]

Wayne McCulloch?

[granberry]

Carmen Basilio.

[granberry]

Kid Broad was known for his chin.

I was surprised to find out that he was British (originally).

He said Aurelio Herrera was the hardest puncher he ever faced.