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Rover wrote:

JCS wrote:Larry Donald for taking those clean bare-fisted blows from Riddick Bowe at the pre-fight press conference.

You know, all kidding aside, I'm still extremely impressed at how Donald wasn't seriously hurt by those blows . . he just took them like they were nothing. Not only were they complete cheap shots, but it wasn't your usual press conference blows that are more like slap-boxing shots . . Riddick really put his weight and force behind those blows, and Donald took them flush without so much as a look of pain on his face!!!

dempseyfire wrote:

Rover wrote:

JCS wrote:Larry Donald for taking those clean bare-fisted blows from Riddick Bowe at the pre-fight press conference.

You know, all kidding aside, I'm still extremely impressed at how Donald wasn't seriously hurt by those blows . . he just took them like they were nothing. Not only were they complete cheap shots, but it wasn't your usual press conference blows that are more like slap-boxing shots . . Riddick really put his weight and force behind those blows, and Donald took them flush without so much as a look of pain on his face!!!

What became of Donald's lawsuit?

I always thought Don King solved it .

I dont think it was more "fighters who didnt get hit or dropped" ; but more "fighters who DID get hit on the chin, AND got back up to continue to fight on ". That is the meaning of "toughest chin".

Not heavyweights, but a little sidenote here.

Saoul Mamby
Tex Cobb
Joey maxim

These guys made a career of withstanding the punches of the best fighters their generation. Each only got Ko'd one time in their career and that one KO loss was in the 1st round.


OK, back to heavyweights.

Cobb was a heavyweight. Joey Maxim was definitely tough, I'd say it was his best quality. I don't know enough about Saoul Mamby to comment on him

gilgamesh wrote:Cobb was a heavyweight.

basil rathbone couldve had a decent boxing career - he'd certainly do tons of homework on his opponents and eventually work them out for an eventual win by deduction

i enjoyed watching cobb
that was just one tough s.o.b.
no matter what you threw at him he was gonna take it

probably why he had to be the ugliest bastard in boxing

mrs cobb disagrees

misterpunch wrote:mrs cobb disagrees

actually tex's ex sharon cobb said in a blog
that tex was the ugliest man but could charm the panties off a nun

sounds like a top bloke