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Re: Which HW (the top level only) has the best chin ?
Posted: 10 Mar 2020, 03:40
by Winter king
Parker took clean shots from Whyte and ate them. I know Whyte is no George Foreman but those punches looked pretty strong to just take them on the chin like nothing.
Re: Which HW (the top level only) has the best chin ?
Posted: 10 Mar 2020, 04:33
by margaret thatcher
Well, except for the shot that dropped him hard on his ass
Re: Which HW (the top level only) has the best chin ?
Posted: 10 Mar 2020, 04:42
by candyslim
I'd say Ruiz and Parker. Wilder has excellent recuperative powers I'm not sure if that equates to a good chin.
How Ruiz got up from that beautiful one two from Joshua I'll never know, much less how he came straight back at him. That was AJ's sunday punch and although Ruiz was stunned and floored, his recovery was just amazing. Parker's chin seems very sound but it hasn't been tested like that!
Re: Which HW (the top level only) has the best chin ?
Posted: 10 Mar 2020, 05:17
by Verdi
Top level probably Fury, but overall Sherman Williams can take some serious shots.
Re: Which HW (the top level only) has the best chin ?
Posted: 10 Mar 2020, 19:51
by Jeff_lacy_ko
Joshua dropped ruiz but he recovered and ate some massive punches in that first fight
Re: Which HW (the top level only) has the best chin ?
Posted: 10 Mar 2020, 21:54
by gilgamesh
ValMar wrote: ↑09 Mar 2020, 17:16
gilgamesh wrote: ↑09 Mar 2020, 16:06
Not only that, very seldom do these anvil like guys even get wobbled by shots from somebody. I mean over the course of a career you're bound to get knocked off balance or something somewhere along the way, but these guys seldom even stumble or get hurt in a noticeable way a lot of the time.
Very rare those guys. Often it's the guys that their toughness is what keeps 'em in the game because their skills are average.
Hagler and McCallum obviously being an exception to that.
Lamotta, Chuvalo, McCall though. Their toughness was definitely their best asset in the ring.
Noone mentioned (considering boxers who are no more active) Vitali Klitschko. He is the best example of the top level HW with an excellent chin.
He rarely faced anyone that would test his chin, but granted when he did. It held up fine.
Re: Which HW (the top level only) has the best chin ?
Posted: 11 Mar 2020, 01:31
by candyslim
Well if we're going to get historical about it, i give you Randall "Tex" Cobb.
Re: Which HW (the top level only) has the best chin ?
Posted: 11 Mar 2020, 02:05
by Best Coast
ValMar wrote: ↑09 Mar 2020, 17:16
gilgamesh wrote: ↑09 Mar 2020, 16:06
Not only that, very seldom do these anvil like guys even get wobbled by shots from somebody. I mean over the course of a career you're bound to get knocked off balance or something somewhere along the way, but these guys seldom even stumble or get hurt in a noticeable way a lot of the time.
Very rare those guys. Often it's the guys that their toughness is what keeps 'em in the game because their skills are average.
Hagler and McCallum obviously being an exception to that.
Lamotta, Chuvalo, McCall though. Their toughness was definitely their best asset in the ring.
Noone mentioned (considering boxers who are no more active) Vitali Klitschko. He is the best example of the top level HW with an excellent chin.
Vitali had a great chin. His only 2 stoppage losses were on cuts to Lennox & shoulder injury to Byrd!!
Re: Which HW (the top level only) has the best chin ?
Posted: 11 Mar 2020, 03:32
by candyslim
I don't think anybody mentioned Chris Arreola. He doesn't have a great skillset and he's hardly the most ferocious of punchers, but he's built a respectable career on his toughness and durability. He's getting rather shop-worn now and those attributes are in decline, but give the man his due his chin was pretty damn impressive.
Re: Which HW (the top level only) has the best chin ?
Posted: 11 Mar 2020, 04:08
by Heretic
Duhaupas has good chin too. (not a top level fighter tho)
Helenius was unloading on him in their fight before he got gassed. Wilder did not manage to even knock him down. Miller has stopped everyone else if the fight was over 6 rounds. The shots that put him down against Povetkin would have done the trick to pretty much everyone and he took the fight on one day notice.
Out of the old guys Vitali deserves a honorable mention. He took some crazy shots from Lennox, Peters and Sanders.
Re: Which HW (the top level only) has the best chin ?
Posted: 11 Mar 2020, 04:49
by candyslim
Yes it might be unfair but it's that Povetkin result that colours my opinion of Duhaupas's chin. I know he was a late replacement but I was surprised how quickly Pov got him out of there.
There again Wilder couldn't put him down and there aren't too many can claim that.
Re: Which HW (the top level only) has the best chin ?
Posted: 11 Mar 2020, 16:37
by Cas
Chisora has a pretty solid beard.
Re: Which HW (the top level only) has the best chin ?
Posted: 11 Mar 2020, 19:10
by candyslim
I was watching TFury vs Wallin earlier this evening and I was really impressed how Wallin took everything Fury threw at him. I know Fury isn't exactly George Foreman but he's a huge unit and he was loading up on his shots toward the end and Otto ate quite a number of them without choking.
I'd like to see Wallin fight Hammer or Kuzmin or maybe Rivas. He isn't among the elite but he can be in some good fights, hmmn Kownacki is another that would be a fun fight.
Re: Which HW (the top level only) has the best chin ?
Posted: 11 Mar 2020, 19:55
by lazboy
Without much evidence and I’d say Joe Joyce has a decent chin, if not, very good chin.
Thinking about the upcoming fight, I feel the only way Joyce can win is if DDD punches himself out on that big, thick, cranium.
Re: Which HW (the top level only) has the best chin ?
Posted: 11 Mar 2020, 20:20
by tiny_acres
candyslim wrote: ↑11 Mar 2020, 01:31
Well if we're going to get historical about it, i give you Randall "Tex" Cobb.
Add in Oliver McCall also
Re: Which HW (the top level only) has the best chin ?
Posted: 11 Mar 2020, 21:00
by Jeff_lacy_ko
Mccall got the vote from tyson amd lewis
He has the best chin in last 30 years
Re: Which HW (the top level only) has the best chin ?
Posted: 11 Mar 2020, 21:08
by tiny_acres
Jeff_lacy_ko wrote: ↑11 Mar 2020, 21:00
Mccall got the vote from tyson amd lewis
He has the best chin in last 30 years
His chin is legendary
Re: Which HW (the top level only) has the best chin ?
Posted: 12 Mar 2020, 02:59
by candyslim
I can't argue with that.
Re: Which HW (the top level only) has the best chin ?
Posted: 13 May 2026, 21:37
by gregregegg
Since this post has been inactive I think hrgovic, wardly and Zhang have joined the conversation. Anyone else?
Re: Which HW (the top level only) has the best chin ?
Posted: 14 May 2026, 03:07
by joshj909
gregregegg wrote: ↑13 May 2026, 21:37
Since this post has been inactive I think hrgovic, wardly and Zhang have joined the conversation. Anyone else?
Allen has the best chin over the past decade. Wach before that. Both not top level though I suppose
Re: Which HW (the top level only) has the best chin ?
Posted: 14 May 2026, 04:10
by gilgamesh
Jeff_lacy_ko wrote: ↑11 Mar 2020, 21:00
Mccall got the vote from tyson amd lewis
He has the best chin in last 30 years
McCall makes Jake Lamotta look like Duane Bobick.
Re: Which HW (the top level only) has the best chin ?
Posted: 15 May 2026, 23:38
by Jeff_lacy_ko
gilgamesh wrote: ↑14 May 2026, 04:10
Jeff_lacy_ko wrote: ↑11 Mar 2020, 21:00
Mccall got the vote from tyson amd lewis
He has the best chin in last 30 years
McCall makes Jake Lamotta look like Duane Bobick.
I bet only a few hundred people would understand that anaolgy and im happy im one of them
Re: Which HW (the top level only) has the best chin ?
Posted: 24 Jul 2026, 05:29
by candyslim
Me too. I even remember Rodney
