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Russell
08-12-2007, 11:03 PM
Guts? Who is it?

Basically the guy that you could floor and knock around, but you'd never keep him down.
Bad_Intentions
08-12-2007, 11:05 PM
thomas hearns has a weak chin, you can barely knock him out (count to 10).
Russell
08-12-2007, 11:10 PM
Hearns doesn't strike me as someone who climbed off the canvas frequently.
Jose FM
08-12-2007, 11:33 PM
You know, by that definition, Gatti had a terrible chin. He was knocked down or stunned multiple times, but he could always pick himself back up.
First guy that came to mind was Gatti.
Bad_Intentions
08-12-2007, 11:35 PM
You know, by that definition, Gatti had a terrible chin. He was knocked down or stunned multiple times, but he could always pick himself back up.yea. the man had heart.
Marnoff
08-13-2007, 12:18 AM
thomas hearns has a weak chin, you can barely knock him out (count to 10).

Hearns? Consider his fights with Hagler, Leonard I, and Barkley I.
C. M. Clay II
08-13-2007, 01:02 AM
Floyd Patterson is the first that comes to mind. Also Joe Grim as well.:good
Fab2333
08-13-2007, 01:17 AM
Gatti
Tommy Hearns
08-13-2007, 01:30 AM
You know, by that definition, Gatti had a terrible chin. He was knocked down or stunned multiple times, but he could always pick himself back up.Gatti didn't have a weak, let alone terrible chin; the man was never a defensive marvel and simply ended up getting tagged flush throughout his career. Would you say, for example, that Danny Lopez had a weak chin?
hobgoblin
08-13-2007, 02:33 AM
seems inappropriate, but razor ruddock deserves a mention. he showed his recuperative ability vs tyson, lewis (two ATGs) not to mention tommy morrison, bonecrusher smith, etc. his chin was't great an you could drop him with grazing shots - but no one could put him down for the 10 - no one!
Russell
08-13-2007, 02:39 AM
Good one, hobgoblin.
ajohnfp
08-13-2007, 02:42 AM
Diego Corrales
Duodenum
08-13-2007, 05:14 AM
Carnera was Patterson before Patterson. As deadly a puncher as Max Baer was, Primo was getting to his feet almost as soon as he hit the deck. He was back on his feet almost as soon as Sharkey dropped him in their first meeting, but shrewdly dropped back to one knee for getting the benefit of a full count. Joe Louis couldn't keep him down either.

In the cases of both Floyd and Preem, excellent conditioning was probably the key factor in their resiliency.

I'd have to think a bit more about the non-heavyweights and non-champions, but Carnera's the most readily available example which hasn't been mentioned yet.
McGrain
08-13-2007, 05:42 AM
Just as CMC says - it's Floyd Patterson.

But what about Dempsey v Firpo? Basically fighting on whilst semi-conscious or at the very least severely concussed? That shows astonishing fighting instincts more than bravery perhaps.

There is a similair story about Louis in Schmeling I. I've never heard is second sourced though, so if anyone knows anything about this one, please post it.
Titan1
08-13-2007, 08:58 AM
Pernell Whitaker.
jackiebrown
08-13-2007, 09:05 AM
lmao pernell whiaker ..


how about trinidad...not that bad of a chin but the guy can sure get up and keep blazeing away knock downs just never looked like they effected him that much
Robot16
08-13-2007, 09:14 AM
Floyd Patterson is the first that comes to mind. Also Joe Grim as well.:good
Thats the first person i thought of too.
jowcol
08-13-2007, 09:47 AM
Of course you all know I'll say Patterson for sure...:D
Holmes' Jab
08-13-2007, 10:34 AM
Floyd Patterson is a fair shout. Also Jess Willard?
mcvey
08-13-2007, 11:31 AM
Guts? Who is it?

Basically the guy that you could floor and knock around, but you'd never keep him down.
Joe Grim takes this,of the moderns probably Patterson.
Duodenum
08-13-2007, 01:00 PM
Also Jess Willard?I don't think so. He showed a great deal of courage in Toledo, but that was the first time he ever hit the deck. Luther McCarty, Frank Moran and Jack Johnson weren't able to drop him in an era of five ounce gloves. Dempsey himself wasn't able to floor Jess again, although some of his bodyshots in the second and third rounds were still hard enough to lift Willard off his feet. Four years later, Jess stood up to everything Firpo could pitch at him for seven rounds. It took a sustained bombardment of overhand rights to finally land him in the eighth. I don't consider him to have had anything resembling a weak chin. Dempsey just had supermortal power in his punches that afternoon.