Weakest chins of all time? [Archive] - East Side Boxing Forum

Russell

08-13-2007, 09:49 PM

Not guys who would flop down on purpose when they started to take heavy shots... But guys that legitmately could not take power punches.

Maybe someone who was floored by light jabs multiple times or something.

Thoughts?

ironchamp

08-13-2007, 10:00 PM

Russell

08-13-2007, 10:28 PM

I'm not looking for a single definitive answer. Just fighters posters know with exceedingly weak chins.

Lets not strain ourselves mentally. ;)

ChrisPontius

08-14-2007, 08:39 AM

Moorer... was completely out by what looked like a mediocre punch from Foreman. Also noticed that Foreman didn't knock out anyone else of note during his comeback, not even the weak chinned Morrison. Moorer was also out cold after 2 or 3 punches from Tua.

Hide also had a pretty weak jaw. It looked like rigor mortis set in seconds after a jab from Vitali Klitschko hit him. That lovely description i copied from The Kurgan or Erratic Behaviour, i forgot. But it's true.

NickHudson

08-14-2007, 08:53 AM

Agree on Hide, his chin was truly pathetic. Remember the Bowe fight:dead

Also, for an ATG, Hearns was v. dodgy, especially from medium shots to the temple - he just seemed to cave in...

Moorer... was completely out by what looked like a mediocre punch from Foreman. Also noticed that Foreman didn't knock out anyone else of note during his comeback, not even the weak chinned Morrison. Moorer was also out cold after 2 or 3 punches from Tua.

Hide also had a pretty weak jaw. It looked like rigor mortis set in seconds after a jab from Vitali Klitschko hit him. That lovely description i copied from The Kurgan or Erratic Behaviour, i forgot. But it's true.

ozziebattler

08-14-2007, 09:30 AM

Moorer forsure..though getting koed by tua aint anything to be ashamed about..

People say tommy morrison had weak chin but looking at his fights lately and i came to the conclusion his chin was indeed solid..his defence was his weakpoint which lead to him copping some huge shots.In most cases he copped just asmuch punishment as his opponents even in winning bouts.

brooklyn1550

08-14-2007, 10:33 AM

Herbie Hide immediately comes to mind

Vantage_West

08-14-2007, 10:36 AM

i think moorer was better than most think he was knocked out by foreman, tua and holyfield...i see no problem with that

foreman landed a right hand down a shoutpaw stance on the chin...twice
tua threw a 4 hit combo onto his temple and jaw and even in that he was still awake he just couldnt get up.

Vantage_West

08-14-2007, 10:37 AM

Understatement of the history of mankind.:rofl

yea real shame herbie has a wet paper chin he could of been a great fighter...known as a greater fighter:p

Vantage_West

08-14-2007, 10:40 AM

Well you'd really have to know boxing well enough to dig into the thousands of tomato cans fighting to get an accurate answer.

Elite fighters or at the very least better known fighters wouldnt/shouldnt fit in this category.well this is the point so many elite boxers are called weak chinned but there must be so many journeyman and non achievers who have horrible chins but only the best rise to the top.

poeple like rahman can take some good shots maskaev and as we have said moorer can take a hard shot but they just dont stay stable

Vantage_West

08-14-2007, 10:48 AM

anyways other fighters outside the heavies i would put
ruby goldstien-great boxer puncher just could not take a punch ...at all he once got hadbutt in sparring and had to take the day off.

diego corrales- i know im going to get alot of hate becuase of this but he didnt have a set of whiskers to be credited for. his power and all action style along with his chin made him they best fighter to watch

garry deleney - a british cruiserwieght with a truely awful chin he would move foreward come to fight then thwack would end up on the seat of his pants he would get up and just run away...a real shame becuase he could of been a great british hopeful..knocked down by macca 7 times!!!it says on boxrec

Thread Stealer

08-14-2007, 11:35 AM

Hide also had a pretty weak jaw. It looked like rigor mortis set in seconds after a jab from Vitali Klitschko hit him. That lovely description i copied from The Kurgan or Erratic Behaviour, i forgot. But it's true.

That was probably Kurgan.

Anyway, Lorenzo Zanon.

KTFO

08-14-2007, 01:12 PM

Floyd Patterson,Joe Louis,Earnie Shavers,...

Stewbear

08-14-2007, 01:53 PM

Talking good fighters, morrison, hide, jones, patterson

Muchmoore

08-14-2007, 06:12 PM

Guys, how did you all forget Bruce Seldon :D

Duodenum

08-14-2007, 06:43 PM

mcvey

08-14-2007, 07:20 PM

SRL decked Benitez with a jab. Wilfred could certainly take it downstairs, but his chin was something else. Don Curry got as far as he did in large part by using his legs to avoid punishment. Howard Davis Jr. got floored early, and outslugged by Vilomar Fernandez. Anybody who was dropped by Maxie Rosenbloom might be a good candidate.
I saw Curry fight Colin Jones,he didnt use foot work to avoid punches ,stood right in front of Jones and countered the hell out of him,I wouldnt call Curry a mover.

Duodenum

08-14-2007, 07:39 PM

I saw Curry fight Colin Jones,he didnt use foot work to avoid punches ,stood right in front of Jones and countered the hell out of him,I wouldnt call Curry a mover.Early in his career, Curry won an easy decision in a match refereed by Mercante. (I think it was against Curtis Ramsey, but it may have been Adolfo Viruet.) Don outboxed his opponent easily, but he was dancing so much that Mercante stopped the action, pulled him aside, and asked him to attack more aggressively. (This is a spectator sport, after all.) Curry complied with Mercante, and the audience went home pleased. That stuck in my mind ever since, because of how easily he was able to do it. I confess I didn't see him against Colin Jones. (I only watched Jones in his two contests with McCrory.)

Bill1234

08-14-2007, 07:42 PM

Lorenzo Zanon had a pretty bad one. Gerry Cooney wasn't very good at taking punches to the temple. Louis went down from shots that most people would just shrug off. He was up right away though. Patterson seemed to go down easy too.

jhar26

08-14-2007, 08:50 PM

Moorer... was completely out by what looked like a mediocre punch from Foreman. Also noticed that Foreman didn't knock out anyone else of note during his comeback, not even the weak chinned Morrison.

I wouldn't call it a mediocre shot. But the difference with Morrison was that he was a moving target in their fight while Moorer for whatever reason felt the need to be macho out there and fight George flat footed, which definitely was a bad idea. Although it was a shocking surprise at the time, looking back on it now it was almost inevitable that Foreman would connect with one sooner or later.

bigG

08-14-2007, 10:06 PM

patterson was only ko by liston and johansen...two huge punchers.....not the worst chin by a long shot id say....

JohnThomas1

08-15-2007, 03:18 AM

Early in his career, Curry won an easy decision in a match refereed by Mercante. (I think it was against Curtis Ramsey, but it may have been Adolfo Viruet.) Don outboxed his opponent easily, but he was dancing so much that Mercante stopped the action, pulled him aside, and asked him to attack more aggressively. (This is a spectator sport, after all.) Curry complied with Mercante, and the audience went home pleased. That stuck in my mind ever since, because of how easily he was able to do it. I confess I didn't see him against Colin Jones. (I only watched Jones in his two contests with McCrory.)

A closer study will show peak Donald Curry to be a much more straight forward fighter than people thought he would eventually be. Against his best opponents he wasn't running at all. The Starling rematch, McCrory, Jones, he stood there and fought. He actually stalked LaRocca. I thought for sure he'd end up a mover but alas he didn't.

JohnThomas1

08-15-2007, 03:20 AM

SRL decked Benitez with a jab. Wilfred could certainly take it downstairs, but his chin was something else.

Years ago i mentioned in here the Benitez chin was glass and people near fell over. I know i'm right on this one, and thanks for the reinforcement. Bruce Curry also had him up and down like a yoyo.

ChrisPontius

08-15-2007, 05:22 AM

I wouldn't call it a mediocre shot. But the difference with Morrison was that he was a moving target in their fight while Moorer for whatever reason felt the need to be macho out there and fight George flat footed, which definitely was a bad idea. Although it was a shocking surprise at the time, looking back on it now it was almost inevitable that Foreman would connect with one sooner or later.

It was a good shot, maybe worthy of a knockdown, but watch it again.

I just cannot believe that Moorer could not rise from that.

Irish Steel

08-15-2007, 11:26 PM

Tommy Morrison

Titan1

08-16-2007, 09:33 AM

Definitely Howard Davis Jr.

Zakman

08-16-2007, 11:30 PM

Fraudley, of course. How many guys get knocked cold by a journyeman with 15 KOs in 30 fights??? :lol:

apollack

08-17-2007, 12:45 AM

Bruce Seldon. Terrry Norris had a questionable jaw. Breland's chin was so so. Junior Jones. Courage Tshabalala.

jordan230420

08-17-2007, 07:15 AM

id definitely have to say marvin hagler and olive mccall

JohnThomas1

08-17-2007, 07:16 AM

id definitely have to say marvin hagler and olive mccall

Now that's a pretty common answer!

Doppleganger

08-17-2007, 08:26 AM

Lennox Lewis had a very weak chin :patsch

I'm sure Frank Bruno, Mike Tyson, David Tua, Vitaly Klitshcko, Evander Holyfield, Shannon Briggs, Ray Mercer and a few others are all wondering why they hit the glass-jawed Limey, Cannuck, faggot with their best shots and didn't even manage to floor him.

ozziebattler

08-17-2007, 08:35 AM

:patsch

I'm sure Frank Bruno, Mike Tyson, David Tua, Vitaly Klitshcko, Evander Holyfield, Shannon Briggs, Ray Mercer and a few others are all wondering why they hit the glass-jawed Limey, Cannuck, faggot with their best shots and didn't even manage to floor him.

Tyson didnt have any of his best shot's in him when the two met in what was nothing but a huge payday for lewis courteousy of a shot iron mike tyson..

But even though im not a lewis fan i have to admit that he had a solid chin..

stopped only twice against so many huge hitters aint exactly glass chin material..

Though i doubt he had the chin to handle a mike tyson pre jail left hook.