Who were the iron-chinned fighters before the 50's ?

[ChrisPontius]

After the 50's you had extremely tough fighter's like Hagler, Monzon, Napoles, McCall, Chuvalo, Cobb, Mercer.

I know there were some very durable guys like LaMotta, Greb, Loughran, Robinson and others, but were there heavyweights like the ones mentioned above who were never floored or only when they were past their 40's?

[young griffo]

Jeffries.

[Jbuz]

Lamotta arguably has the best chin ever.

Jeffires, Joe Grim.

[AREA 53]

Paulino Uzcaden ( Apart from Joe Louis Blastout )

Tommy Farr

[Mega Lamps]

Jess Willard.

[The Kurgan]

Max Baer.

[mcvey]

Lamotta arguably has the best chin ever.

Jeffires, Joe Grim.
Joe Grim was floored multiple times ,but he was a D list fighter ,meeting A list men often up to heavyweight. Joey Maxim had a great chin,only kod once ,by hitter Hatchet man Shepard,and he met some big punchers .

[ChrisPontius]

While some excellent picks are made, none of the quite had the durability that McCall or Chuvalo had (when confined to heavyweight).

[Dempsey1238]

Barney Ross.

[Zakman]

While some excellent picks are made, none of the quite had the durability that McCall or Chuvalo had (when confined to heavyweight).
Baer was close. 84 fights and only counted out once, against Joe Louis. And Baer was completely conscious for that one, too.

[Luigi1985]

Bob Roper

[Bill1234]

Jeffries, Dempsey, Baer, Fitzsimmons seemed to have a decent chin from the films Ive seen. He took some hard Corbett left hooks.

[young griffo]

Les Darcy was reputedly never dropped or even hurt in the 50 fights he had as a teenager against grown men,so it's safe to assume his chin was iron.

[RoccoMarciano]

Fitzsimmons. I think a few Jack Dempseys were pretty solid chinwise as well.

[Marciano Frazier]

One lesser-known guy who people likely aren't going to think of is Obie Walker, who was a colored heavyweight champ/contender from the '30s and '40s. He was never floored or stopped that I know of in over 60 pro fights, and faced guys like Tony Galento, George Godfrey, and a young Elmer Ray.

[Maxmomer]

Billy Miske was only knocked out once in 103 fights, I'm not certain how many times he was knocked down. Pretty impressive. Aside from that I agree that Jeffries and Baer had outstanding chins. Tommy Gibbons is worth mentioning, also only knocked out once, but it was at the very end of his career by Gene Tunney. He was the only fighter to take Dempsey 15 rounds, so he must have had a pretty good chin.

[Manassa]

Panama Al Brown.

[ChrisPontius]

One lesser-known guy who people likely aren't going to think of is Obie Walker, who was a colored heavyweight champ/contender from the '30s and '40s. He was never floored or stopped that I know of in over 60 pro fights, and faced guys like Tony Galento, George Godfrey, and a young Elmer Ray.

Panama Al Brown
These are the kind of fighters i was looking for!


It appears to me that pre-50's, there were plenty of fighters with excellent chins but almost none of them seem to have the distinction to have never been floored or knocked out. I think this is due to fights being stopped significantly slower than in the post-50's (to make a random cut-off).

[Manassa]

Al Brown was quite amazing really. You'd think that with his frame - 5ft 11in and 118lbs - he'd crack like an egg, but he was never stopped in over 170 fights.

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[janitor]

Arturo Godoy deserves a mention.

[mcvey]

After the 50's you had extremely tough fighter's like Hagler, Monzon, Napoles, McCall, Chuvalo, Cobb, Mercer.

I know there were some very durable guys like LaMotta, Greb, Loughran, Robinson and others, but were there heavyweights like the ones mentioned above who were never floored or only when they were past their 40's?
Three middles with good chins Ketchel
Greb
Walker