Examples of fights where the PUNCH beat the CHIN!

The history of boxing is littered with examples of guys with great power meeting guys with solid chins, and the guy with the solid chin prevails (and usually by KO).

To refresh your memory examples of this are:

Hagler-Hearns
McCallum-Jackson
Ali-Foreman
Holyfield-Tyson
Eubank-Benn


But what about examples where the punch truimphed (by KO) over the granite chin? Not as common.

Examples:

Corrales-Castillo 1
Hearns-Duran

Any more? (Chin has to be GRANITE by reputation and evidence to qualify)

 

Lewis-Tyson
Tito-Mayorga
Pac-Morales

in all of these a big punch broke down a chin though obviously there was much more to these guys than just punch

 

Nice examples. That's what I'm talking about.

 

Only a matter of time before SRR-Fullmer is mentioned....really.

 

Robinson-Fullmer II is definitely one such instance. You could add Robinson's stoppage of LaMotta to boot. Willard had a highly-respected jaw, which Dempsey decimated in timeless fashion. Louis broke down both Galento & Godoy --- two iron-jawed contenders.

McClellan & Jackson put on just such a show for this thread's purpose.

 

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You do not consider Fullmer a strong-jawed fighter?

 

Not what I'm laughing about.....it was just predictable..

 

Does Trinidad-Mayorga count

 

Is there a reason it should not be? Does it not fit the bill quite amply, in your view?

 

Roy Jones-Merqui Sosa

 

Nigel Benn - Doug Dewitt?

 

Devon Alexander - Juan Urango
Juanma Lopez - Daniel Ponce de Leon
Sergio Martinez - Paul Williams
Hearns - Duran

 

Bob Foster KO4 Dick Tiger
Bob Foster KO4 Mike Quarry

Michael Nunn KO1 Sumbu Kalambay

Rubin Carter KO1 Emile Griffith

Mark Johnson KO1 Arthur Johnson

Rodrigo Valdez KO7 Bennie Briscoe

Roy Jones KO2 Thomas Tate

Mike Tyson KO4 Larry Holmes?

 

No doubt. Mayo was iron chinned going into that fight.

 

Hearns' chin was not solid. It was alright, but the guys usually couldn't reach it without running into a right hand from Hell first. That's like trying to reach up and touch the windshield of an oncoming train. You might touch it, but it's definitely gonna touch you first and so much harder that you will always regret it---if you live.

 

Here's an unusual case of a relatively light punch beating an excellent chin --- Ali-Quarry II. Quarry, or rather his whiskers, were evidently having an off-night for that one.

I would say Foreman-Chuvalo, getting back on topic, too. Chuvalo held his feet, but was pummeled bodily across the ring & reduced to cowering --- though he was lucid enough to protest the stoppage, impressively.

 

Fuck, I blew it by not reading the whole post. Go ahead and laugh, guys. I'm a burnout tonight. :giggle:

 

Tarver on RJJ
Corrales on Castillo

 

Jones!?

 

Jones took plenty of good shots in his career before the KO.

 

Martinez on Williams was another one.

 

No he fucking didn't what are you talking about ? Jones has a glass chin and always had a glass chin.

 

Does Mosley-Margarito count?

 

Lewis Golota

Nobody did to Golota was Lewis did to him. Not Bowe, not Tyson, not Spoon....

 

I would say no, personally --- just in the sense that Mosley has never struck me as a particuarly great puncher, at least, not above Lightweight.

Of course, his punch certainly beat Margarito's chin (with room to spare :: ) that night.

 

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I'm still in shock ::

 

Consider the source. He'll find a way to sneak Jones into ALL threads like these.

 

Mosley's a very underrated puncher, IMO. That's really the basis of his success.