The REAL Best Chins Ever Poll

[RockyMarcianofan00]

he fought in the sixties and seventies.

for real i thought they stopped that stuff in like the 30's- fighting two fights in one night

[blockhead]

for real i thought they stopped that stuff in like the 30's- fighting two fights in one night

nope, he was the canadian hw champ. he lost to ali and others of the era.

[Yogi]

for real i thought they stopped that stuff in like the 30's- fighting two fights in one night

It's much more rare in the more modern era, but it still happens in such states/countries with a looser or less strict boxing commision in place...For example, back in the early 90's Frans Botha once knocked out a few different fighters on the same night on a card that took place in Oklahoma.

[Southpaw Stinger]

for real i thought they stopped that stuff in like the 30's- fighting two fights in one night

Foreman fought 5 exhibition fights in one night once, winning them all by KO or 4 by KO - somthing like that!

[Hous]

I dont think he fought more than once a day after amateurs, but he fought more than once in a month a couple times. I looked at some of the dates. His first 5 pro fights are listed as happening on the same day though.

Anyone else notice half of the top ten are Italian? Like real Italian not Italian-American, but either born in Italy or come from staunchly Italian families.

Born in Italy
Joe Grim
Vito Antuofermo

American born but staunchly Italian
Jake LaMotta
Rocky Marciano
George Chuvalo

They all grew up speaking Italian, english as a second language. I may be wrong about Chuvalo though.

Most of them come from around the same era also, what was happening in Italy prior to 1939?

[blockhead]

I dont think he fought more than once a day after amateurs, but he fought more than once in a month a couple times. I looked at some of the dates. His first 5 pro fights are listed as happening on the same day though.

Anyone else notice half of the top ten are Italian? Like real Italian not Italian-American, but either born in Italy or come from staunchly Italian families.

Born in Italy
Joe Grim
Vito Antuofermo

American born but staunchly Italian
Jake LaMotta
Rocky Marciano
George Chuvalo

They all grew up speaking Italian, english as a second language. I may be wrong about Chuvalo though.

Most of them come from around the same era also, what was happening in Italy prior to 1939?

chuvalo was from canada not america.

[Yogi]

chuvalo was from canada not america.

Yeah that, and also the fact that his parents first came over to Canada from the former Yugoslavia (currently Bosnia & Herzegovinia) shortly after the first world war and made their new home in Toronto.

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[oldgringo]

marvin hagler hands down.

[RockyMarcianofan00]

marvin hagler hands down.

i disagree, Lamatta used to let ppl just wail on him until he got tired, sorta like rope-a-dope but he actually threw some offense so he didn't like completely look dead and get tko'd

[BKM-]

marvin hagler hands down.

Did he ever get knocked down?