Famed for his powers of recovery, Tyson Fury is yet to be stopped in his 38-bout career despite being knocked down eight times, and therefore he is perhaps better placed than most to offer his thoughts on which heavyweight has the best chin ever.
‘The Gypsy King’ was first dropped by Neven Pajkic back in 2011, before bouncing back and halting the Bosnian-born operator in round three of the contest.
18 months later, Fury was floored by former cruiserweight world champion Steve Cunningham in what was his U.S. debut, but again, he went on to win by seventh-round stoppage.
His next four knockdowns also came stateside, each coming in a fabled trilogy with Deontay Wilder, in their iconic first and third fights which proved the resilience of Britain’s now two-time world champion.
A shocking slip to Francis Ngannou came next for the towering champion, taking his eye off the ball in a supposed mismatch and escaping with a split-decision win.
Then, he was on the wrong side of a split-decision against Oleksandr Usyk, after being given a standing eight count in round nine of a first career defeat, when bidding for the undisputed throne.
Although, despite never being stopped himself, Fury told The Daily Mail that he believes Oliver McCall to have the most impressive chin of all time.
Technically, McCall has suffered a knockout defeat, but that came due to a bizarre breakdown in his rematch with Lennox Lewis, rather than because of a shot that could daze ‘The Atomic Bull’.
