Rumored Who has the strongest chin, and who has the hardest one punch? Ever. (+Bonus poll)

[Moral Victory]

My vote for strongest chin AND hardest punch goes to Roy Nelson actually.

Reason for chin: everyone know's how tough he was, but here, off balance, didn't even see it coming, right on the chin, didn't even stumble from a load up shot from Lewis, at 40, truly amazing.

Reason for single punch: his overhand right was an absolute bomb, not the hardest puncher in general, but that one punch with all his weight behind it was about as deadly as they get when it hit the target. Hunt, Ngannou and Lewis hit harder in general with a larger variety of punches though.

 

[GaneHotBallsFinisher]

I literally am on the toilet right now LMAO.

 

[johny ringo]

Its between Nelson and hunt. Both have granite chins and a hell of a punch

 

[Moral Victory]

I literally am on the toilet right now LMAO.

 

[Get To Da Choppa]

Mark Hunt took not one, but two Cro Cop LHK in his career and survived.

He even leaned into the first kick

He's also the king of walk off KOs, including over Roy Nelson

 

[x9lonewolf]

Pound for pound, my vote is Dan Henderson.

 

[Gamer007]

My vote, Pound for pound, is Dan Henderson.

Exactly what I was going to say, and it's not even that close.

But disregarding PFP it's gonna come down to just HW's, which is pretty predictable.

If we're talking HW's, I'm going with Ngannou. He's shown an all time great chin so far, it's incredible he survived those last 4 rounds with Stipe on Chin and will alone.

Guys like Mark and Roy deserve major credit, especially because they held up for so long. But peak for peak this version of Ngannou fits the bill perfectly.

 

[Azrael40]

Mark Hunt by far. He had some badass KO streaks in the UFC that i'll never forget.

 

[VinceArch]

Chris Lytle. Mark Hunt and Hendo have both went to sleep by strikes. Chris Lytle has not.

 

[Karl_Hungus]

This guy had one of the best chins, for sure. I saw him take beatings like few others.

Edit: the link is supposed to show Cabbage, but it looks broken to me.

 

[GaneHotBallsFinisher]

I literally am on the toilet right now LMAO.

 

[HI SCOTT NEWMAN]

Roy Nelson certainly has to be right at the top of the list or in the top few for sure

The best chins will always be the fat fighters, Nelson, Hunt, Gastelum, Cabbage, Tuivasa and many others, fat fighters always have epic chins, same in boxing and kickboxing

The hardest one punch is hard to call.. lots of candidates.

 

[Benoitthegr8]

Overall: Hendo was magnificent in both categories

 

[Clark Rogers]

well I was gonna vote this, but being that you are looking for one guy that meets both criteria, I don't think it fits. Kohler has prob my fav one punch KO of all time, but he tapped to strikes on more than one occasion, so

 

[RampageFaction]

Rampage. As far as his chin, after being brutally knocked out by Wanderlei...he went on a 15 year streak of not getting KO’d or TKO’d. And his punching power is well documented.

 

[Athlas]

Mark Hunt took not one, but two Cro Cop LHK in his career and survived.

He even leaned into the first kick

Samoans are build different. Literally kicked water particles off of that man's head.

He's also the king of walk off KOs, including over Roy Nelson

 

[marvinparsons]

In terms of chin I think Roy Nelson has to be at the top of the list. There were fights where Roy could not land anything and the other guy got tired just plunking strikes off Roy's dome.

JDS, Mir, Cro Cop, Mitrione, Kongo, Miocic, Cormier, Overeem, Nogueira, Barnett, Lewis: pretty much all of these guys should have outstruck Roy and Nelson wasn't KO'd or TKO'd by ANY OF THEM. He took some huge shots in many of these fights and even won a bunch of them. That's a testament to his chin. He's the #1 chin of all time, both overall and P4P.

 

[GeneTunney7]

Its between Nelson and hunt. Both have granite chins and a hell of a punch

Cabbage Correira is way up there too.

People often confuse 'best defense' with an ability to take a massive punch.

 

[OverhandRightKayo]

I'm taking a dump

@HHJ

 

[johny ringo]

Cabbage Correira is way up there too.

People often confuse 'best defense' with an ability to take a massive punch.

Cabbage had a hell of a chin. He wasn’t a world beater but definitely underrated here.