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Ive been having a discussion about some of the greatest KO punches in history in another thread so I thought I'd post a thread asking what peoples favourite knockout shots are. Some that were mentioned were:
Tommy Hearns vs Roberto Duran
Lennox Lewis vs Hasim Rahman
Rocky Marciano vs Jersey Joe Walcott
Floyd Patterson vs Ingemar Johannson
Others that spring to mind are:
Roy Jones vs Montell Griffin
Mike Tyson vs Trevor Berbick
George Foreman vs Michael Moorer
Wlad Klitschko vs Calvin Brock
When you consider who he knocked out , and that it had never been done before or after in this way. The knockout by Tommy Hearns over Duran was amazing . so id have to say thats my personal favorite.
I have to go with marciano-walcott as my favorite KO. btw i think the KO punch in Tyson-Berbick wasn't as great as Berbick touchin all four corners of the ring during the count ROFL. and Hearns-Duran is a close second for me.
this.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=GzNA14VKMls
in fact if any of you knew how to make a gif of that, i would be forever in your debt. LOL
i dnt really have a favorite, but a supremely underrated KO would have to be the Derrick Jefferson KO of Maurice Harris in 1999.............can we say *PWNT*?? ZOMG
http://i27.tinypic.com/8xn0uo.gif
This was another in mind when I was writing out a few examples.Quote:
Originally Posted by southpawed
another one of my favourites
http://youtube.com/watch?v=aCaHM1d727E&feature=related
Nunn-Kulumbay for me as I'm partial to southpaws, and that was maybe the best ever KO from a southpaw.
Pacquiao-Fahsan... Fahsan flew... Lol
Aaron Davis's right hand against Mark Breland.
Some big ones I like other than the ones you mentioned (great list by the way):
Foster vs Tiger
Robinson vs Fullmer
I've seen Aaron Davis at the gym I go to every so often
Bob Foster vs Dick Tiger great choice haven't seen it in awhile but i remember it being a right uppercut..........Quote:
Originally Posted by Lyle
Sugar Ray Robinson vs Gene Fullmer possibly the quickest left hook i've ever seen...........
Roy Jones vs Art Serwano is a good one aswell Art looked like he was having a fit at first the punch was so hard..........
I remember this fight clearly because a friend showed me this fight some years back and he said turn your sound up and i was thinking "Yea right whatever......." then when the punch landed it actually made me jump it was so loud.Quote:
Originally Posted by amat
Favourite punch? this one...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsJH3_txX7s
Foster/Quarry: doesn't get much more brutal than that.
Lewis/RahmanII: redemption
Pavlik/Zertuche: was funny the guy fell asleep standing up
Plus several already mentioned.
Muhammad Ali vs. George Foreman;
This made me love boxing.
Muhammad Ali vs. Oscar Bonavena;
Boring fight and all of a sudden Ali did what Foreman and Frazier couldn't, KO'ed Bona Vena with a wicked Left Hook.
Joe Louis vs. Billy Conn;
Louis having been outboxed comes out aggressively.........and bang....the rust is gone!
Finito Lopez vs. some decent Colombia....can't remeber.
One round...right hand....goodnight.
Robinson - Fullmer is a great call..
i like the punch, but also like duran to much to count tommy hearns as one of my favourites..
and who can forget Jones - Kelly ;):)
Bob Foster on Dick Tiger
Tarver - Jones Jr. II
Finally, someone takes that hot dog down.
man i almost pissed my pants in JOY when he got KO'ed LMAOQuote:
Originally Posted by CGM
I think number one has to go to Marciano's blasting of Jersey Joe. That may have been the most devastating right hand in boxing history. Joe was almost decapitated. My dad and I like to play fantasy match ups on the phone all the time and we both agree, for the era, no one could have made it up after that right. The Rock had iron in his hands. What a shot! I love to watch that replay over and over. That little shuffle with his gloves right before he winds up and Splat! Beautiful stuff. I saw it as a kid and my love was born right there.
Hard not to bring up Mercer's shellacking over Morrison. I dont think its a guarantee at all that Ray Mercer beats Tommy 10 out of 10 times, but boy he sure did that night. You've all seen it, and yes it wasnt just one punch, but if we're hyping KO's here, you best mention that one. F'n brutal, yes?
While technically not a knockout punch, I absolutely adore the Tyson/Bruno stoppage immediately after that uppercut/hook combo. Just a spectacular finish from a pretty tired Mike. Props to Bruno. He had a hell of a chin and refused to go down on many a night.
Underrated as well, you have to mention George Foreman's spectacular knockout of Kenny Norton. The very last left hook/uppercut- hybrid damn near pile-drived Kenny through the mat. Vicious. Spectacular. For God's sake, on the heels of bouncing Smokin Joe off the mat like a basketball just prior, this annihilation put George very close to the demented nightmarish and freakish imagery associated with Tyson in the late 80's. George, IN MY OPINION, was the baddest man on the planet just then, and would have ate Tyson's lunch prime vs prime. (Any of you about to tell me about Ali's snuffing of said nightmare, hear me well: Ali deserved the win, but George did as much to lose that fight as Ali did to win.)
Last, but not least, David Tua's younger hellish self blasting out Johnny Ruiz, the watchable version of Johnny Ruiz, early in their fight. Picture perfect Tua-left, followed by pain and confusion. The look on Ruiz's face staring up at the stars makes me giggle still all these years later.
Lennox *pwning* of Hasim is classic LOL and his *pwning* of tommy morrison is HIGHlariousQuote:
Originally Posted by CountryBoy
That sort of stuff doesn't impress me. Brutal indeed, he damn near killed him. Great example of piss poor refereeing. Morrison took about 3-4 shots too many. And of course Mercer is clueless to the fact that his opponent is out on his feet, he just keeps on wailing away. :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Small Amount of Peas
If you like this, then Cooney - Norton would be up your alley also.
Julian Jackson > Herol Graham.
I didn't enjoy this one at all!Quote:
Originally Posted by CGM
Foreman never fought Bonavena....but Ron Lyle did....Oscar fought Frazier very close in the first fight they hadQuote:
Originally Posted by hitmandonny
Foreman vs Frazier was a great KO as was Foreman vs Lyle, if we're not counting just the one punch KO's.
I think he was on about George Chuvalo he fought George Foreman and George Foreman couldn't put him on the canvas despite battering him in the corner.Quote:
Originally Posted by LyleForeman never fought Bonavena....but Ron Lyle did....Oscar fought Frazier very close in the first fight they hadQuote:
Originally Posted by hitmandonny
Foreman vs Frazier was a great KO as was Foreman vs Lyle, if we're not counting just the one punch KO's.
No indeed I was on about Bonavena.Quote:
Originally Posted by ssssI think he was on about George Chuvalo he fought George Foreman and George Foreman couldn't put him on the canvas despite battering him in the corner.Quote:
Originally Posted by LyleForeman never fought Bonavena....but Ron Lyle did....Oscar fought Frazier very close in the first fight they hadQuote:
Originally Posted by hitmandonny
Foreman vs Frazier was a great KO as was Foreman vs Lyle, if we're not counting just the one punch KO's.
I had somehow got the impression that he had fought Foreman, some obscure confusion with Ron Lyle perhaps.
He also lost to Zora Folley and Patterson, but I wouldn't have expected him to have been KO'ed by either of them really as he was a big man.
their are so many i cant choose one as a favorite but great list by the way those are all great knockouts