Double knock outs.

[Britkid]

I do not know if it is on YouTube, but it was filmed, as I remember from my 80s video collection (Boxing's Great Knockouts with Merchant and Iron Mike), but there was the infamous Walgast/Rivers (kind of) double KO....

Back in the era of no-decision bouts, world champs could only lose their titles by knockout, so many insisted on personal friends as refs for Title bouts.

What happened in Ad Walgast/Joe Rivers title bout is that Walgast landed a blow that decked Rivers, but Walgast own momentum tripped him up over the fallen Rivers and he headed face first into the ring post, where he was knocked out, cold.

The ref paused for a few seconds, before picking up Walgast and starting the count on Rivers. Joe was up before ten, but the ref continued to count to ten, whilst trying to hold Walgast upright.

The farce ended with Rivers up on his feet, Ad slumped on the canvas out cold, but the referee declaring Ad Walgast the winner, because he landed his punch first.......