Something tells me the number of KD was 10 (remember the commentator on Hide vs Bowe saying something like this). Can't remember who the fighters were though.
`fraid not fella`s.
the number of knockdowns was 16, and the bout took place during the twentieth century.
it wasnt one of those start for breakfast-finish because its going dark bare knuckle jobs.
headhunter wrote:you`re right stu, thats the most in a heavyweight bout but i think it was eleven knockdowns not ten.
I don't need to say who was doing the commentary on that fight (clue - I didn't have Sky at the time and ITV didn't cover the fight).
Mr Neilly?
If memory serves me correct. I think he said that Hide going down 6 times was second to Carnera going down 10 times against Baer in heavyweight title history. So the jist of the story is okay, but maybe just a slip with the 10 knockdowns.
very very close.
there was 14 knockdowns in that fight and in fact that was the most knockdowns in a undisputed world title fight.
the fight i`m looking for took place in the 1920`s and was recognised by the british and european authorities as a world title fight.
well done though lamphey.
headhunter wrote:very very close.
there was 14 knockdowns in that fight and in fact that was the most knockdowns in a undisputed world title fight.
the fight i`m looking for took place in the 1920`s and was recognised by the british and european authorities as a world title fight.
well done though lamphey.
Oh, was it Battling Siki against Georges Carpentier?
if i wasnt reading it out of a book i`d never get it myself.
the most knockdowns in a world title fight is 16, all scored by bill ladbury when winning the flyweight title from sid smith in london on the 2nd june 1913.
headhunter wrote:if i wasnt reading it out of a book i`d never get it myself.
the most knockdowns in a world title fight is 16, all scored by bill ladbury when winning the flyweight title from sid smith in london on the 2nd june 1913.
Nice one.
Sounds one-sided as hell. But I just took a look at the Boxing News report of the fight and it was described as "one of the best battles ever seen between two fly-wts".
I have a trivia question which American fighter won ALL his fights by "ko" but got knocked down himself in every fight. (clue) he had well over an hundred fights