Behind on Scorecards, Needing a KO for the win..Who gutted out the greatest victory?

[jackyle]

Molina V Bey, and Andrade got jobbed in the Bute fight.

[Boxing Writer]

Tate v berbick

You mean Tate - Weaver, right? If so, I definitely agree.

[littlepug]

Tate v berbick

You mean Tate - Weaver, right? If so, I definitely agree.

I stand corrected, said the man in the orthopaedic shoes

[jas80s]

Lots of great examples and a pretty good question as well.

I would add Gatti vs Wilson Rodriguez. It wsn't late in the fight, but his condition definitely had him on the edge of being stopped.

Whitaker vs Hurtado was a dramatic stoppage, though even a knockdown might have at least got him a draw, so not a perfect example.

Many of the really good ones have been mentioned.

[jackyle]

Demarco Vs. Linares is another.

[jamesmcdonnell]

Tate v berbick

You mean Tate - Weaver, right? If so, I definitely agree.

I stand corrected, said the man in the orthopaedic shoes

Hahahaha - is that a Tommy cooper joke? Similar style.

[jamesmcdonnell]

Tate v berbick

You mean Tate - Weaver, right? If so, I definitely agree.

Pretty much the most dramatic volte-face I've ever seen in a fight. Tate was winning at a canter. Was that the last 15 round world heavyweight title fight?

[littlepug]

I heard it on alan partridge but it may be from cooper now you mention it

[Baby Face Finster]

Jake Lamotta vs a French guy can't remember his name.....

Marcel Cerdan?

Cerdan was never up on the cards that day as he damaged his left shoulder in the first round when he was wrestled to the canvas by LaMotta. He fought one armed into the 10th when he called it quits. It is my strong belief that if he hadn't died in the plane crash on the way to the return match that he would have taken back his title.

[PredatorHayds]

Froch-Taylor was a classic. I love how in the last round instead of swinging for the fences he uses straight punches. Really disciplined finish.

I know it wasn't the last round but Big George knocking out Moorer came from absolute nowhere. I'm still shocked too this day.

[tiny_acres]

Tate v berbick

You mean Tate - Weaver, right? If so, I definitely agree.

Pretty much the most dramatic volte-face I've ever seen in a fight. Tate was winning at a canter. Was that the last 15 round world heavyweight title fight?

The Weaver Tate fight was on June 20th 1980
The last 15 round heavyweight bout was Tyson-Biggs October 16th 1987
So not even close to the last one

[crusader]

Andrade should have had an epic comeback win against Bute in their first fight, but the Mr. Magoo ref ruined it for him.

How so? Bute went down with about three seconds left and got up in about eight seconds, so I don't think Wright interrupting the count saved him, as even with a fair count he would've made it up within ten and Andrade wouldn't have had time to follow up.
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First of all, he was so badly concussed that the fight should have been stopped, period. Second of all, the count ended up eating something like 25 seconds off the clock. It was shady as hell.

I can definitely see why people think that it should've been stopped even before the knockdown but I don't consider it a travesty that Bute was allowed to continue. As for the count, the Showtime clock displayed five seconds left in the round when it went off screen, Bute wasn't dropped for another second or two, and he was up within roughly eight seconds independent of Wright's count, so I don't think Wright stopping to send Andrade back to his corner made a difference...Bute was up and there was no time left anyway, unlike another fight that has been mentioned here in Chavez-Taylor I.

It amazes me how easily people were led into thinking that Andrade was robbed because of a long count.

[Lenny Cravats]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8N4-xN5468

Looks like Bute was up at 8, the ref gave a long count but I don't see how that chaned anything.

[Gnome]

Shannon Briggs vs. Sergei Liakhovich

Briggs trailing on the cards and knocking his opponent out of the ring in the very last seconds.

This is the example I was going to put. LITERALLY knocked out of the ring, in LITERALLY the very last seconds! Completely off-the-wall finsih!

[jamesmcdonnell]

Froch-Taylor was a classic. I love how in the last round instead of swinging for the fences he uses straight punches. Really disciplined finish.

I know it wasn't the last round but Big George knocking out Moorer came from absolute nowhere. I'm still shocked too this day.

"Left and right - hamhocks and chitlins..."

[jamesmcdonnell]

Tate v berbick

You mean Tate - Weaver, right? If so, I definitely agree.

I stand corrected, said the man in the orthopaedic shoes

It is indeed partridge. However, it's very similar in style to a Tommy cooper joke.

http://www.jokes4us.com/peoplejokes/com ... jokes.html

For your delectation. I've just had a right old chuckle reading these.

[johnswan1]

Eubank-Watson

[jamesmcdonnell]

Eubank-Watson

Yeah, can't believe none of us thought of that.

You'd have thought it impossible there would be that outcome when you saw Eubank go down. He had been getting a pretty bad mauling, and was absolutely exhausted, - what a heart that man had - he later said himself he didn't know how he found that punch. It was dredged up from the depths of his soul,

[jamesmcdonnell]

Eubank-Watson

Yeah, can't believe none of us thought of that.

You'd have thought it impossible there would be that outcome when you saw Eubank go down. He had been getting a pretty bad mauling, and was absolutely exhausted, - what a heart that man had - he later said himself he didn't know how he found that punch. It was dredged up from the depths of his soul,

[palooka]

Stephen Simmons v Wadi Camacho

[punchoutsb]

Marciano-Walcott is always number one to me.

[uptconnect]

First for me is Ebo Elder Vs Courtney Burton followed by JLC Vs Corrales 1, which is just a tiny bit behind the former because of the relatively quick stoppage via ref in a fight where Corrales got every chance to continue.

[palooka]

I can remember Edner Cherry nearly knocking someone's head off with a left hook when he was way behind, it might have been Daniel Alicia or Stevie Johnston - Cherry had an amazing hook, if it connected it was goodnight.

[Lenny Cravats]

Thompson - Rothman.

[jujigatame]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8N4-xN5468

Looks like Bute was up at 8, the ref gave a long count but I don't see how that chaned anything.

I dunno man, starting with around 30 seconds left in the fight Bute looks badly hurt and like he's having difficulty standing or protecting himself. The fight could have been justifiably stopped really anytime from that point on. Then Bute goes down with about 5 seconds left (after stumbling because he can barely stand) and the ref takes 25 seconds to make the full 8 count. You're not supposed to be able to be saved by the bell, and Bute was clearly in absolutely no condition to continue even after the full 25 seconds. IMO, Andrade should have won the fight.