The most brutal 1st round wins ever.

KOJOE90 · Post by **KOJOE90** » 23 Nov 2006, 14:06

What do you think are the most brutal, conclusive or even just your favourite 1st round stoppage fights between two 'evenly' matched fighters?

To get you started here are a few I thought of.

Thomas Hearns vs James Shuler.
Bennie Briscoe vs Eugene Hart.
Nigel Benn vs Iran Barkley.
David Tua vs John Ruiz.
Azumah Nelson vs Pat Cowdell.
Naseem Hamed vs Billy Hardy.

Anymore fight fans?

gregor · Post by **gregor** » 23 Nov 2006, 14:36

Tua - Moorer
Lewis - Golota (at this time after Golota-Bowe II they were supposed to be evenly matched)
Brewster-Golota (actually Golota was like 3.5:1 favourite)
maybe some Tyson fights? (Tillman, Spinks)...

Tantum · Post by **Tantum** » 23 Nov 2006, 14:38

Liston - Patterson
Louis - Schmeling
Norris - Mugabi

pundit · Post by **pundit** » 23 Nov 2006, 14:50

Tantum wrote:Liston - Patterson
Louis - Schmeling
Norris - Mugabi

These are the real ones.

Seamus · Post by **Seamus** » 23 Nov 2006, 14:53

Tyson v Frazier

The Durable Dane · Post by **The Durable Dane** » 23 Nov 2006, 15:35

Muhammad Ali vs Sonny Liston
David Tua vs Michael Moorer
Lamon Brewster vs Andrew Golota
Joe Mesi vs DaVarryl Williamson

ebeneezer · Post by **ebeneezer** » 23 Nov 2006, 15:40

Cooney vs Norton.

Ingo vs Eddie Machen.

cubedrum · Post by **cubedrum** » 23 Nov 2006, 16:03

Quarry-Shavers.
Tua-Ruiz. (I wish Ruiz had been better known so I could have really enjoyed this one)

Martin Sosa Cameron · Post by **Martin Sosa Cameron** » 23 Nov 2006, 16:10

Joe Louis - Buddy Baer II
Louis - Schmeling II
Marciano - Walcott II
Liston - Patterson I and II
Patterson - Johansson III, 1st rd
Foreman - Frazier I, 1st rd

ebeneezer · Post by **ebeneezer** » 23 Nov 2006, 16:18

Cooney breaking Ron Lyles ribs with a bodyshot in the 1st was fairly brutal.

Ron was knocked out of the ring as I remember.

harrygreb · Post by **harrygreb** » 23 Nov 2006, 16:38

some posts are putting in fights not won in the first. i will not contribute as i'm sulking due to this fact

Thunder and Lightning · Post by **Thunder and Lightning** » 23 Nov 2006, 16:41

Dempsey vs Firpo round 1 arguably the most intense round in history

Thunder and Lightning · Post by **Thunder and Lightning** » 23 Nov 2006, 16:44

harrygreb wrote:some posts are putting in fights not won in the first. i will not contribute as i'm sulking due to this fact

a round can be brutal without being a stoppage, however if this thread only dealt with stoppages i take back my posts.

Seamus · Post by **Seamus** » 23 Nov 2006, 16:47

Jimmy McLarnin v Young Corbett III

RazorKO · Post by **RazorKO** » 23 Nov 2006, 17:40

Coetzee vs Spinks
Cooney vs Norton
Foreman vs King Roman
Tyson vs Frazier/Williams/Spinks/Colay

gregor · Post by **gregor** » 23 Nov 2006, 17:42

Decagon wrote:Actually, Lewis was around -225 to -275. Bookies realized that Golota didn't actually win any of his bouts with Bowe. There was some heavy betting on Golota, but the smart money was on Lewis.

Probably the problem with my memory was because I was in Poland at this time

. Although I expected Lewis to win (unlike majority of the people) I though it will go to scorecards and I was very surprised to see the fight finished in no time.

Some of Bowe fights also finished very quickly:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPFjztGLZ6Y

Sweet Scientist · Post by **Sweet Scientist** » 23 Nov 2006, 18:31

With hindsight as an ally, it just seems that many of these fights weren't "evenly matched" to begin with...Johansson-Machen seemed evenly matched, but fights like Liston-Patterson...didn't everybody know Liston was going to win (I sure did)...and Louis-Schmeling II, Louis was upset the 1st time, did anyone think it would happen twice? (before I was born, anyone remember?) Foreman vs. Joe Roman evenly matched? No way! Tyson vs. Marvis Frazier evenly matched? Frazier was already stopped by Holmes in 1 round! Evenly matched means you can't pick a clear winner before the fight...you could pick a clear winner before some of these contests...

Friedie · Post by **Friedie** » 23 Nov 2006, 19:10

Sweet Scientist wrote:...and Louis-Schmeling II, Louis was upset the 1st time, did anyone think it would happen twice? (before I was born, anyone remember?)

the odds were only 2:1....

BrocktonBlockbuster49 · Post by **BrocktonBlockbuster49** » 25 Nov 2006, 02:38

KOJOE90 wrote:What do you think are the most brutal, conclusive or even just your favourite 1st round stoppage fights between two 'evenly' matched fighters?

To get you started here are a few I thought of.

Thomas Hearns vs James Shuler.
Bennie Briscoe vs Eugene Hart.
Nigel Benn vs Iran Barkley.
David Tua vs John Ruiz.
Azumah Nelson vs Pat Cowdell.
Naseem Hamed vs Billy Hardy.

Anymore fight fans?

easily johannsen-machen BY FAR THE MOST BRUTAL. for those that have seen the film

iceman21287 · Post by **iceman21287** » 25 Nov 2006, 03:27

Leonard Morrow v. Archie Moore anyone?

That has to be at the very least one of the most unexpected 1st round KO's ever.

sockdolager · Post by **sockdolager** » 25 Nov 2006, 04:42

I realise it happend just last year but Jaidon Codrington vs Allen Green is one of the most brutally one sided first round affairs I have ever seen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-K6dvTmqZs

Also, K9 Bundrage vs Sechew Powell, if you haven't seen it there are only 3 punches landed and 5 knockdowns. Go ahead, count them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EEq82lmpsY

kick asner · Post by **kick asner** » 25 Nov 2006, 10:38

John "The Beast" Muguibi's knockout win against Curtis Parker, Muguibi knocked Parker out of the ring. Parker was coming foreward in that fight, not the best strategy. He got hit with some really hard shots.

Hagler's knockout of Caveman Lee.

Ray Mancinni had a very brutal Knockout of Art Frias, but for most of the round the action was not all one sided like you would expect from a first round KO.

Robbie Sim's knockout against John Collins.

Bonecrusher Smith against Mike Weaver.

Joe Bugner against Richard Dunn.

Michael Dokes against Ossie Ocasio.

Syntax Error · Post by **Syntax Error** » 25 Nov 2006, 11:19

Seamus wrote:Tyson v Frazier

Got to agree; it was devastating.

Tyson - Spinks is another one.

sockdolager · Post by **sockdolager** » 25 Nov 2006, 13:38

Torres vs Krizan...."legal sucker punch"

Krizan is KOd on the first shot of the fight while trying to touch gloves with Torres. Although perfectly legal, the punch is considered a "sucker punch" by most. PROTECT YOURSELF AT ALL TIMES!!

Torres vs Krizan

tagjohnson · Post by **tagjohnson** » 25 Nov 2006, 14:30

No contest, it barely qualified as a fight, it was more like a street mugging.

The most brutal 1st round wins ever.

The most brutal 1st round wins ever.

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Norton vs Bobick