Best Damn Knock Down or Knockout

HomicideHenry · Post by **HomicideHenry** » 25 Sep 2007, 01:50

What is the best, wildest, most insane, wicked knock out or knock down you ever seen in a fight? For my money the Ketchell-Johnson knockout was viscous as hell, looking more like a flying tackle/clothesline as Johnson flew over Ketchell, falling to the canvas himself for a second.

Best damn knockdown I ever seen? Hard to say, but one knock down that stunned the hell out of me was during the Marciano-Cockell fight, and Marciano throws this forearm smash across Cockell's face and the Brit does a watutsi spin and falls face first into the second rope and just hangs there like a slug, fortunately for him the bell rang right after that saving him from further punishment.

Flump · Post by **Flump** » 25 Sep 2007, 07:16

Too many to mention them all but Sugar Ray's knockout of Gene Fullmer was spectacular, one second Fullmer's menacingly stalking, the next he's flying accross the ring. Classic.

As for a knockdown Donald Curry's left hook on Milton McCrory has always stuck in the mind.

Honourable mention to the following:
Julian Jackson vs Herol Graham
Jersey Joe Walcott vs Ezzard Charles
Lennox Lewis vs Hasim Rahman I&II
Ken Norton vs Randy Stephens
Bob Foster vs Dick Tiger

theone · Post by **theone** » 25 Sep 2007, 08:08

Here's three:

Marciano vs. Walcott I - Truly stunning; worthy of all the hype.

Julian Jackson vs. Norris - Norris somehow managed to get up, but man, was that a brutal shot. Jackson actually put Norris to sleep on his feet then woke him up with the next couple of punches!

Witherspoon vs. Some white fighter - I have only seen clips of this but the overhand right Witherspoon lands on this guy is straight from out of a comicbook. The show a close up of the guys face as he's laying on the canvas. Its scary how contorted his face looked. Anyone know which fight I'm talking about?

Flump · Post by **Flump** » 25 Sep 2007, 08:19

theone wrote:Here's three:

Marciano vs. Walcott I - Truly stunning; worthy of all the hype.

Julian Jackson vs. Norris - Norris somehow managed to get up, but man, was that a brutal shot. Jackson actually put Norris to sleep on his feet then woke him up with the next couple of punches!

Witherspoon vs. Some white fighter - I have only seen clips of this but the overhand right Witherspoon lands on this guy is straight from out of a comicbook. The show a close up of the guys face as he's laying on the canvas. Its scary how contorted his face looked. Anyone know which fight I'm talking about?

I remember it well, it was Anders Eklund.

theone · Post by **theone** » 25 Sep 2007, 08:34

I remember it well, it was Anders Eklund.

Thanks!

Ezzard · Post by **Ezzard** » 25 Sep 2007, 08:34

McCallum-Curry is a classic.

Tyson-Berbick was another great KO.

kingpawn · Post by **kingpawn** » 25 Sep 2007, 09:50

I'm almost ashamed to bring up Lupe Pintor's knockout of Johnny Owen. It ended in Owen's death.

Recently I was surfing around on YouTube and watched it. Pintor's right is just a quick shot -- not a big haymaker like the left Sam Peter KO'd Jeremy Williams with. But it's eerie (especially knowing the eventual result) to see how Owen goes down -- just kind of teeters and then falls straight back, unconscious upon the moment he's hit.

I know this thread was about the "best" knockouts. I'd rather say this was a "tragic" knockout. But if you're talking about brutal, I suppose this has to be in the conversation.

The Durable Dane · Post by **The Durable Dane** » 25 Sep 2007, 11:12

Mikkel Kessler-Markus Beyer

Seamus · Post by **Seamus** » 25 Sep 2007, 11:33

Tommy Hearns final knockdown of Roberto Duran. One of my alltime favorites.
Azumah Nelson's uppercut vs Pat Cowdell
Marvin Johnson's KO of Victor Galindez

Teddy Reid's 3 punch combination that fatally injured Emiliano Valdez. All 3 of which were hard enough to score a knockout.

Tantum · Post by **Tantum** » 25 Sep 2007, 15:26

Musashi · Post by **Musashi** » 25 Sep 2007, 16:21

Here's a few more...

Reggie Johnson-William Guthrie
Michael Spinks-Marvin Johnson
Ann Wolfe-Vonda Ward
James Toney-Michael Nunn
Juan Valenzuela-Julio Diaz
Naseem Hamed-Augie Sanchez
Derrick Jefferson-Maurice Harris
Bob Foster-Mike Quarry
David Tua-John Ruiz
Roy Jones-Virgil Hill
Glen Johnson-Roy Jones
Delvin Rodriguez-Luther Smith
Sven Ottke-Anthony Mundine
Andres Ledesma-Gary Stark Jr.
Julian Jackson-Herol Graham
Earnie Shavers-Ken Norton
Gerry Cooney-Ken Norton
Floyd Patterson-Ingemar Johansson
Allan Green-Jaidon Codrington
Acelino Freitas-Anatoly Alexandrov
Ike Williams-Beau Jack

I Feel Fine · Post by **I Feel Fine** » 25 Sep 2007, 17:01

Robinson-Fullmer II
Frazier-Ellis
Shavers-Ellis, Norton
Foster-Tiger, Quarry, Rondon
Chavez-Mayweather I
Duran-Thompson, Lampkin, Bizzarro, DeJesus III, Moore
Duran-Barkley knock down
Barkley-Hearns
Hearns-Cuevas, Duran, Roldan
Jones-Hill
Trinidad-Vargas, Joppy
Foreman, Louis, Tyson had a lot... there's a lot of other fighters you can name

TamTam · Post by **TamTam** » 25 Sep 2007, 17:28

Matthew Saad Muhammad's KO of Lottie Mwale
Julian Jackson's KO of Herol Graham

Knucklez · Post by **Knucklez** » 25 Sep 2007, 18:12

Zale - Graziano 3. Right to the body, left to the whiskers. Good night.

Also Tyson - Berbick.

Girffith - Paret

elmersalsa · Post by **elmersalsa** » 25 Sep 2007, 18:24

Joe Frazier KO2 Bob Foster
Thomas Hearns KO2 Roberto Duran
Thomas Hearns KO2 Pipino Cuevas
Roberto Duran TKO12 Esteban DeJesus (III)

markl · Post by **markl** » 25 Sep 2007, 18:56

Lee/Locicero. That was the best round I have ever seen

Ruddock/Dokes

Hearns/shuler,Duran.Cuevas,Geraldo

Tyson/Thomas

Leonard/Green

Norris/Blocker

KO Artist · Post by **KO Artist** » 25 Sep 2007, 19:24

John Mugabi KO1 Earl Hargrove
John Mugabi KO1 Curtis Parker
Colin Jones KO9 Kirkland Laing x 2

markl · Post by **markl** » 25 Sep 2007, 19:58

Laporte/Lockridge
Foster/Quarry
Lockridge/Mayweather

p4p1 · Post by **p4p1** » 25 Sep 2007, 20:30

naseem hamed vs augie sanchez - spectacular hit him on his way down
kostya tszyu vs zab judah - was good to watch zab stumble around the ring
tyson vs berbick
peden vs campbell 1 - wesre campbell jst stand there askin robie to try an hit him and then gets KO'd haha

Jaclem · Post by **Jaclem** » 25 Sep 2007, 20:39

..charles-satterfield....

HomicideHenry · Post by **HomicideHenry** » 25 Sep 2007, 21:21

Mercer-Morrison was pretty disgusting in it's brutality

Ruddock-Dokes was damn near an execution, was nasty

I Feel Fine · Post by **I Feel Fine** » 25 Sep 2007, 21:25

Dempsey-Willard and Dempsey-Firpo are another two good ones. There's a lot of knock downs in Baer-Carnera. Baer-Schmeling is also a great KO.

Lausse · Post by **Lausse** » 25 Sep 2007, 22:02

Bruce Curry`s left hook KO over Monroe Brooks was a highlight reel shot, as was Myung Woo Yuh`s stoppage over Benedicto Murillo. Tua/Ruiz is another personal favourite of mine, never get tired of seeing that one.

MEISINGER · Post by **MEISINGER** » 25 Sep 2007, 22:53

recently i'd have to say kosta tszyu making judah melt like butter.
that was just too dadgum funny.

Goodnight, Irene · Post by **Goodnight, Irene** » 26 Sep 2007, 03:33

As knockdowns go, Earnie Shavers flooring Larry Holmes was a pearler. Holmes drops as if shot, somehow rises at 7, & goes on to stop Shavers in the 11th. Stunning recuperative powers from Holmes, although to be fair Shavers was just too tired to follow up.

Robinson-Fullmer II & Shavers-Ellis were already mentioned, but they're standouts for me too. Cooney-Norton was hellacious, like something out of a Rocky film.