Quiz: Quickest KOs Ever?
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Actually, the Ketchel-Papke fight went on for about twelve rounds, or so...I'm guessing. I know that it went for a number of rounds after Papke sucker-punched Ketchel and Ketchel stated afterward that he didn't remember any of the fight, but it showed his heart and will to go as long as the fight did.
barry..you're right and thanks for the quick correction . i really blew this one....consider it my thanksgiving turkey post. i've written about this fight many times and know better. it went 12 rounds and just as you said ketchell was in a fog all the way.
takes me down a notch in my informal title as historian here. let's just say the cable is still attached but sometimes my mind doesn't get a picture.
in the rematch just a couple of months later ketchell regained the title with a 12 round kayo, and i've read read reports that ketchell deliberately dragged out the fight to give papke a real beating instead of knocking him out early. but then, i've also read reports that elvis is alive and having conjugal relations with liberace.
where was i..oh yes..they also fought a 20 rounder the next year (ketchell and papke, not elvis and liberace) which ketchell won by decision.
(memo to myself..check ..then check again...before spouting historical data.)
takes me down a notch in my informal title as historian here. let's just say the cable is still attached but sometimes my mind doesn't get a picture.
in the rematch just a couple of months later ketchell regained the title with a 12 round kayo, and i've read read reports that ketchell deliberately dragged out the fight to give papke a real beating instead of knocking him out early. but then, i've also read reports that elvis is alive and having conjugal relations with liberace.
where was i..oh yes..they also fought a 20 rounder the next year (ketchell and papke, not elvis and liberace) which ketchell won by decision.
(memo to myself..check ..then check again...before spouting historical data.)
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Jeffsboxing
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Don't worry Jaclem, everyone has laspses in thought every now and then...in my case quiet often. Ketchel and Papke had a nice series, but personally, I like Ketchel's bout with Joe Thomas...I really wish I could go back in time and witness it!
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Jeffsboxing wrote:I don't edit a single word from Ripley's Believe it or not:
Boxer AL COUTURE won the fastest knockout in boxing history by punching out Ralph Walton after only half a second had passed in the fight! (from Ripley's Believe It or Not!)
http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=024489
This is in the record books as the quickest knockout in history at 10.5 seconds
World Title Kayos
Bennie posted my list of fastest World Title Kayos -- he left out the latest --
0:17Shannon Briggs KO 1John Sargent Jul, 19, 2003 IBU Heavy
0:17Shannon Briggs KO 1John Sargent Jul, 19, 2003 IBU Heavy
Re: World Title Kayos
Oh, that was your list, Mike. Hope you didn't mind me reproducing it. Great list.delisa wrote:Bennie posted my list of fastest World Title Kayos -- he left out the latest --
0:17Shannon Briggs KO 1John Sargent Jul, 19, 2003 IBU Heavy
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yeah hatcher was well and truly gone honeyghan actually showed some mercy there cos hatcher's lights were well and truly out.MightyWarrior wrote:I was in Marbella for the Honeyghan/Hatcher 45 second knockout. It was in an open air bull ring and was postponed for a day, due to an electrical lightstorm.
Should've been even quicker, as Hatcher was "out" when he got up from the knockdown, but the ref let it go on till Honey himself stopped it, by turning away after battering an unconcious Hatcher, propped up on the ropes - then the ref stepped in.
Worth the wait? Hmmmm well my mate didn't think so - first ( and last! ) time he ever went to a fight.
He turned to me and said "Is that it?!"
why the hell was the fight held out in spain
i've noticed there were a lot of fights out in spain and france in those days like graham v jackson whitaker v ramirez both fights where the fighter isn't from that country there were loads of other champions of the day to like mike mccallum, don curry, evander holyfield who fought in that neck of the woods why???
quickest kos
only one i saw was the jimmy thunder one. not only was the knockout
a beauty(was the fist punch)but the look on jims face when his opponent went down.he was stunned himself. pity about his own chin.moaris sure
are mean looking dudes and can hit like sledgehammers but seem to have no chin.
a beauty(was the fist punch)but the look on jims face when his opponent went down.he was stunned himself. pity about his own chin.moaris sure
are mean looking dudes and can hit like sledgehammers but seem to have no chin.
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Well the French have always loved the great black American sports stars, going back to the days of Ray Robinson and Jesse Owen. They were often featured on the covers on French magazines like Paris Match etc.hitman_hatton1 wrote: yeah hatcher was well and truly gone honeyghan actually showed some mercy there cos hatcher's lights were well and truly out.
why the hell was the fight held out in spainu had an american fighting a brit why spain odd one that.
i've noticed there were a lot of fights out in spain and france in those days like graham v jackson whitaker v ramirez both fights where the fighter isn't from that country there were loads of other champions of the day to like mike mccallum, don curry, evander holyfield who fought in that neck of the woods why???
Real sporting icons in France.
The Spain connection came through all the Brit tourists out there. The Marbella fight I went to was in the summer, when 1000's of UK tourists are out there.
Bruno was scheduled to appear on the Honeyghan undercard, I've still got the poster. He pulled out for some reason.
I seem to remember Terry Lawless and Mickey Duff had "friends" out there, who might have helped promote the event. I think the the post fight party was held at the restaurant of a London East End character, who had fled the UK for..... "personal" reasons. 8) 8)
Quickest Knockout ever:
1. Russell Rees stopped Des Sowden in just 4 seconds on Friday November 3, 2000, Leisure Centre, Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshire, Wales.
Sowden was knocked out by first punch just 4 seconds into the fight. The quickest recorded knockout in boxing history.
2. Ever Beleño stopped Guillermo Salcedo in 5 seconds on Friday 16 September 1994. The shortest KO record in the world.
3. Oliver Rubin stopped Peter Simko in 5 seconds on Friday, February 8, 2002, Imperial Gym, Budapest, Hungary.
4. José (Espinaca) Pons, knocked out Cecilio Niz, both Argentinians, in only 5 seconds, in the Luna Park Stadium of Buenos Aires, CF, Argentina, on March 26, 1952; this is the record for a South American professional fight.
5.Jack Roberts stopped Tony Milam in 6 seconds in Corpus Christi, TX on Wednesday, March 29, 1939.
6. According to the database, Peter McNeeley had a 6 second TKO over Frankie Hines.
7. Ricky Parkey stopped Broderick Mason in 8 seconds on Tuesday 11 December 1984. At the time when this bout happened this was the quickest KO ever.
8. Jeremy Williams stopped Arthur Weathers in 10 seconds on Tuesday, March 19, 1996, Spruce Goose, Long Beach, CA
9. Marty Lindquist stopped Max Alexander in 10 seconds, National Guard Armory, Philadelphia, PA on October 14, 2006.
* Lindquist landed a right hand with the opening bell on a unsuspecting Alexander leaving him unconscious for several minutes
* official time of stoppage was 10 seconds
* on November 1st 2006 the Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission ruled the fight a No Contest because Lindquist failed the pre fight drug test.
The quickest knockout in recorded history, including the full 10 count from the ref, was a welterweight fight from 1946, when Al Couture knocked out Ralph Walton in 10.5 seconds.
1. Russell Rees stopped Des Sowden in just 4 seconds on Friday November 3, 2000, Leisure Centre, Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshire, Wales.
Sowden was knocked out by first punch just 4 seconds into the fight. The quickest recorded knockout in boxing history.
2. Ever Beleño stopped Guillermo Salcedo in 5 seconds on Friday 16 September 1994. The shortest KO record in the world.
3. Oliver Rubin stopped Peter Simko in 5 seconds on Friday, February 8, 2002, Imperial Gym, Budapest, Hungary.
4. José (Espinaca) Pons, knocked out Cecilio Niz, both Argentinians, in only 5 seconds, in the Luna Park Stadium of Buenos Aires, CF, Argentina, on March 26, 1952; this is the record for a South American professional fight.
5.Jack Roberts stopped Tony Milam in 6 seconds in Corpus Christi, TX on Wednesday, March 29, 1939.
6. According to the database, Peter McNeeley had a 6 second TKO over Frankie Hines.
7. Ricky Parkey stopped Broderick Mason in 8 seconds on Tuesday 11 December 1984. At the time when this bout happened this was the quickest KO ever.
8. Jeremy Williams stopped Arthur Weathers in 10 seconds on Tuesday, March 19, 1996, Spruce Goose, Long Beach, CA
9. Marty Lindquist stopped Max Alexander in 10 seconds, National Guard Armory, Philadelphia, PA on October 14, 2006.
* Lindquist landed a right hand with the opening bell on a unsuspecting Alexander leaving him unconscious for several minutes
* official time of stoppage was 10 seconds
* on November 1st 2006 the Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission ruled the fight a No Contest because Lindquist failed the pre fight drug test.
The quickest knockout in recorded history, including the full 10 count from the ref, was a welterweight fight from 1946, when Al Couture knocked out Ralph Walton in 10.5 seconds.
