Unusual or bizarre stoppage losses

[scartissue]

Her's one where the numbers just don't add up. The much heavier Jimmy Slattery getting knocked out in 3 rounds by Dave Shade. Slattery had only been stopped 4 times in his 126 fight career against the best of his day. Shade only had 17 stoppage wins in 225 fights. Man, that's a strange one.

[keithmoonhangover]

I can remember watching that at the time, hit him after the bell didn't he?

Yeah, clearly after the bell, but Starling was throwing a punch at the same time.

No he wasn't. Watch again. Starling dropped his hands because the bell rang. Molinares had a clean shot after the bell.

I did. Starling definitely throws a right.

[Controversial]

Her's one where the numbers just don't add up. The much heavier Jimmy Slattery getting knocked out in 3 rounds by Dave Shade. Slattery had only been stopped 4 times in his 126 fight career against the best of his day. Shade only had 17 stoppage wins in 225 fights. Man, that's a strange one.

Good shout. So bizarre it makes you wonder if there was something else going on....

[rob h]

Darkie Smith running in the ring during the Hatton fight. Must have been awkward round the Christmas table after that.

[keithmoonhangover]

Who was the guy who's mum got in the ring and hit her son's opponent with a shoe?

[Controversial]

Who was the guy who's mum got in the ring and hit her son's opponent with a shoe?

Tony Wilson is ringing a bell

[keithmoonhangover]

Who was the guy who's mum got in the ring and hit her son's opponent with a shoe?

Tony Wilson is ringing a bell

Sounds right.,

[AngryGoon38]

Her's one where the numbers just don't add up. The much heavier Jimmy Slattery getting knocked out in 3 rounds by Dave Shade. Slattery had only been stopped 4 times in his 126 fight career against the best of his day. Shade only had 17 stoppage wins in 225 fights. Man, that's a strange one.

That's Super Extreme. That's as extreme as if Maxie Rosenbloom Tko'd Ray Mercer.

I remember Gianfranco Rossi brutally Ko'ing the Very Tough and Highly Formidable "Duane Thomas" in 1988.

That was a definitive Shocker, being that Rossi had a mere 13 Ko's out of over 40 wins at that point in time.

[Dart340]

Just was thinking earlier this week about world rated Lenny Lapaglia, coming off a razor thin loss to John Collins, getting stopped in back to back fights by frequent loser/trialhorse Danny Blake. Supposedly, he quit in the first one and then rededicated himself to training for the rematch and then got flat kayoed in the rematch.

Count uber talented James Salerno's back to back losses to nobody special Leon McDonald as inexplicable as well.

[Controversial]

Granted he was making his debut so far from the fighter he became but Henry Armstrong was knocked out in his debut by someone with a 7-6-3 (1 KO) record, Armstrong was only stopped one more time in his entire career.

[Controversial]

Mauricio Lara getting sparked 50 seconds into round one looking unusual now

[keithmoonhangover]

Mauricio Lara getting sparked 50 seconds into round one looking unusual now

Joe Bugner got knocked out in three rounds by a guy who was 1-3. He wasn't stopped again until he fought Earnie Shavers thirteen years lates.

[Controversial]

Mauricio Lara getting sparked 50 seconds into round one looking unusual now

Joe Bugner got knocked out in three rounds by a guy who was 1-3. He wasn't stopped again until he fought Earnie Shavers thirteen years lates.

Yes good shout

[keithmoonhangover]

Mauricio Lara getting sparked 50 seconds into round one looking unusual now

Joe Bugner got knocked out in three rounds by a guy who was 1-3. He wasn't stopped again until he fought Earnie Shavers thirteen years lates.

Yes good shout

Not the same thing, but on David Bey's debut he stopped Buster Douglas in two rounds.

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Roberto Duran getting iced by Tommy Hearns.

I know Hearns was a walking wrecking machine, but Duran was a truly great fighter who was still 'living'; how often do you see truly great fighters getting wiped out inside a 2 rounds whilst they're still 'living'?

[keithmoonhangover]

Roberto Duran getting iced by Tommy Hearns.

I know Hearns was a walking wrecking machine, but Duran was a truly great fighter who was still 'living'; how often do you see truly great fighters getting wiped out inside a 2 rounds whilst they're still 'living'?

Agreed, I don't think Hearns gets enough credit for that.

[Flump]

Emile Griffith getting starched by Hurricane Carter. More recently, Eubank getting whacked by Liam Smith was a surprise in so far as how it ended.

[oogiebe]

Emile Griffith getting starched by Hurricane Carter. More recently, Eubank getting whacked by Liam Smith was a surprise in so far as how it ended.

Yeah, I had mentioned that one on a similar thread. Griffith was just named FOTY before get smashed to bits.

[franciscojavier]

Here’s one I watched last week:Ricardo Torres knocking down Kendall Holt twice in the first round of their rematch, and then rushing in and getting caught and knocked out cold... still in the first round. On top of that there was controversy around a clash of heads potentially causing the knockout as well. I don’t know if seen another fight quite like that.

[Expug]

Just was thinking earlier this week about world rated Lenny Lapaglia, coming off a razor thin loss to John Collins, getting stopped in back to back fights by frequent loser/trialhorse Danny Blake. Supposedly, he quit in the first one and then rededicated himself to training for the rematch and then got flat kayoed in the rematch.

Count uber talented James Salerno's back to back losses to nobody special Leon McDonald as inexplicable as well.

The thing about those fights with Blake that Lapaglia had, Danny Blake had an unbelievable chin. I sparred many rounds with Lenny and he was a good fighter for sure, but volatile as hell. He knew he wasn’t gonna stop Danny and it was gonna for sure go the distance.
If he trained the way he trained for Collins, he would’ve won. I don’t think that was the case.

[robbydecker]

Tommy Morrison against Michael Bent comes to mind...

Definitely a very noteworthy mention. And at 1:33 of the first round.
I really always thought that Morrison would've lasted out that first round though, barring the 3 knockdown rule.
I think that without any amount of knock-downs being a warranted tko win by default, Morrison would've went down a total of 5 times in that first round, but he would've survived the round. I say this because he kept on immediately getting up after each of them three knockdowns.

Also, "Michael Dokes" winning by Tko over "Mike Weaver", at 1:03 or 1:33..?, of the first round.
The ref theoretically could've just stepped in and given Weaver a standing 8 count, just like that ref did for Fury while he was wobbling all around the ring in the Usyk bout.

Another noteworthy mention would be a peculiar classic bout in 1979, in the Fly weight division, when Chan Hee Park Tko'd Guty Espadas.
Park wasn't normally known for his punching power, but in that specific bout, he suddenly became a wrecking ball.

Gianfranco Rossi, another low ko percentage boxer, brutally ko'ing Duane Thomas, in 1988.
Rossi basically suddenly became Roy Jones Jr in that bout.

Low Ko percentage boxer "Carlos Baldomir" knocking out "Arturo Gatti" was a sad sight to behold.
That bout started out as a very thrilling brawl, and then Gatti just suddenly seemingly totally ran out of wind, out of nowhere.

Also, basically an honorable mention, "Mitchell Rose" with a 1-6 record, tko'ing Butterbean in the first round.

[giacomino]

Sergio Palma, who had KO'd 13 of his 44 opponents coming in, KOing former Olympic gold medalist and 122 lb belt-holder Leo Randolph in 1980. Randolph was hurt by the first right hand and never recovered.

I remember the Rossi fight well. I'd seen Rossi and Thomas several times and I was shocked how Rossi smacked him around at will and seemed to hurt him several times

[bennie]

I remember this one. Uganda's Mohammed Kawoya is shipping punishment from a very good fighter in John Meekins when the referee jumps in to rescue Kawoya. However, the beaten fighter throws a punch as the ref gets between them and down goes Meekins, who is really hurt.

[margaret thatcher]

interesting situation, on the one hand as an observor its clear the ref was calling for a stoppage before punches go in , on the other i think he was premature in doing so and i also dont think the ref moving in was a factor in meekins being hit with the big shot. theres no indication or sign that it registered at all with meekins and it all happens so quickly as the ref is stopping it

technically prob correct since the ref called it, but feels like a no contest woulda been fair