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Trying to think of examples of when normally durable fighters get knocked out or stopped early.

To start it off I was thinking Frazier vs Foreman, Duran vs Hearns and Michael Nunn vs Sumbu Kalambay.

Nunns win was even more impressive considering he wasn't known for being a huge puncher and Kalambay had never been stopped (before or after) and was flattened with one punch.

Hopkins against Dawson

Rocky Lockridge stopped early by Laporte?

Jimmy Young against Shavers.

Duran against Hearns.

Although they were up against notable punchers.

Emile Griffith vs Hurricane Carter

Trevor Berbick vs Bernardo Mercado

Doug DeWitt vs Jose Quinones

George Chuvalo vs George Foreman

Tex Cobb vs Dee Collier

Sugar Ray Leonard -v- Hector Camacho, if you call the 5th early.

SRL had never been KOd & although he was as old as the Earth & rusty to boot, it still shocked me to see him splattered by the feather fisted Camacho.

It shouldnt count if guys were way outside their prime, such as Leonard against Camacho (washed up), or Young with Shavers (rookie).

Best of these for me is Valdez-Briscoe

Amazing and unappreciated win, but it wasn't exactly early.

Hearns/Cuevas
Holyfield/Qawi

Witherspoon v Bonecrusher seems like an obvious example.

Rosario vs Bramble
Gamboa vs Mtagwa
Hearns vs Duran
Smith vs Witherspoon
Benn vs Barkley

Counter-puncher wrote:Rocky Lockridge stopped early by Laporte?

Yeah, round 2, I think. LaPorte was a tremendous banger. I think McGuigan said that he was the hardest hitter he had ever faced and it felt like it his head was coming off his shoulders.

HOW have we forgotten Pacquiao-Hatton?

Didnt Judah get Ward outta there pretty quick?

bengulnaci1 wrote:

Counter-puncher wrote:Rocky Lockridge stopped early by Laporte?

Yeah, round 2, I think. LaPorte was a tremendous banger. I think McGuigan said that he was the hardest hitter he had ever faced and it felt like it his head was coming off his shoulders.

yeah, i can't remember the exact quote but laporte rocked him with a right hand in around the 4th(?) round and Barry said it took 3-4 rounds before he shook the effects off

Oh. For some reason I was thinking Ward was stopped in the third against Judah.

David Tua KO1 John Ruiz

Rubin Carter TKO1 Emile Griffith

BarryWashington wrote:

J-C wrote:David Tua KO1 John Ruiz

hahaha perfect one for the thread. but u gotta wonder if ruiz was really that durable or if his style was just let happen too much (his constant clinching) by the referees.

true, but apart from the clinching and hugging, his defence/reflexes and chin taken alltogether weren't that bad, so i'd say him getting blown out early would still be a good example

I think it caught everyone by surprise, not least the ref...those last few punches were on a par with Mercer/Morrison.

orbtastic wrote:I think it caught everyone by surprise, not least the ref...those last few punches were on a par with Mercer/Morrison.

i showed M/M to Jonny the other night, he nearly shat a kidney

Benn vs Barkley is a good shout, but had The Blade been softened up a little by Hearns, despite winning?

I mean... for 99% of that fight he was taking a hiding.

Prudencio Cardona vs Antonio Avelar. Sickening first round KO against a man noted for his durability and punching power:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UJ3ILSCzNg

Tubbs by Tyson
Ambers by Jenkins
McGovern by Young Corbett
Kid Chocolate by Canzoneri
Sharkey by Fitzsimmons

Jack Sharkey TKO3 Tommy Loughran

Joe Louis KO1 John Henry Lewis

Curtis Sheppard KO1 Joey Maxim

Leonard Morrow KO1 Archie Moore

Oakland Billy Smith TKO2 Harold Johnson

Canzoneri KO3 Jack Berg