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ALMOS' A KNOCKDOWN........

Posted: 23 Mar 2022, 15:18
by Caractacus
They got Hit hard (really hard)
even to the point where they were "Out on their feet"
but never went down from the punch.

Re: Boxing most famous "Near Knockdowns"

Posted: 23 Mar 2022, 15:25
by Caractacus
here was a famous one at about 12:50 in the Seventh round.

Re: Boxing most famous "Near Knockdowns"

Posted: 23 Mar 2022, 15:39
by Controversial
Bruno was out on his feet against Jumbo Cummings

Re: Boxing most famous "Near Knockdowns"

Posted: 23 Mar 2022, 15:41
by Caractacus
Yeah, but that wasn't particularly famous-or was it (?)
perhaps in the UK it was.

Re: Boxing most famous "Near Knockdowns"

Posted: 24 Mar 2022, 04:05
by evrenb
Caractacus wrote: 23 Mar 2022, 15:41 Yeah, but that wasn't particularly famous-or was it (?)
perhaps in the UK it was.
It definitely was famous.

Re: Boxing most famous "Near Knockdowns"

Posted: 24 Mar 2022, 07:04
by Riddick Bowie
I guess we've finally run out of things to talk about.

Re: Boxing most famous "Near Knockdowns"

Posted: 24 Mar 2022, 12:01
by Caractacus


Re: Boxing most famous "Near Knockdowns"

Posted: 25 Mar 2022, 13:19
by Caractacus
Joe Frazier was staggered by a right hand from Muhammad Ali in the second round of their second fight
(at approx. 9:10 of this clip)

Re: Boxing most famous "Near Knockdowns"

Posted: 25 Mar 2022, 15:11
by evrenb
'Ding-a-ling' Perez in his prime.

Re: Boxing most famous "Near Knockdowns"

Posted: 25 Mar 2022, 15:29
by Caractacus
Referee Mills Lane ruled it a knockdown, but was it really a knockdown ?

Re: Boxing most famous "Near Knockdowns"

Posted: 25 Mar 2022, 18:12
by bwu
Jimmy Young in the seventh round against George Foreman.

Re: ALMOS' A KNOCKDOWN........

Posted: 26 Mar 2022, 13:03
by Caractacus
"For a split second I was on Queer Street"
Joe Louis-My Life Story (1947)


Re: ALMOS' A KNOCKDOWN........

Posted: 26 Mar 2022, 13:07
by Caractacus
"Early in the first round he (Ramos) hit me with a right hand that was like an electric charge
.It sent a jolt through my bones and buckled my knees"
-Joe Frazier

Re: ALMOS' A KNOCKDOWN........

Posted: 26 Mar 2022, 13:23
by Caractacus

Re: ALMOS' A KNOCKDOWN........

Posted: 26 Mar 2022, 13:35
by Caractacus
seventh round-Ali claimed he was out on his feet for a split second after Bugner landed a punch.