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Seems often when I produce a thread, people just don't read what I'm saying. I don't know why that's the case so regularly --- my threads are generally short, & the premise straight-forward. This one's about your favourite knockdowns.

Please, do not list floorings which resulted in knock-OUTS. Just knockdowns (TKO's are acceptable, however).

One I saw recently, after a long time. Jones Jr. at the close of round two against Thornton. Holy God :P

Tyson with that uppercut against Ribalta in round ten.

Foreman lifting Norton off the canvas a half-second before that third knockdown. It doesn't get half the play Frazier coming off his feet did, but you can see Norton's body lift. Scary.

sg1985 wrote:nigel benn hanging out of the ring about a minute into the first round against gerald mclellan

Good one.

Still shudder when I hear (let alone see) Holmes hitting the deck like a sack of concrete against Shavers...

What about what Arguello did to Rooney with that right hand, late in round two?

Moore-Marciano

When a guy falls face-forwards it's usually all over.

Lewis - McCall (1)

Hamed - Lieno
Curry - McCrory
Hearns - Duran

Moore vs Durrell, all of the early knockdowns looked horrific, obviously making the come back all the more dramatic.

When Henry Cooper k.d. the then named Cassius Clay, and when Oscar Bonavena put on the floor twice in the second round Joe Frazier in their first fight; and when Yvon Durelle k.d. threece in the first round Archie Moore. All in their first bout

Tony Baltazar 2 K-Ds over Howard Davis.

Mercer being dropped by Holyfield. A knock down that
Holy needed to salvage the win. Mercer's first KD and
only in his young 'prime' years.

Sean O'Grady's 2nd and 8th round knockdowns over Hilmer Kenty.

Tony Baltazar k.d over buddy McGirt

Tszyu introducing Zab to "Dancing with the Stars"......He's been a dancing master ever since.....

Didn anyone mention Tyson - Berbick?

BoxBuzz wrote:Didn anyone mention Tyson - Berbick?

I think you just did . . .

my fav is the one-two roy jones landed on reggie johnson at the end of the third round. don't think i've ever seen a faster combo. it was fast even in slow motion.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uif7KNfz ... re=related

..moore/marciano already listed so - walcott marciano..

Did you see the Allan Green shot that knocked down Edison Miranda ?

I like Ali v Cleveland Williams,
Douglas v Tyson gave us two immortal fall-overs, not just in terms of historical significance but the aesthetic qualities of the motions involved. After Buster landed that UPPERCUT, it seemed like Tyson was in suspended animation while Buster put the rest of the combo together. That one stands up to multiple viewings.
I like how Norman Mailer described Ali keeping his right hand poised but not striking Foreman on the way down* in order not to spoil the perfect symmetry of Foremans graceful descent (or something like that).

*Something Iran Barkley did not have the artistic sense to not do to Tommy Hearns in '88.

Goodnight, Irene wrote:Seems often when I produce a thread, people just don't read what I'm saying. I don't know why that's the case so regularly --- my threads are generally short, & the premise straight-forward. This one's about your favourite knockdowns.

Please, do not list floorings which resulted in knock-OUTS. Just knockdowns (TKO's are acceptable, however).

After Buster landed that UPPERCUT, it seemed like Tyson was in suspended animation

Sorry mate.

Hey GI.....Zab says he wasn't KO'd.....He'll tell you that today...he even tried explaining it ever so nicely to the ref....but would the ref listen? NO.......so do I get a pass on that one?

Shavers - Holmes
Snipes - Holmes

I like Holmes-Cooney, second round.
Gerry found the right place to park his butt - eventually.

Duran - Barkley the 6 or so consecutive clean shots leading to the right hand that put Iran down. perfect

Holmes being deposited on his trunks by Snipes was a total shock as I watched....that's on this list for sure.

I think Jack Dempsey's seventh round knockdown of Gene Tunney has to be included here. It was a knockdown for the ages.