Greatest KOs in Boxing History

By Boxing News on June 18, 2011

Everone loves a knockout. And what’s not to love? When one man’s fists connect with another man’s head and he goes crashing to the canvas, everyone’s pulse races a little faster. The knockout can not only change the direction of a fight. It can change the direction of a career, the direction of a life…

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Jim Crue 04:04pm, 12/31/2011

These may be the 10 greatest KO’s on film. Many other great KO’s are not on film. Zale vs Graziano 1 and 2 for example.

Thanks for posting.

Happy New Year
JC45 02:39pm, 11/04/2011

Where was Hearns v Duran ? I’d have had it number one. Still the best right hand I’ve ever seen landed in a fight. Thanks for the vid.
Roseann 04:40pm, 06/26/2011

Charley Norkus vs Danny Nardico 1 in Miami, Florida January 1954 was the greatest non-title KO of all-time. Just ask Angelo Dundee who said recently it was “his” favorite KO of all-time.

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Fighter's Info

Sugar Ray Robinson
Gene Fullmer

Real Name	Walker Smith Jr.
Country	United States
Date of Birth(Age)	1921.05.03 (91)
Rated at	Middleweight
W-L-D	W173+L19+D6=200
Height	5 feet 11 inches
Reach	73 inches
Trainer	Soldier Jones, Harry Wiley

Last fights:

Date	Opponent	WLD	Result	Rnds.
1965.11.10	Joey Archer	44-1-0	L(UD)	10/10
1965.10.20	Rudolph Bent	39-41-4	W(KO)	3/10
1965.10.01	Peter Schmidt	22-25-7	W(UD)	10/10
1965.09.23	Harvey McCullough	7-26-2	W(UD)	10/10
1965.09.15	Neil Morrison	3-3-1	NC(NC)	2/10
1965.08.10	Stan Harrington	57-16-1	L(PTS)	10/10

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Country	United States
Date of Birth(Age)	1931.07.21 (81)
Rated at	Middleweight
W-L-D	W55+L6+D3=64
Height	5 feet 8 inches

Last fights:

Date	Opponent	WLD	Result	Rnds.
1963.08.10	Dick Tiger	46-14-3	L(RTD)	7/15
1963.02.23	Dick Tiger	46-14-2	D(PTS)	15/15
1962.10.23	Dick Tiger	45-14-2	L(UD)	15/15
1961.12.09	Benny Paret	35-10-3	W(KO)	10/15
1961.08.05	Florentino Fernandez	30-2-0	W(SD)	15/15
1961.03.04	Sugar Ray Robinson	143-8-3	W(UD)	15/15

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Fight results

Fighters	Result	Rounds	Record
Melissa McMorrow Susi Kentikian	WMD	10/10x2	(6-3-3) (29-0-0)
Sahlan Coral Rocky Alap Alap	WTKO	3/12	(5-1-0) (4-7-0)
Hendrik Aritonang Koko Siagian	WSD	12/12	(2-16-1) (0-3-0)
Arga Soka Ade Alfons	LUD	12/12	(1-3-1) (14-15-3)
Een Nuryanto Ricky Manufoe	LKO	10/12	(0-2-0) (13-14-2)
Ramadhan Weriu Darsim Nanggala	LTKO	8/12	(10-5-1) (6-12-3)
Roberto Gonzales Ryan Sermona	LTKO	5/10	(20-0-0) (12-3-0)
Oscar Raknafa Boy Tanto	WPTS	12/12	(4-3-0) (4-10-0)
Omar Nino Romero Brian Viloria	LTKO	9/12	(31-4-2) (30-3-0)
Dado Cabintoy Dayer Gabutan	LUD	12/12	(9-2-2) (17-1-2)

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