Which title fights were ended by a lucky punch?

I don’t believe in lucky punches! I do believe in well timed punches that are the result of preparation, setting up and timing.

But if I had to pick one I would say Jorge Castro vs John David Jackson comes the closest I have ever seen to a lucky shot....

By the way if you use the magnifying glass and search function, you would find that this thread has already been done numerous times....just in case you don’t want to annoy people in the future

 

Seeing Pac in the thumbnail, I always felt that Marquez was a bit lucky when he stepped on Pac's foot to land that counter punch

But I generally agree with the above, I don't really believe in a lucky punch. I think it's a dismissive phrase for rude sports writers and sour fans/losers

 

Philly, to a point I do believe in lucky punches. When it is due to a fighter, as you said, trying to set a fighter up round after round and then bingo, then that is not lucky, he was endeavoring to get him into position. For example, the Lewis - Rahman fight. Lewis did not take him seriously, was partying it up in South Africa, Rahman was nailing him prior to the finale and then he landed the KO punch. Nothing lucky there. That was by ceaseless endeavor. Now, Tate-Weaver I consider a lucky punch. Tate was still flying in the 15th, hitting crisply and had this fight wrapped up. Yet, never took his foot off the gas pedal. 14 1/2 rounds and then gets caught with a haymaker. I feel that's a lucky punch. I didn't think Tarver-Jones was lucky. It was early, if Jones didn't warm up that was his lookout because Tarver was ready. One fight not mentioned, probably because of its obscurity would be Romeo Anaya against Arnold Taylor, Anaya had Taylor down 4 times in the bout and it never looked like Taylor was going to put the champ in distress at all, but in the 14th Anaya was caught with a bolt from the blue with Taylor coming off the ropes. So near the finish line like that I call lucky. I agree with you on Castro-Jackson, that was a wild haymaker that ended that. Graham-Jackson I do not call lucky because Graham had him beat by sharp boxing, had him cut over both eyes and then pulled a Billy Conn. That was his issue, nothing lucky there. I guess we could pick these apart all day.

 

What's a lucky punch?

 

Lewis - Bruno comes to mind.

 

i understand what you're getting at so i'll play along. i happened to be watching the mickey ward/sanchez fight and i damn near turned it off. roy jones was literally saying the viewers should get their money back, the fight should be stopped and then all of a sudden sanchez is dropped and out. yes it was a body shot and yes that was ward's punch but he literally lost every second of that fight up to that point. i know you said title fights but when i thought of lucky punches it immediately came to mind title fight or not

 

Weaver vs John Tate late one-punch k.o. has been mentioned.

 

Ward was getting dominated no question, but it absolutely wasn't a lucky punch.. Watch it again, Ward lands there same spot 30 seconds prior .. And he starts to set up more to Sanchez' right because he knew it was open.. And notice how Ward opens him up for it with first a left hook to the head .. Nothing new here for Ward..Very well calculated by Ward imo

 

There are no lucky punches.

 

I get what you are saying. There is always some mistake a person made with their style or history which could see it coming. Even Norris vs. Jackson. Jackson could knockout anyone. But Norris could be hit and hurt, Brown hurt him later with a jab. Lewis seemed to get caught enough. Hearns always liked to brawl. Duran? That was accumulation knockout. Pernell Whitaker had a knockout against Nazario. That was flukish.

 

Vitali Klitschko v. Odlanier Solis--grazing temple shot leads to blow out of Solis' knee.

Ditto McCline v. Grant (no title).

 

I don't believe in the notion of a "lucky punch"...
A sportswriter who should remain nameless wasted no time in accusing Nino Benvenuti of being "lucky", and of winning in round 11 vs Luis Rodriguez by virtue of a "lucky punch" back in 1969. This spurious, baseless and ignorant charge was refuted by a far superior writer...no less than Ring's Nat Loubet, who declared that the left hook thrown by Nino was indeed a well placed, very purposeful bomb and dispelled the very idea ..the very concept of a "lucky punch., and I've never forgotten this throughout the years...that the term disparages and disrespects the fighter who threw the punch and should never be used.....

 

Well put RC , and I might add that this thread works if it is changed to the "perfect punch"

 

I agree with that term completely surfinghb!