How many past champions would have been floored by the punch Fury landed on Wilder?

How many past champions from 1960-2020 would have been floored by the punch Fury landed on Wilder in round 3?

After seeing it a few times, I think it was a good shot, but not exactly the type of blow that floors most champions. And if it did produce a knockdown, the vast majority get up with their legs underneath them.

Thoughts?

 

*** Mod's this is a historical quesiton *** I'd rather keep it in the classic boxing section.

 

75% would have gone down? Get out of here, Fury is not that type of puncher. Will fix it to floored in round three. Essentially Fury ended the fight on this one punch, as Wilder could not recover.

Fury weighed in a 273 pounds, but that doesn't make him a puncher. I could easily name 20 active today that hit harder and weigh less.

 

No, not Bruce Seldon. RING MAGAZINE CHAMPIONS.

[url]Sonny Liston[/url] September 25, 1962 – February 25, 1964
[url]Muhammad Ali[/url] February 25, 1964 – February 3, 1970 (Boxing license revoked)
[url]Joe Frazier[/url] March 8, 1971 – January 22, 1973
[url]George Foreman[/url] January 22, 1973 – October 30, 1974
[url]Muhammad Ali[/url] October 30, 1974 – February 15, 1978
[url]Leon Spinks[/url] February 15, 1978 – September 15, 1978
[url]Muhammad Ali[/url] September 15, 1978 – September 6, 1979 (retired)
[url]Larry Holmes[/url] October 2, 1980 – September 21, 1985
[url]Michael Spinks[/url] September 21, 1985 – June 27, 1988
[url]Mike Tyson[/url] June 27, 1988 (new ownership discontinued championship policy during Tyson's reign)
[url]Lennox Lewis[/url] 2002 – February 6, 2004 (retired)
[url]Vitali Klitschko[/url] (def. [url]Corrie Sanders[/url]) April 24, 2004 – November 9, 2005 (retired)
[url]Wladimir Klitschko[/url] (def. [url]Ruslan Chagaev[/url]) June 20, 2009 – November 28, 2015

 

Probably not on Liston, but I can agree with this in general, I'd also say Liston, Frazier and Klitschko get up and don't have spaghetti legs as Wilder did.

Ya hear that Charles Burley? I see you are a new poster as of late February who has been rather active. Sometimes such posters who come at veteran posters are alt's that were banned under another name. No proof on that, just saying.

 

My point is you don't understand what's common refferd to as a glass jaw. The punch was legal, and Fury didn't plant his feet and deliver it with full force, it was thrown during the action. If Wilder took it better and got up quickly with his legs underneath him, it could have been viewed as a flash knockdown. He didn't and could not shake this punch off.

Just testing...how many heavyweight champions do you think get up from the blow, without blood and shaky legs as WIlder had. 75% ? Do tell.

Try like almost all of them.