Non-punchers scoring surprise knockouts.

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  1. VG_Addict

    VG_Addict Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Sometimes, a fighter who's not considered a hard puncher will win a fight by knockout because he landed a perfect punch right on the button.

    The best example I can think of is Michael Nunn's shocking first round KO of Sumbu Kalambay. Nunn wasn't really known as a puncher, but he landed a beautiful straight left that knocked Kalambay out cold.
     
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    Vgaddict in league?
     
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    Whitaker KO1 Nazario
     
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    Hearns KOing Duran
     
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    That's more of a surprise KO of an iron-chinned fighter.
     
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    Wow, there was a time when a thread like this wouldn't have reached the second reply without an Ottke vs. Mundine shout ...but then, it has been a couple of decades now and neither is exactly the sort of fighter younger fans will delight in performing a deep-dive on. :sisi1 So you either remember it, or - you don't.
     
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    Bracero KO1 Danny O'Conner
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    Hearns couldn't punch for ****
     
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    Are you joking?
     
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    Are you serious?

    Hearns had one of the hardest right hands in boxing history, P4P.
     
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    Nunn-Kalambay
     
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    Mayweather sparking Ortiz.
     
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    Ottke v Mundine
     
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    Maybe Ali Foreman
     
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