Is this a photo of the Marciano Walcott knockout blow? (not that it really matters...)

That's not the one we usually see.
EDIT- That's it. I'm used to seeing the close up.

 

The one you're showing could very well be the actual knockout blow. This is the picture usually shown as the knockout blow. I think yours is more likely the final punch. https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys...85&fit=max&s=5f6603faefbd0c628850f4f5e70500fe

 

Think so

 

The first one is. The one djanders shows is not.

 

That’s the one (that you linked from Boxrec) that I’ve always accepted as the KO punch. Next time I have a look I’ll check out what you observed re Walcott’s left arm.

What about the quality of the photo though? One of, if not the, best captures of the nano sec after a KO punch. There’s quite a few photos of Marciano badly distorting and rubberising his opponent’s faces.

 

Here’s some very clear vision of the KO slowed down.

I froze it at 9 secs and it matches up very well to the Boxrec still photo that you linked.

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My first thought was no, but having watched the footage and paused at the exact point the punch connects, I think it could be. It’s captured just before the point that Walcott slumps. My memory said that he slumped immediately on contact with the punch but there is a fraction of a pause before it happens which means this photo seems to match that point of connection. Interesting.

 

Walcott is much closer to the ropes in the photo in question here as opposed to the famous one we usually see.. They look different to me.

 

I thought the famous one we usually see was debunked on the forum over a decade ago? I definitely remember the standard post as being yeah but that was never the actual KO blow.

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I reckon this pic is probably correct. Remember Walcott's right actually lands after Rocky's KO punch and in the pic the position of his right leg and arm looks to match up with that right hook Walcott threw.

 

No it does Matter! You inspired me to make a thread. Something I have been thinking about for some years. Standby..

 

Quoting myself, how arrogant. LOL.

The photo initially linked from Boxrec was definitely taken just after the KO shot landed.