Knock outs that you didn't see coming?

Azuhma Nelson vs Jeff Fenech 2 - Damn ba$****.

 

Povetkin vs Whyte. Made me jump up in shock watching that beautifull uppercut knock him out cold.

 

Hi Buddy.
Obvs there are quite a few over the decades, my own personal fav ( if it can be called such ) would be the concussive KO that Palomino put on Green, notwithstanding I was there that night, well remember milling around inside the arena having a glass of cherry with my cohorts, when who should be approaching but none other than Green himself, flanked by Andy Smith and a trainer, he looked very smart in civvies, a well fitting 3 piece suit, under a beige Crombie ( @Noel857 ) will know what type of coat that is, he seemed huge, clear of face, a purposeful stride, all business, " good luck Dave " echoed around the corridor, he was oblivious, head down and a baleful stare across his countenance, he was in no mood for pleasantries .
Unfortunately finances dictated that we were sitting up with the gods, with one wag shouting " we should be able to get duty free up here "
quite amusing really, our view of the fighters was similar to a seven year old playing with his toy soldiers, if you closed your eyes for to long you could feel nausea, I kid you not, anyway we felt Green was well on the way to a glorious win, he was doing all the forcing, and we felt he was on his way to the title, until the fateful 11th, then like the car you don't see, the step you miscalculated, as irreversible as blindness, came that left hook, that frightening left hook, it left Green like a puppet that had just had his strings cut, get up, I don't think so !! he was in the land of morpheus, for all we know he might have seen little birds flying in circles tweeting a chorus, fear not brave warrior, you did your very best , but alas on this occasion your best fell short, you lost to a fine champ, a champ who doesn't get the credit he warrants IMO.
Stay safe posters.

 

Agree Mike he is rarely mentioned when discussing British fighters of the past.Of coarse i remember the crombie coat i wore it with pride in the 70`s along with my stay press trousers

 

Great post Mike.
I remember listening to it live on the radio Dave seemed to be well on his way to victory and on seeing the fight later he was making life distinctly uncomfortable for Carlos.
Then out of the blue came that left hook rendering Dave unconscious I was gutted.
It just showed you how fighters of the toughness and ability of Palomino can pull fights out of the mire.

 

Hi Noel.
Also other fashion items of the early 70s might include : Ben Sherman shirt, Mohair Suit ( Kid or Tonic ) Levi jeans, and any shoe from Ravels,
as Mary Hopkin sang " Those were the days..... " chat soon buddy.

 

Marquez over Pacquiao though the knockdown foreshadowed it

Oscar vs Hopkins

Jones vs Tarver

Wlad vs Sanders

Lewis vs Rahman

 

Wonderful post. Thank you.

 

When did Doc Martens become a thing?

 

Hi Buddy.
My pleasure, glad you enjoyed it.
stay safe buddy.

 

Tarver vs Jones was the shocker of fifty years ... to see Roy enter the fight as the possibly best fighter P4P since Robinson and get flattened that late in his carer was surreal ..

Marquez crushing Paq was insane ...

Hearns KO Duran still shocks me ..

Douglas Tyson

 

Barkley KO 3 Hearns
Dont even think Iran saw that coming