KO1 Upsets On Hostile Soil

Had one recently, with Kenbun Torres blasting out Raymart Gaballo in the opponent's backyard.

* Jose Luis Lopez vs Eamon Loughran
* Daniel Jiminez vs Harald Geier

 

Kiko Martinez-Bernard Dunne

 

Breidis Prescott-Amir Khan

Maybe a little lower level than the ones already mentioned, but Jorge Maysonet stopped Hugh Kearney in his backyard in the first round. The fight lasted 20 seconds.

 

Tommy Morrison vs. Michael Bentt.

Morrison was raised in Jay, Oklahoma. After beating George Foreman for the WBO Heavyweight Title, Morrison decided to make a defense in front of family and friends in nearby Tulsa.

HBO World Championship Boxing televised the event.

Michael Bentt was a lowly 10-1. He'd been KOed in one round in his pro debut by Jerry Jones. Prior to that, Bentt was a top US amateur. He was favored to win the gold medal at the 1988 Olympics, but he lost his spot on the team to Ray Mercer. By the time he stepped in the ring with Morrison, Bentt was largely forgotten.

Morrison was dropped three times and lasted all of 93 seconds.

 

It doesn’t get much better than Hill’s stoppage of Tiozzo.

 

I may be recalling it incorrectly…but didn’t Morrison have Bentt in major trouble before he himself was suddenly KO’d?

 

Jorge had heavy rotation on Puerto Rican TV in his early career, thanks to his promoter Ivonne Class having a television show on Canal 11 in which she also announced her protege's fights (imagine Don King doing...wait..he did do that too!)

He fought Simon Brown for the world title in Warsaw I think, (or was it Istanbul or Sofia or Bucharest or Budapest?) in what was promoted as the first world title fight in a red curtain country. He gave a good account but was overpowered in three rounds.

 

Jimmy Carruthers-Vic Toweel Brutal demolition of the undefeated World champion by unknown Australian challenger in South Africa in a huge upset.

 

He may have stunned Bentt and had him on the ropes, but I don’t think Bentt was seriously hurt. Tommy got too eager and got clocked right down the middle.

 

Buck Smith sparking out Kirkland Lang. Almost as shocking as Lang beating Duran up ten years before.