Heavyweight Champions That Have 50 Or More Career KO's

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  1. Rico Spadafora

    Rico Spadafora Master of Chins Full Member

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    I know we have discussed this before and the list is not very long it is a very small club. I think Baer, Louis, and Foreman are on there. Who else?
     
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  2. GPater11093

    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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  3. hhascup

    hhascup Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Carnera had 72 KO's
    Dempsey had 51 KO's
     
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  4. djanders

    djanders Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I can think of seven linear heavyweight champions, off the top of my head, who had 50 plus knockouts on their records:

    Baer
    Carnera
    Charles
    Dempsey
    Fitzsimmons
    Foreman
    Louis

    I imagine Sullivan would join them if we had his complete record available and confirmed.

    Tunney is close. If we find a few more fights for his record, he might make it.
     
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  5. Lobotomy

    Lobotomy Guest

    Even outside the ranks of lineal champions, a preliminary examination reveals that this is not as long a list for heavyweights as one might expect. Galento (57), Williams (58), Chuvalo (64), Shavers (68), Retzlaff (52), Fulton (70), Wills (54), Langford (127), Godfrey (78), Gains (60), Brennan (64).

    Charles and Fitz got many of their KO wins against non heavyweights. The validity of Carnera's knockout percentage has always been questioned.
     
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  6. Mendoza

    Mendoza Hrgovic = Next Heavyweight champion of the world. banned Full Member

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    Wlad is two Ko's away from 50 Ko's. These days that's a lot.
     
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  7. Son of Gaul

    Son of Gaul Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Dempsey and Louis should be on there.
     
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  8. Hookie

    Hookie Affeldt... Referee, Judge, and Timekeeper Full Member

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    Jack Dempsey scored 51 KOs

    Ezzard Charles- 54 wins by KO in his 96 wins... the most wins by any HW champ btw. Charles is also the only HW champ who went undefeated as an amateur (42-0).

    Primo Carnera went 88-14 (72)

    Wladimir Klitschko has 48 so far

    Gene Tunney scored 48

    Larry Holmes, Mike Tyson, and James Toney all have 44

    Ernie Shavers was never a World Champ but he did score 68 KOs
     
    Hookie, Mar 27, 2010
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  9. he grant

    he grant Historian/Film Maker

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    Is the question heavyweight champions ?

    I'd have a huge asterik next to Carnera.
     
    he grant, Mar 28, 2010
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