The Knockout King

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  1. elgoadie

    elgoadie Active Member Full Member

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    If you had to choose just one, what name immediately springs to mind when you think of a knockout? Not necessarily who you think is the hardest puncher, but who over the course of history has time and time again delivered some of the most spectacular and brutal knockouts that you will never forget?
     
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  2. Thread Stealer

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    1. Mike Tyson
    2. Joe Louis

    You could go on and on with their highlight reel knockouts.
     
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  3. WhataRock

    WhataRock Loyal Member Full Member

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    Jackson is another obvious choice..

    But I have always been a fan of how Sung-Kil Moon went about things. He went for the homerun in every shot and when they landed..it was just plain scary from a fighter that small.

    Ezra Sellers maybe is another one some might not think of straight away.
     
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  4. turpinr

    turpinr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    ray robinson
     
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  5. kolcade4

    kolcade4 Keep Punchin' Full Member

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    mike tyson, benard hopkins, nick wells,earnie shavers, joe louis
     
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  6. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Ricardo Lopez.

    Which surprised my own self...
     
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  7. he grant

    he grant Historian/Film Maker

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    Joe Louis has more picture perfect classic KO's than anyone else in my book ... just last night I was watching highlights from Conn 2 and it ended with another amazing KO ... it almost looks like a comic book ending ....
     
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  9. Raggamuffin

    Raggamuffin You dipstick Full Member

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    Thomas Hearns is my pick
     
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  10. Dempsey1238

    Dempsey1238 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Jimmy Wilde imo.

    Or Bob Fitz.
     
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  11. Addie

    Addie Myung Woo Yuh! Full Member

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    Julian Jackson is the obvious choice, and my choice also.
     
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  12. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Archie Moore and The Mighty Atom Jimmy Wilde
     
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