Top 5 knockouts???

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  1. wordisbond

    wordisbond Active Member Full Member

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    In terms of devastation and historical implication? Thanks in advance.
     
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  2. Addie

    Addie Myung Woo Yuh! Full Member

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    Sugar Ray Robinson vs Gene Fulmer
    Rocky Marciano vs Joe Walcott
    Joe Louis vs Max Schmeling
    Bob Foster vs Dick Tiger
    George Foreman vs Joe Frazier
     
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    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    Addie, your list is great, but you should factor in Patterson-Johansson II...for both devastation AND historical implications.
     
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    Addie Myung Woo Yuh! Full Member

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    My list was fairly typical. You're probably right, Cobra.
     
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  5. scartissue

    scartissue Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I would add in Curry-McCrory and Duran-Lampkin. They meet the criteria in devastation obviously but historical also. Curry-McCrory was a unification and the Duran-Lampkin added to the Duran mystique with the "if I was in shape he would have been sent to the morgue instead of the hospital" tagline. I'm sure there are many more, but to get that "historical" reference down can be a bit daunting. Perhaps Carbajal-Gonzalez I also. I believe that was a unification if memory serves me and the KO was intense.

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