After Saturday night where Whyte was sent into the shadow realm after an uppercut none of us seen coming. What other KO’s in boxing were so surprising that if you blinked you’d have missed it? Marquez KO of Pacquiao is one. What others?
Pacquiao-Hatton (literally was getting up to get some chips) Pacquia-Roidquez (literally was getting up to take a whizz) Martinez-Williams 2
Povetkins KO was surprising considering previous round but it was not THAT suprising. Most suprising are one punch KOs by underdog "pilow fisted"boxers. Which Povetkin for sure is not
We all pick on RJJ for his chin now. But I don't think ANYONE expected Johnson to win let alone knock him out brutally for several+ minutes.
The only KO I ever missed was Wlad vs Chambers. I was dead certain the fight was going to a decision and decided to switch off for the last few seconds of the final round, then bam Chambers is slumped on the ropes. Weird KO. Looked like Wlad didn't even hit him from some angles.
I didn't expect Tarver to do it let alone Johnson. Was even shocked when Danny Green KOed him. After that I started to become used to it.
Good point. Those were both shocking defeats. Green was a bit surprising too. Roy had regained a bit of his reputation and some still rated him at least against protected fighters like Green. Roy of course was live underdog against Calzaghe with the likes of Hopkins and a lot of the US boxing press picking him to win. So some of the aura was still intact after a few easy wins. Even after getting pummeled by Calzaghe I don't think many anticipated a fringe world guy like Green totally destroying him inside a round. Until that point only world class fighters had beaten him.
Tarver/Jones 2. I was literally talking to my friends about how in the rematch Roy was gonna stop Tarver and then..................
Herol Graham v Julian Jackson Tommy Coyle v Derry Matthews Marquez v Pac Tarver v Roy 2 Wilder v Ortiz Martinez v Williams Foreman v Moorer
The Phantom Ottke who, whilst being a savage puncher eschewed his power in favour of technical mastery and German slickness, only stopped 6 of his 34 opponents sparking a prime Mundine out cold. It was a come from behind KO too and had the Phantom not pulled it out of the bag his undefeated record would've been no more. This content is protected And whilst we're on the subject of Herr Ottke let's take a moment to marvel at his crazy impressive amateur CV Michael Moorer - WBO LHW champion, WBA, IBF, WBO HW champ Henry Maske - Olympic gold medalist, world amateur gold medalist, European gold medalist x 3, long reigning IBF LHW champ Ariel Hernandez - 2 x Olympic gold medalist, world amateur gold medalist x 2 & 1 x silver Alexander Lebziak - Olympic gold medalist, world amateur gold & silver medalist, European gold medalist x 2, silver x 1, bronze x 2 Chris Byrd - Olympic silver medalist, WBO & IBF HW champion Zsolt Erdei - world amateur gold medalist, Olympic bronze medalist, European gold medalist x 2 & silver x 1, long reigning WBO LHW champ, WBC CW champ Torsten May - Olympic gold medalist, world amateur gold medalist Vassiliy Jirov - Olympic gold medalist, 2 x world amateur bronze medalist, IBF CW champion Juan Carlos Gomez - long reigning WBC CW champ, world junior champion as an amateur Antonio Tarver - world amateur gold medalist, Olympic bronze, WBC, IBF, WBA LHW champ Angel Espinosa - world amateur gold and silver medalist Sinan Samil Sam - world amateur gold and bronze medalist, European bronze and silver medalist, world junior gold medalist, European HW champion Andrey Kurniavka - world amateur gold and silver medalist, European bronze medalist Ramon Garbey - world amateur gold & bronze medalist Torsten Schmitz - world amateur silver medalist 2 x bronze, European silver medalist Egerton Marcus - Olympic silver medalist Thomas Ulrich - Olympic bronze medalist, world amateur bronze medalist, world junior silver medalist, European LHW champ Rostislav Zaulichnyy - world amateur bronze medalist, 2 x European bronze medalist, gold medalist at the world cup Chris Johnson - Olympic bronze medalist, world amateur bronze medalist Henryk Petrich - Olympic bronze medalist Rhoshii Wells - Olympic bronze medalist Jean-Paul Mendy - world amateur bronze medalist, 2 x European bronze Fought Moorer x 2 Ariel Hernandez x 4 Lebziak x 4 Maske x 2 (think it was even more times than that) Tarver x 2 Torsten May x 2 Tortsen Schmitz x 2 Garbey x 2 Mendy x 2 Chris Johnson x 3
