Education time: The difference between a KO, and a TKO.

KTFO

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Nobody says technical knockout or "he was tko'd"

 

The thing is referees today are trained, when they see a guy unconscious on the floor, to stop the count so the ringside physician can come in and check the fighter out.

So brutal KOs today are routinely "officially TKOs" simply because the referee could see the fighter would never get up no matter how long he counted and just stopped counting.

You rarely see a referee count all the way up to 10 unless a guy is actually trying to get up. If he's unconscious, they tend to waive it off long before 10 is ever reached.

So we often get KOs when a guy tries to get up but fails to beat the count ... and TKOs when they are unconscious. It's almost backwards.

In that past, all those instances would've been KOs.

So, if people want to call them KOs, because the guy was unconscious, we know what they mean.

 

I couldn't see the first video you posted because it was blocked in this country. What did it show?

 

My understanding...

Difference between KO and TKO is the T.

 

A knockout is still a knockout

 

Rather just stick with saying 'chinned' thanks

 

KTFO

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