*** NEW SURVEY - Top 25 Most Spectacular KOs - CLOSED

Just about half way through my list should be ready in a couple of weeks.

 

Cooper/Eskerine I may add to my list that was a scary KO, I might try edit my list bit later.

 

@Rumsfeld a couple of questions!

Is it possible to submit a list with fewer than 25? Not that I can't think of 25 spectacular KOs, it's just that there are maybe a dozen that really have a special place in boxing history/my own heart and I'll have to think about how to distinguish the lower ranked ones.

Also regarding spectacular, for me a large part of what makes a KO special are the circumstances. Should we consider them or are we supposed to be zoomed in on the moment of stoppage?

For example, the ending of JCC vs Taylor is a major spectacle but if you just saw the 10 seconds of Taylor hitting the canvas and coming up wobbly you wouldn't call it a special moment.

It's a very interesting exercise. It brings out the greatest excitement and cruelty of the sport where months of preparation by the fighters and waiting by the fans all lead up to a moment you can miss by blinking.

 

I wasn't aware of this one! WOW! that could easily be in my top 5! But i will not steal it from you guys

 

Roy Jones Jr. KO 1 Art Serwano

I'm not expert enough to make a list myself, but I can help with suggestions.

 

I also wanted to chose this, but i sorted it out because of the journeymen regulations.

 

Good one.

 

@Rumsfeld can confirm this but I think he wanted everyone to edit the original post rather than submit an updated list via a new post. From the guidelines in the OP:

• You can edit your list up until the deadline, but if you do so PLEASE edit your original post where you submitted your list (or working draft).

 

Thanks for the heads up mate i'll delete my post and re edit my original one thanks.

 

In progress of course:

1. Wolcott KO7 Charles 3
2. Marquez KO6 Pacquiao 4
3. Hearns KO2 Duran
4. McCall KO2 Lewis
5. Carter KO1 Griffith
6. Nunn KO1 Kalumbay
7. Marciano KO13 Wolcott 1
8. Barkley KO3 Hearns 1
9. Sor Rungvisai KO4 Gonzalez 2
10. McCallum KO5 Curry
11. Jones KO7 Kelly
12. Weaver KO15 Tate
13. Norris KO1 Mugabi
14. Ray Mercer KO5 Tommy Morrison
15. Jackson KO4 Graham
16. C00ney KO1 Norton
17. Tua KO1 Ruiz
18. Sanchez KO 15 Nelson
19. Povetkin KO5 Whyte 1
20. Ward KO7 Sanchez
21. Hagler KO 11 Mugabi
22. Corrales KO10 Castillo 1
23. Foreman KO2 C00ney
24. McClelland KO1 Jackson 2
25. Chavez KO12 Taylor 1

For me I decided to score each knockout's "spectacularity" by the following criteria. 1 point for each category.

Is the KO significant to the division/sport when it occured?
Is the KO a stand out aesthetically?
Was the KO an upset/come from behind?
Was the person knocked out difficult to knock out?
+1 point if person knocked out is a hall of famer
+1 point for one punch ko

 

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yeah i'm glad this is my number 1

 

Edit: Final List.

1. Tony Canzoneri KO3 Jackie Kid Berg
2. Sugar Ray Robinson KO5 Gene Fullmer
3. Juan Manual Marquez KO6 Manny Pacquiao
4. Michael Spinks KO4 Marvin Johnson
5. Juan Kid Meza KO1 Jaime Garza
6. Naoya Inoue KO1 Juan Carlos Payano
7. Mike Weaver KO15 John Tate
8. Julian Jackson KO3 Buster Drayton
9. Sugar Ray Leonard KO1 Andy Price
10. Prudencio Cardona KO1 Antonio Avelar
11. George Foreman KO2 Gerry Cooney
12. Donald Curry KO2 Milton McCrory
13. Ricardo Lopez KO 7 Ala Villamor
14. Jose Zepeda KO5 Ivan Baranchyk
15. Thomas Hearns KO2 Roberto Duran
16. Michael Carbajal KO7 Humberto Gonzalez
17, Virgil Hill KO4 Leslie Stewart
18. Betulio Gonzalez KO12 Shogi Oguma
19. Joe Cordina KO2 Kenichi Ogawa
20. Ruben Carter KO1 Florentino Fernandez
21. Pernell Whitaker vs Juan Nazario
22. Manny Pacquiao KO2 Ricky Hatton
23. Mike Tyson KO2 Trevor Berbick
24. Julius Indongo KO1 Eduard Troyanovski
25. Jorge Castro KO9 John David Jackson