Punches while opponent was down on the canvas?

Nigel Benn (Barkley)
George Foreman (Roman)
Guts Ishimatsu (Gonzalez)

 

marquez was hit while he was down by both barrera and pacquiao in their first fight
marciano hit walcott in their first fight
humberto soto was DQed for hitting francisco lorenzo when he was down

 

Wilfredo Gomez and Terry Norris - specifically against Carlos Zarate and Sugar Ray Leonard specifically - were well known for hitting a man when he was down. Gomez, because he could get away with it in Puerto Rico, but Norris would just get too excited and jump in on it. I believe it cost him an early career defeat on a DQ over this.

 

Riddick Bowe vs Buster Mathis Jr.

Tim Witherspoon hit Bruno a few times when he was finishing him off.

Bika hit Codrington a few times when he was down in the opening round of their classic round, i think he also got DQ'ed in another fight for it aswell.

Terry Norris was guilty of it he got DQ'ed a few times for it.

Judah hit David Sample when he was on the floor for atleast 5 seconds no idea how Judah wasn't DQ'ed.

Lennox Lewis hit Mike Acey 3 times when he was on the canvas that should've resulted in a DQ.

Abraham hit Dirrell when he was down in a controversial ending to the fight.

 

Benny Leonard after he'd KD's ATG WW Jack Britton for his title, which earned him a DQ.

 

DWC - George hitting Roman on the canvas was a touch and go accusation, imo. I mean the angle of the photo below is clearly deceptive and hardly proof positive or am I taking crazy pills?

Jose really got under Foreman’s skin, didn’t he? George fought very angry.

https://boxingnewsonline.net/on-thi...ters-the-hopeless-jose-king-roman-in-a-round/

 

Yeah, Tezza Norris also hit SRL while he was on the deck.

 

That was the most “devil may care” version of Jones Jr in the Griffin rematch.

I don’t think I ever saw Jones so aggressive and always moving forward without too much concern of being hit in return.

If Griffin was going to go, it was always going to be from Jones Jr left - from first bell, Roy threw the left more than anything else - clearly his intended money punch - terrific performance and KO by Roy.

 

Tyson hit Don Halpin when he was already knocked out with his ass on the canvas. I always thought a DQ was borderline justifiable but the Don was already done before hand so...

 

Lucky to not get a DQ...and the new....! Imagine that. King Roman become the worst champ of all-time...in his first defence he loses his crown in a 'revenge' rematch with Jack Bodell!!! And the UK has its first Heavyweight champ since Ruby Rob.

...and all this because George ducked a mega payday vs Joltin' Jerry Quarry.

 

That’s a more than reasonable extrapolation.

Seriously though, reverse the roles of champ and challenger, there would’ve been a far greater chance that Foreman might well have been DQ’d. Jesus, as if Roman wasn’t already well up against when standing on two feet.Bad George. Lol.

 

These are the two guys that immediately came to mind. The last punch Gomez threw in a fight was when the guy was down.

 

The basis for Hemingway's ,"Fifty Grand".