The sole instance of a straight right to the body knocking a fighter out is a fairly unknown guy that Julio Cesar Chavez knocked out. I remember a story on here of a fighter being knocked out by a jab to the body, picture perfect shot and all that. So, anything?
Didn't Mayweather knock out Sharmba Mitchell with a straight right to the body? I could be mistaken but I think he did.
Funny you should bring this up as within the last 10 minutes I have just watched this. World flyweight title Rinty Monaghan vs Jackie Patterson. Look at 7.19 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awYS-L2ARgI
The punch is quite punishing but its not that KO punch or KD punch but i have seen it used in like a finishing combo
I thought it was a righthand. Just watched it, I guess it could be classified as a looping straight right. It was too far away to be a hook.
Russ, I know you remember this as an authentic example of a single punch knockout, but it was such an exquisite kill that I think it merits revisitation for those who missed our previous exchange about it. Craig Payne flattened Rocky Sekorsi with one of the longest straight rights I've ever seen, scrunching Sekorki's face up in agony (like Ganigan's was when Arguello finished him), and dropping him for the full count. (Ignore boxwreck's recording of this as a mere TKO. I was viewing it live, with Al Albert and Sean O'Grady providing commentary.) Sekorski was facing the camera, circling the perimeter of the ring with his hands down, seemingly too far away for Payne to connect, when Craig bent over from center ring and lashed out with it. This wasn't a powerfully driving right, but the timing and placement were absolutely perfect. The tail end of the punch flicked up into Rocky's solar plexus just as he was exhaling, driving all the breath completely out of him, and he collapsed in totally helpless paralysis. When a discussion of "perfect" individual punches is discussed, I think the sublime nature of Payne's elegant dispatch of Sekorski deserves some mention.