Straight Rights To The Body - Knockouts

Russell · Sep 30, 2009

Duodenum said: ↑

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.
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Perfect example of what I'm looking for. Thank you, Duodenum.

Rocky was a really, really tough guy as well. The beating comeback George put on him was unreal... I remember Foreman talking to him at one time asking him to give up. It was that bad, Castro/John David Jackson back.

Duodenum · Sep 30, 2009

Russell said: ↑

Even knockdowns are good here, just to clarify
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All right then, check out the straight right bomb to Hilmer Kenty's torso which Sean O'Grady lays him out with at the end of round two (at 2:55 on the clip, with a pair of slow motion replays immediately after the round).http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aseWq_nC560

Naturally, boxwreck makes no mention of this knockdown in their summary of the match.

By the way, ignore the Text Comment by 18seki which claims Sean's right hand was to Kenty's face. Cosell may have been senile, but he was also in position to see it from ringside. Both O'Grady and Kenty made it clear that this was strictly a pure bodyshot.

TheGreatA · Sep 30, 2009

A recent video of Oliver McCall's son Elijah knocking out his opponent with a straight right hand to the body:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdDy996a0Ro
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