2023 Knockout of the year?

Hahaha, yes I spotted that:

"Hatton may have been KO'd by Pac but he took a hell of a lot of punishment from other fighters before then. David Price has never been stopped as a pro and his chin has never been tested."

That comment DID NOT age well.

 

In terms of popularity and ranking due to knockouts IMO it's Zhilei Zhang Vs. Joe Joyce 2.

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Boxing fans used to call Joe Joyce iron chin before this.

 

Joyce was known for his iron whiskers, but as hard as he went down, he got up fairly quick. Maloney went down and stayed down, it just looked a lot more vicious to me.

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That was last year.

 

Here's Ryan Rozicki's KO of Alante Green in the closing seconds of their September Cruiserweight contest.

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Never want to see a fighter go down twisting & uncontrolled like Alante did. That's what cost Patrick Day his life. Thank goodness he was caught up in the ropes on the way down.

 

I didn't even like the Nakatani/Moloney KO because that fight should have been stopped already. Looked like a potential distress situation.

Zhang/Joyce is my favorite for this year

 

There was a handy one last night - Schliebs vs Anuj.

 

That's the KO of the year. We're done.

 

Except it took place in 2022.

 

Sloppy flubby HWs getting caught flush doesn't exactly add to the KO's aesthetics, when the shot is both properly set up and delivers sickening results, IMO that's where the accolades come.

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Not anywhere near as emphatic. Try again.

 

Zhang - Joyce 2, just for the simple fact that Joyce was lauded as having one of the toughest chins in the HW division.

 

Good point. Time goes by so fast.

 

I hear ya. I definitely hear ya.