Azumah Nelson vs. Pat Cowdell

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Is this one of the greatest knockouts ever?

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  1. AntonioMartin1

    AntonioMartin1 Jeanette Full Member

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    Is this one of the greatest knockouts ever??
     
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  2. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Not dissimilar to Matthew Saad Muhammad-Lottie Mwale, but I’d give MSM the edge in sheer savage beauty of it.

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  3. mr. magoo

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    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    So clinical. Azumah was one of the greatest Feathers ever.
     
  5. AntonioMartin1

    AntonioMartin1 Jeanette Full Member

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    Boy that was a knockout!!!
     
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  6. mhudson

    mhudson Active Member Full Member

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    Hard to compare knockouts from an aesthetic perspective, and even things such as camera angles outside of the fighter's control, can affect how we view KOs.

    Nelson-Cowdell is a classic one punch knockout though. ATG taking out a normally durable contender with a single shot in the first round, trap perfectly set and executed. Cowdell had a slightly awkward herky jerky style, leaning in with the jab and keeping the opponent off-balance. Liked he showed against Sanchez, he was difficult to catch clean and look good against. Nelson set him up for the counter left and dropped him like a stone.
     
  7. bolo specialist

    bolo specialist Boxing Addict Full Member

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    What made it especially impressive was that Cowdell had gone the distance w/ Sal Sanchez & given him quite a battle a few years earlier, & had remained unbeaten in the interim since then (& also scored a win over future titlist Kelvin Seabrooks during that time frame).
     
  8. robert ungurean

    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    This was on my list of greatest KO's spectacular KO
     
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