Best fighters to get knocked out with a body shot?

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  1. reznick

    reznick In the 7.2% Full Member

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    It seems as though the best fighters rarely get knocked out from a body shot.
    Body shot knock outs are a bit more rare in general.

    Who are some of the best fighters to get KO'd by body shots?

    One example:
    Oscar De La Hoya
     
  2. escudo

    escudo Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Ron Lyle, Castillo, Hill and DLH are the best fighters here to get blown up with a body shot.
     
  3. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    Rare? Maybe in championship fights but you see tons of body shot knockouts at small hall shows and on deep undercards. (even some televised mid-card bouts)

    Diablo Włodarczyk is getting on in years at 36 but was still a well-regarded former two-time champion on a solid 4-0 comeback run against contenders - and, notably, had never once been stopped in his 57 bout career and was considered extremely durable - when Murat Gassiev did him in with a single blow downstairs last October.
     
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  4. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    Also the first thing I thought of (and what I came in here to be first to post, hopefully) was DLH. :lol: Probably going to be true for most who click this open.
     
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    escudo Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Same here.
     
  6. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    Other recent ones besides Gassiev vs. Włodarczyk in which non-tomato cans (world title belt holders, if not really transcendentally elite ones necessarily) got kayoed with below-the-neck hull breaches:

    Indongo, at the hands of Bud Crawford, last year.
    Kovalev, at the hands of Andre Ward (albeit controversial), also last year.
    JLC (though he was shot), at the hands of Ricky Hatton, going back a few.
    Moisés Fuentes, at the hands of Daigo Higa just last week.
    Liam Smith, at the hands of Canelo Álvarez in 2016.
    Zab Judah, at the hands of Amir Khan in 2011.

    I'm sure there's more..
     
  7. Cecil

    Cecil Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Ricky Hatton, in his ill fated comeback against Senchenko.
     
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  8. Combatesdeboxeo_

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    Lyle was shot against cooney horrible mention
     
  9. Contro

    Contro Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Hill,DLH, Castillo
    More recently quintana, indongo
     
  10. robert ungurean

    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    Gotti stopping Dorin in the 1st rd with a body shot suprised me. I was looking forward to a tough fight
     
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    surfinghb Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Alfonso Sanchez was dominating Mickey Ward until Ward lands the liver shot, fight over
     
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  12. mrkoolkevin

    mrkoolkevin Never wrestle with pigs or argue with fools Full Member

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    If we include Kovalev we should probably add Buchanan (Duran) too.
     
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  13. mrkoolkevin

    mrkoolkevin Never wrestle with pigs or argue with fools Full Member

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    Was certain one of you guys would have listed Corbett by now.
     
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    Saad54 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Freddie Pendleton was vulnerable to body shots

    He was stopped several times by body blows at various stages of his career : John Montes, Felix Trinidad and Ricky Hatton all stopped him with body shots.
     
  15. reznick

    reznick In the 7.2% Full Member

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    Rare for good fighters. Which is probably why the best we can think of is DLH or Corbett.