Biggest one punch turnaround.

My choice, too.

 

How about Carbajal-Gonzalez 1?...Humberto looked to be well in control before getting clocked with a left hook that left him out on his feet, and in no position to defend himself against the assault that knocked him out.

 

****, I totally forgot about the FOTY 96, Gonzalez put a serious beating on Michael until the 6th round... very good post! :thumbsup

 

Toney's knockout against Nunn.

 

Here some examples:

Zanon- Quarry

Louis- Conn

Gans- McFadden

Ulrich- Branco

Chavez- Taylor

Jeffries- Corbett

 

cant remember the opponent but, manuel gomez (lightweight-welter journeyman) was being hammered by a prospect and the in about the 2nd or 3rd round he ko'ed him

 

Fight of the decade for me. Loved it. :good

 

Agreed. One of my favourite figths! :thumbsup

 

Just watched one on TV Jorge Arce looked on the verge of defeat to Tomas Rojas,but landed a great left hook to the ribs to drop Rojas and finish the fight,great ending!

 

A superb mention. Francesco Damiani could be the poster boy for the virtues of a dedicated boxer having his nose cartilage surgically removed before competing in the ring. (Mike Ayala had the same sort of little jab on the nose finally finish him off against Little Red.)

Although the judges had Cuevas/Volbrecht close on the scorecards, merely by virtue of Pipino being who he was, the fact is that Harold should have handily swept the first four rounds on all three cards. One Cuevas left hook in round five was all that was necessary to settle matters. It's not well remembered today, because of the inappropriately close scoring, and the fact Pipino did what was expected of him, but it nonetheless remains true that Cuevas turned everything actually happening in the ring around with a single punch. (Ditto, Arguello/Costello, and Arguello/Olivares. Such a case might also be made for Arguello/Escalera II, and Arguello/Busceme.)

Weaver/Williams was a shrewdly plotted ambush by "Hercules" against "The Truth." Yes, everybody watching knew that Weaver was feigning distress against the ropes, specifically to set Carl up for his deadly left hook, after Williams had delivered his left prior to coming back with his right (a textbook example of why "one-two, one-two" can be a very bad idea), but it was still a dramatic turnaround from Carl's foolhardy assault on Mike. (And probably the most entertaining one to anticipate of any knockout I've ever had the pleasure to view on live television. Everybody who was involved realized what Weaver was about to do, except the poor unsuspecting sucker on the receiving end of Mike's inevitable bomb.)

There is also one defeated boxer who changed the complexion of his bout with a single punch that I can name off-hand. Renaldo Snipes was giving ground against Holmes, generally in continual retreat until his right hand bomb nearly produced what I still believe would have been the greatest upset in heavyweight championship history. After Larry got up, and action resumed, it was Holmes who then went into retreat mode, with the bobbing and weaving Snipes taunting Larry while advancing. This abruptly changed pattern continued until Holmes finally stunned Renaldo, sustaining a barrage until the referee stepped in. But that fight before Snipes's knockdown, then after Larry got up, was a tale of two differently contested performances.

 

Arce-Rojas was a very good tussle. Rojas was much taller with the longer reach, yet he forced the fight. No doubt Rojas felt with Arce moving up, he could be aggressive and get him outta there. Superb short shoe-shine flurries inside from Rojas. Arce's defense was non-existent at times. Behind on points and getting a lesson before that left hook to the body turned the tables.

 

Great call! :good


I remember that fight, Damiani totally outclassed a prime Mercer, won every round except one. And than this 9th round... well, that´s boxing... :yep

 

This offers clues about where to look for other examples. Past prime punchers do win bouts in which they are being soundly thrashed, with a single punch, and Jerry Quarry would hardly be the only example of this.

And this reminds me of the last second knockdown punches in Rosario/Davis and Chacon/Limon IV, which completely reversed the outcomes of those matches. (And without those knockdowns, Rosario and Chacon would probably not be enshrined in Canastota today.)

Chacon/Limon IV is Exhibit A for why the 15 round distance should never have been abolished. Jeffries/Corbett I is Exhibit A for why the championship distance should not exceed 15 rounds. (Willard/Johnson is Exhibit B for why distances longer than 15 rounds should never be restored. 15 rounds is the perfect length.)

 

Good appraisal:good :good

 

What has always boggled my mind about that, is the similarly close call Mercer went on to repeat against Tommy Morrison. It's still amazing to me that Ray was so dumb as to ignore the flashing red light warning him that his boxing skills were sorely deficient. Mercer's near loss to Damiani would have allowed a smarter professional to correct the mistakes which Holmes eventually made Mercer pay dearly for. (Larry knew that all he had to do to knock off Ray was to finish the job which Damiani and Morrison nearly completed. Holmes had Mercer's number right from the get-go.)