Greatest Examples of 1 Punch Literally Changing a Fight??

Kirk Johnson vs Oleg Maskaev

 

I can't bring myself to include any of Julian Jackson's fights.

The one punch in some of them didn't change a thing really.

The first really hurtful shot was just the inevitable with a fighter like him.

 

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Went from being a high level boxing match to watching Shane trying to clear his head for the next half hour.

 

:thumbsupDo you feel Gibbs let it continue for too long, or was he proper in allowing it to play out to the conclusion it did?

 

i feel there are a few things to take into account here for gibbs one it was half way through the last round also it was not a fight on simply a brit level but on a world stage so these fights are generally allowed to go further

 

The big surprise right hand that Ingemar Johansson landed on Floyd Patterson in the 3rd round of their 1st fight. Until then, for a little over 2 rounds, it was a tense build up with Ingo just flicking that peculiar jab of his..hypnotizing Floyd and making him think the right really didn't exist...then like a puff adder striking a rabbit...BAM!!! Knockdown followed knockdown until the stoppage.

 

Lennox Lewis's counter left hook off the ropes against Frank Bruno.

 

McGuigans sickening big right hand to Bernard Taylors stomach knocked all the fight out of a guy who was a good 3-4 rounds ahead. Taylor capitulated after that

 

Baldy's right hook to Judah in the 7th

 

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did anyone remember jackson chanet? he was a pretty good frnech pospect. used to be an am heavyweigth then lost 15 pounds and fought at supermiddle. stepped up in class agaisnt a solid but limited fighter, mger mkrchyan (of calzaghe fame) and won almost every round....until a left jab/hook

 

What is the story here?
What happened?
What was cheap about it?

 

The worm had turned well before that. Mustafa lost 27 pounds in 2 months and visibly hit the wall. Added to this his left eye was shut in round 9 (amid allegations of a thumb) and thereafter he had big troubles seeing Spinks vaunted right hand. Eddie did well the first 4 or 5 rounds. Incidently the Associated Press had it 142-142.

 

Jorge Castro...I remember that fight that was a huge comeback

 

Very simply, Bruno did virtually all the work through nine rounds, and Tyson likewise was the only active participant through virtually all of 12 rounds against Smith. This is not like Mike Weaver and John Tate, where Big John denied Hercules the option of attempting an offense by continually smothering Mike against the ropes through 13 of the first 14 rounds. Weaver was denied a choice. Smith made a choice. Smith claimed he couldn't get going earlier with Bruno because he was "tight." Doesn't matter. Whether he chose not to, or was unable to when given an opening, the fact remains that he was not making the effort to compete until Bruno was as spent as that situation would permit. (Considering what later happened with Tyson, I somehow doubt his claim of being "tight.")

Jim Watt made his first defense of his WBC LW belt against Robert Vasquez, a challenger from Texas about 11 years Watt's junior. Vasquez's strategy was to station himself in a corner and look to counter Jim with a big shot. Watt smartly moved in, got off first, then stepped back out of range before Vasquez even showed any signs of attempting anything, but just stayed put. The challenger was never in any semblance of distress, but after eight completed rounds Watt had produced a very clear cut sweep by every criteria used to score a boxing match. During round nine, Vasquez replicated the same old stationary punching bag in the corner routine again, and the referee finally had enough, calling a halt and raising Watt's hand. It's recorded as a TKO, but a DQ and withheld purse for not trying would have been more appropriate for Vasquez's non effort.

Similar to Watt-Vasquez, Hamsho-Benitez was yet another instance where the loser did nothing but set up house in a corner and field punches without offering return fire. Wilfredo's name is dazzling on Mustafa's record, but having it entered for posterity as a DQ win would be more apropos. (Wilfred's head clearly wasn't in it after Hearns, and maybe a DQ, suspension, and withheld purse for his non effort against Hamsho would have induced him to either retire or rededicate himself appropriately. He might be a lot better off today without the subsequent seven years and 13 fights worth of additional punishment.)


Ali was no kind of punching bag in Kinshasa, but gave Foreman hell in every round. That's very different from deciding to throw virtually no punches until the final round or two in the hope the opponent will wear out and be ready to be taken. To box competitively means just that, to compete. Any ass with long arms and big muscles can cover up in a corner for ten, 12 or 15 rounds, and do nothing waiting for a superior opponent to punch himself out.

Bernard Taylor used running to try dethroning Pedroza as cheaply as Jimmy Young attempted to apply non effort to upset Ali. Ingo was disqualified in the Olympics for a more honest try than these two instances. (And yes, I had Ali the lopsided winner over Young. He made the fight, as poor as it was, and initiated the action, throwing and landing more punches. Jimmy did continually retreat against Foreman, but he also got off first with his double jab as he did so, in a very different kind of performance.) Taylor's hometown draw with Pedroza was a disgrace, and I agreed with HOF referee Christodoulou's objective 147-143 score for the champion.

Scott LeDoux figured that he'd let Holmes punch himself out before making his move after seeing Larry's late round fatigue against Shavers, Norton and Weaver. Shavers, Norton and Weaver made Holmes exert himself mightily though, and Larry was suffering with arm related impairments against Norton and Weaver. Holmes was not Foreman, and Scott was not going to make him punch himself out by eating jabs.

 

Hi mate,

First of all i have to say a big thankyou for writing up this great info.
It has opened my eyes up for another strategy in boxing.

My thought of wearing out your opponent has been outworking then and damaging then, had not thought of letting them wear themselves out.

Thanks for providing the examples with Vazquez, Young, Holmes, etc.

I had always wondered how Hamsho got that win over Benitez. Just a question about Benitez, was he not interested in the Boxing game after the Hearns loss?

I watched Tyson-Bonecrusher a few months ago and was excited to watch it, only to be disappointed by the performance, then Smith did seem to land a good punch on Tyson in the final round.

Thanks again for explanation and the examples.