Has there ever been a fight where a fighter has been knocked down at the end of the last round, was unable to get up but was saved by the bell, then won the fight by decision? I always hear the statement "cannot be saved by the bell except in the last round" and I'm sure this scenario must have occured before, but I have never seen it. Are there any well-known examples?
Bute dispite the longcount was up at 8, and the 'saved by the bell' rule was not in effect.so that isn't a good example of the OP specifications.
According to this post, that was a misconception and Johansson actually got up early in the count. http://www.eastsideboxing.com/forum/showthread.php?t=272 You are correct. That does not fit the criteria.
Well according to boxrec (and the movie Raging Bull), Jake LaMotta vs. Jimmy Reeves. Fists fights broke out near the ring and the crowd booed for 20 minutes after Cleveland's Jimmy Reeves received an unpopular decision over Jacob Lamotte(sic). The organist played the Star Spangled Banner to help quell the disturbance. (AP) For seven rounds, Reeves pounded LaMotta from pillar to post. The situation changed dramatically in the last three rounds. In round nine Reeves went through the ropes for a nine-count. In the tenth he was down four times, twice from exhaustion and twice from LaMotta's punches. Afterward the referee said that "The way I looked at it, Reeves had piled up such a big margin he seemed entitled to finish if he could. He was more tired than hurt." Reeves was on the floor when the final bell sounded.
