There's been plenty, some don't come as a surprise, some have u gobsmacked! Which first round ko or ko 's stand out most iyo. At any weight.??
joe louis vs max scmelling randy turpin vs tiberio mitri jerry cooney vs ken Norton mike Tyson vs marvis frazier all fantastic first round knockouts that stand out to me
Good picks Joe. Louis v schmeling, can still recall watching that first time. In fact think it was my first time seeing Louis in action. Kind of wet my appetite for him to see more of his stuff. Wow he was a beast in the ring that night. The punches in to him as he crouched near the ropes... U could almost feel them for him!
yeah the reporters heard Schmelling at ringside screech as joe cracked his ribs crazy stuff like he was possessed. then Germany pulled the plug on the fight and turned to organ music
I watched it on closed-circuit at the Tucson Convention Center, and remember spending the first 30 seconds yelling for Spinks to stand and fight, dammit; then spending the last 30 seconds screaming for him to run, RUN, 'cuz I'd dropped $35 for my seat and saw an expensive evening coming to an early end. In those days, Tyson fights were a waste of money if you planned on an extended evening of boxing entertainment ...
Nunn-Kalambay has got to be one of the most "WTF?!" first round KOs And I always loved the sound of it. This content is protected
Technically Dempsey-Willard should have been a first round knockout but if I remember reading right, the rd was stopped 10 seconds early and Willard couldn't get up off of the canvas on his own. His corner had to help him back.
One of my faves to. That fight definitely wasn't supposed to end like that! I believe most predicted a boring, tactical situation where nunn gets a point s decision. So watching kalmbay just go flying back! Great stuff.
And dempsey, thinking the fight s over gets outta the ring, thinking job done. But poor jess hadn't been counted out!
Ingo-Machen comes to mind. Through my dad I was a boxing fan at a young age (born 1953), but I was too young to know about this when it happened (Sept 58). Interesting that, at least it seems in retrospect, that their fight flew under the radar at that time, not realizing that Ingo was the real deal?!
