Most impressive heavyweight stoppages/ko's over fighters who had never been stopped/ko'd before

If you mean impressive purely on the basis of the opposition, rather than the nature of the stoppage, Ali vs Liston must have a strong case for top 10.

If it's first stoppage suffered specifically in a fight at HW, than JJW's stoppage of Charles is also a good shout.

Again, primarily based on the quality of the opposition stopped, Purity vs Wlad is worth consideration, though Wlad isn't known for his durability and more effectively mitigated that weakness later in his career.

How about Jim Flynn's 1st round stoppage of Dempsey just 2-years before Dempsey massacred Willard?

 

Thank you.

If quality of opposition is key, start at the top of your ATG list and go down, looking at the first stoppage loss each fighter suffered.

Ali, Holmes and Jeffries 1st stoppage defeats were way past their respective primes, whilst Johnson and Willis were very green when they suffered theirs.

Applying this approach, Purity over Wlad and Ali over Liston are the obvious two missing from your list, but circumstances of the first and durability of the stopped fighter in the second, may detract from your view of how "impressive" they were.

JJW's stoppage over Charles was impressive both aesthetically and given the quality of the champion KO'd, so depends whether you base it on first career stoppage or first stoppage at HW, as Marshall stopped an underdeveloped 165lbs Charles when he was a 21 year old kid, in what was technically a LHW contest.

 

Ali-Liston deserves a mention.

 

Corbett vs Sullivan deserves a place on that Top Ten.

 

Joe Mith jr vs Bernard Hopkins

 

Joe Smith jr vs Hopkins

 

great list .. toss in Ali -Bonavena or Louis vs Uzcuden or Louis Vs Lewis

 

Schmeling-Risko
Schmeling-Stribling
Schmeling-Hamas
Schmeling-Louis

 

Mike Tyson - Larry Holmes. Mike Tyson - Michael Spinks.

 

Ali vs Liston 2
Tyson vs Holmes & Spinks
McCall vs Lewis 1
Ibeabuchi vs Byrd
Haye vs Chisora

 

I have to concur with many of your choices especially Joe Louis-Max Baer.

Baer was extremely tough, only 3 months before was Undisputed World champion and had taken the blows of Schemling (who he pummeled) with ease.

Max wouldn´t get stopped again 4 years (+26 fights) later by a young Lou Nova.

Can also add Tony Galento-Lou Nova.

Nova coming off his 1st impressive stoppage win over Max Baer and a points win over teak tough Tommy Farr and on verge of a Louis title shot gets brutalized by Galento coming off a 4 round battering from Joe Louis.

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