Yeah sure. My first knockout was in sparring by way of a right uppercut. The guy was an Argentinian boxer who had a lot more experience than me but wasn't really that good IMO. Great guy though. I remember his head flicking back really quick and he just fell back on to the ropes. These teenage kids that were watching the sparring just went 'wooh' and jumped on to the ring. I was shocked and happy at the same time because I been in so many street fights but I had never knocked anybody out before. Never forget it.
Thanks for sharing that. Pretty cool and trippy experience. When those uppercuts by the Heavy's connect it can get scary. Hope the dude ended up ok.
Lateef Kayode in Detroit's Joe Louis Arena under card for Dirrell Abraham. Roach was scouting him that night. The KO was surreal, could hear it from 8th row...seeing that, I knew he would be a threat...a fight later Roach is in his corner...a shame he couldnt box and can't take what he dishes out.
ive mentioned this a couple times and yes im bragging lol! I was 15 rows back at foxwoods when Roy ko`d Griffin! I still remember literally feeling the punch where i was sitting. It was like feeling the base from a speaker. My greatest boxing experience. I hope its surpassed someday.
Frank Buglioni walked out in the O2 using Marvin Haglers walk out ("war what is it good for", hood up head down shadow boxing). His fans were loud and annoying. Was satisfying when Callum Johnson knocked him out in the first.
Same here. I love boxing the most, but I think had I grown up around Muay Thai and knew the competitors and history the same way I do boxing (my dad, grandpa, and uncles are all boxing guys), I think that might be my favorite sport.
Boxing is night and day different in the audience. The sounds of the body shots, seeing the sweat fly after a shot, and most of all the energy of the crowd. The first time you sit a few rows back from a guy laying on the canvas unconscious is scary, it honestly made me question my love for the sport for a minute. But there's absolutely nothing like it. Nothing n the world. And I love it.
I was at Pavlik vs. Zertuche. The crowd in Anaheim was heavily backing the Mexican Olympian with chants of "Me-he-co, Me-he-co" and Zertuche did well for a few rounds. Then Kelly dropped a monster right hand and Zertuche was out on his feet. Crowd was silent. I love a ton of Mexican fighters, but it was cool to see a guy have 90% of the building against him and come through with a huge KO.
Hearns speed of that right hand shot even in slow motion on the last part of that video is INSANELY fast. That don't look slow motion to me. Damn. Back in the days when top dudes fought each other.
Probably Brewster-Golota. I went with my old roommate from college. We got there before the first fight and all the fights on the undercard seemed to go deep. And it was a solid undercard for the time. Better than some PPV cards I've ordered or attended. Lots of action. But they all seemed to be going the distance. The place was filled with Polish, flag-carrying fans. The first Adamek-Briggs fight seemed like the main event. It was a war. When that ended, HBO was still rebroadcasting a fight that was on PPV the previous week. But the crowd was just out of control. By the time Golota and Brewster stepped in the ring, seemed like we'd been watching boxing for about six hours. I could tell my friend, who rarely watches boxing, was about done. Then the fight began, and Brewster wiped him out in about 60 seconds. I was hoping to see Golota win the title, but it was great, conclusive finish to a marathon of boxing. That said, as we were leaving, the Polish fans had turned on Golota and wanted to kill him. One guy must've said something he shouldn't have because we passed him on the stairs holding his head, which was split open. It was a near riot. The Poles were not pleased. So my friend and I drove to a bar, and he was telling the bartender about how wild it was. He went from being ready to go, to having a great story to tell about the quick KO and the riot. So that was satisfying.