Ring magazine, March 1970 Most spectacular heavyweight knockouts of all time 1-3. 1923 Jack Dempsey KO2 Luis Angel Firpo 1938 Joe Louis KO1 Max Schemling 1952 Rocky Marciano KO13 Jersey Joe Walcott 4. 1919 Jack Dempsey KO3 Jess Willard 5-6. 1959 Ingemar Johansson KO3 Floyd Patterson 1897 Bob Fitzsimmons KO14 Jim Corbett 7-9. 1921 Jack Dempsey KO4 Georges Carpentier 1951 Jersey Joe Walcott KO7 Ezzard Charles 1941 Joe Louis KO13 Billy Conn 10-13. 1962-09-25 Sonny Liston KO1 Floyd Patterson 1936 Max Schmeling KO12 Joe Louis 1915 Jess Willard KO26 Jack Johnson 1934 Max Baer KO11 Primo Carnera 14-18. 1951 Rocky Marciano KO8 Joe Louis 1939 Joe Louis KO4 Tony Galento 1955 Rocky Marciano KO9 Archie Moore 1965 Muhammad Ali KO1 Sonny Liston 1918 Jack Dempsey KO1 Fred Fulton 19-... 1935 Joe Louis KO4 Paulino 1951 Rocky Marciano KO6 Rex Layne 1928 Jimmy Braddock KO2 Tuffy Griffiths 1892 James J. Corbett KO21 John L. Sullivan 1928 Jack Sharkey KO1 Jack Delaney 1929 Max Schmeling KO9 Johnny Risko 1960 Floyd Patterson KO5 Ingemar Johansson 1904 Joe Jeannette KO49 Sam McVey 1914 Gunboat Smith KO15 Arthur Pelkey 1910 Jack Johnson KO15 Jim Jeffries 1927 Jack Dempsey KO7 Jack Sharkey 1964 Rocky Marciano KO8 Ezzard Charles 1902 Jim Jeffries KO8 Bob Fitzsimmons 1900 Jim Jeffries KO23 Jim Corbett 1929 Jack Sharkey KO3 Tommy Loughran 1965 Muhammad Ali KO12 Floyd Patterson
Dempseys KO's were due to an accumulation of punches, not one punch KO's, there are many more spectacular KO's than Dempseys that were listed Pattersons KO of Johansson for one
I'm astonshed that Firpo is above Willard and just can't belive that they've got Firpo above the Louis-Schmeling thing. That is...bull**** is the only word I can think of. Also, why is Liston-Patterson all the way down there? I'd have Louis-Schmeling at #1, Liston-Patterson at #2 and Dempsey-Willard at three taking the timing of the list into account. I think both Lewis-Rahman KO's deserve consideration post list. Thanks for posting it Senya, never see it before. EDIT: Are 1-3 a tie for 1st place? That makes me feel a bit better if that's the case.
Louis v Braddock B Baer 2 Uzcudun Schmeling 2 Marciano v Layne Walcott Dempsey vWillard Firpo Patterson v Johannson Walcott vCharles Tyson v Thomas Tubbs Spinks Berbick Ali v Williams Foreman v Frazier
Johansson KO3 Patterson Ali KO1 Liston These are out of place particularly since they weren't clean knockout blows. The Patterson rematch should rank higher than the original, I think
Yeah. They had 10 experts to deside them. The fight at 4th place got 8 points out of possible 10. 5-6 - 5 points. 7-9 - 4 points. 10-13 - 3 points. 14-18 - 2 points. 19-... - 1 point. There's also 'Top Fights, By Decades' in the same issue, but there are too many to type them. Here's a sample: First Decade 1892-1900 Sep. 7, 1892 - Jim Corbett knocked out John L. Sullivan in 21 rounds. New Orleans. Heavyweight title. March 17, 1897 - Bob Fitzsimmons knocked out Jim Corbett in 14 rounds. Carson City, Nev. Heavyweight title. June 6, 1899 - Jim Jeffries knocked out Bob Fitzsimmons in 11 rounds. Coney Island, N.Y. Heavyweight title. November 3, 1899 - Jim Jeffries outpointed Tom Sharkey in 25 rounds. Coney island, N.Y. Title defense. May 11, 1900 - Jim Jeffries knocked out Jim Corbett in 23 rounds. Coney island, N.Y. Title defense. January 9, 1900 - Terry McGovern knocked out George Dixon in 8 rounds. New York. Featherweight title. September 6, 1892 - George Dixon knocked out Jack Skelly in 8 rounds. New Orleans. Featherweight title defense. June 1, 1896 - Kid Lavigne knocked out Dick Burge in 17 rounds. London. World lightweight title. March 2, 1896 - Kid McCoy knocked out Tommy Ryan in 15 rounds. Maspeth, N.Y. Welterweight title. September 12, 1899 - Terry McGovern knocked out Pedlar Palmer in first round. Tuckahoe, N.Y. World bantam title.
I thought Tyson Spinks may have got a mention, especially considering the hype preceding it. **** just saw date atsch
rocky marciano v.s joe louis ali v.s liston marciano v.s walcott walcott v.s charles III paterson v.s johanson III tyson v.s berbick tyson v.s holmes buster douglas v.s tyson jack johnson v.s jess willard max baer v.s primo carnera.
Nobody mentioned Lewis' spectacular KO against Rahman?. Totally amazed. That was spectacular with the a capital S. Blinding left hook with the right hand behind it. Marciano's right hand against Walcott was a nice punch as well. Joe Louis had so many throughout his career.
