My favorite Tyson KO.

Yeah, that guy was waiting for a KO punch and Tyson produced a beauty.
Admittedly some of his 1985-'86 KOs over that type of fighter were spectacular to the point of being cartoonish. Like something from a graphic novel or you can imagine like the old Batman series with the "POW!" and "ZZAMM!" captions.

But my favourite is the Trevor Berbick KO. :deal
Berbick was WBC champion and step up for Tyson.
And the finish is awesome. Three knockdowns with a single punch, and a delayed action.

Pinklon Thomas KO was very impressive too.
Impressive on Tyson's part certainly. :good
Also impressive how many punches Thomas actually managed to absorb before being driven to the canvas.

 

What a beautiful hook.

 

Like both of those for sure. The Thomas one just looks like it really hurt - they all do, but something about how he fell and his expression.

Favorite non KO punch(es) is his body/uppercut to Ribalta that took him off his feet and he got up!

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Botha who was mocking and making fun of Tyson and then phhhaa.

 

my favorite were Berbick and Spinks

Both fights were expected to be much tougher going in, but Tyson rose to the occasion for both.

Tyson basically anniliahted both with ridiculous ease.

 

Yep, loved that one ... the timing was almost comical. Ferdie Pacheco, calling commentary, had just - JUST - noted that Tyson's inability to connect with his punches was the mark of a shot fighter. A split second later, BOOM! Perfect, short straight right hand and Botha was knocked stupid. Great punch!

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Tyson's left hook was a devasting punch!

My favorite Tyson KO:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRgiJxOcTq8

The ferocity with which tyson attacked Donnie Long was scary!
In the first knockdown (a devasting left hook) Long literally got off the canvas!

 

Tyson-Gross...30 years ago to the day, almost. June 13, 1986.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WWZPGOPO9Y

 

Gross has his finest moment catches Tyson with a few shots and then it's over.

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Good stuff. Also one of those times where Tyson showed a lot of excitement after the ko under Rooney.

Another time he got really pumped post fight and another favorite ko is the following...
https://youtu.be/CRCVwsIokEw

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySi4r5HsvCs

 

The Berbick one. Trevor was virtually reduced to a cartoon figure !

 

Larry Holmes for me. The first knock down was a perfect crisp right hand, then the relentless finish. The reality of an old champ taking on a current prime champ was never more powerfully illustrated.

Am glad old Parkinson's effected Ali was gone by then, that would have been painfull to watch.

 

The Reggie Gross one was a classic. I remember that was the one, as kids at school, we were talking about when we first saw those Tyson KO montages on TV in 1986. It had that cartoon/Hollywood look to it.

There's a real early fight, I think the name is Trent Singleton, and Tyson's throwing some crazy blistering combinations. His punches look a little less refined and solid, maybe not turning them over as much, more like a Ray Leonard combo, but it's all so damn fast it's hard to say. It would make a great gif too.