*** NEW SURVEY - Top 25 Most Spectacular KOs - CLOSED

Moreno's record may have been incomplete/limited, but stayed right with a top contender in the 70;s in an Olympic forum main event. I get where you're coming from in wanting to exclude anonymous club fights but this contest was significant enough to warrant inclusion, especially given the context of what happened before the KO.

 

I'll defer to the majority opinion on this, but personally see no problem with including highlight reel Kos by legends even if they were against overmatched opposition.

I would personally argue that a knock out is more "spectacular" when it's a significant fight against a tough opponent, but if there's an especially aesthetically pleasing KO, say Tyson KO1 Michael Johnson, that someone included I wouldn't find that objectionable personally.

 

I think it would be a shame if no one nominated Deontay Wilder for the "Top 25 Most Spectacular Knockouts".
This knockout fits all the rules.
Deontay Wilder doesn't have the best accuracy, but unlike Luis Ortiz 2, in this case Wilder planted his left hand on his opponent's head and then delivered a nuclear right; supreme precision.

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The reaction of Artur Szpilka's wife was interesting ("Have I become a widow")?

 

I must preface this list with an apology for the number of heavyweight KOs I have included. However I have thought about this in detail and feel this list is worthy of a top 25 KOs of all time. Whilst not at the top of my list, it includes arguably the most perfect punch ever thrown from Sugar Ray Robinson. The sheer ferocity of the KOs from Tyson, Jackson, Liston, Wilder, Foreman, Mercer and Hearns to the come from behind, seemingly last gasp/impossible KOs of Marciano, Chavez, Weaver and Corrales. There is also a mix of perfectly timed, wet dream KOs from Witherspoon, Martinez, Pacquiao, Froch, Tarver and Marquez. And the pure magic of supposedly past it legends in Ali and Duran KOing their much favoured opponents, I simply couldn’t overlook. And then there is the comedic value of the KOs from Thunder and Tszyu. I hope you can enjoy these as much as I do.

1. Julian Jackson KO4 Herol Graham
2. Rocky Marciano KO13 Jersey Joe Walcott
3. Thomas Hearns KO2 Roberto Duran
4. Sugar Ray Robinson KO5 Gene Fulmer
5. Sergio Martinez KO2 Paul Williams
6. Sonny Liston KO1 Floyd Patterson x 2
7. Juan Manuel Maquez KO6 Manny Pacquiao
8. Tim Witherspoon KO1 Anders Eklund
9. Ray Mercer KO5 Tommy Morrison
10. Manny Pacquiao KO2 Ricky Hatton
11. Roberto Duran TKO8 Davey Moore
12. Mike Tyson KO1 Marvin’s Frazier
13. Jimmy Thunder KO1 Crawford Grimsley
14. Marvin Hagler KO3 Thomas Hearns
15. Mike Tyson KO1 Michael Spinks
16. Kostya Tszyu TKO2 Zab Judah
17. Julio Cesar Chavez TKO12 Meldrick Taylor
18. George Foreman TKO2 Joe Frazier
19. Floyd Patterson KO5 Ingemar Johannson
20. Muhammad Ali KO8 George Foreman
21. Carl Froch KO8 George Groves
22. Antonio Tarver KO2 Roy Jones Jr
23. Mike Weaver KO15 John Tate
24. Diego Corrales TKO10 Jose Luis Castillo
25. Deontay Wilder KO9 Artur Szpilka

 

Seen it! I'm good with whatever!

 

OK, for what it's worth, I do notice on my list some really prominent ones missing but I do attribute this to some of them being over-saturated in my mind, I have seen them so many times. My list could change at any given time, but for now, here are the KOs that most impress me today. @Rumsfeld I went with your original rules of top or fringe contenders only.

1) Sugar Ray Robinson KO3 Rocky Graziano
2) Donald Curry KO2 Milt McCrory
3) Tommy Hearns KO2 Roberto Duran
4) Sugar Ray Robinson KO5 Gene Fullmer II
5) Joe Frazier KO4 Jimmy Ellis I
6) Ruben Olivares KO4 Efren Torres
7) Ezzard Charles KO2 Bob Satterfield
8) Jersey Joe Walcott KO7 Ezzard Charles III
9) Rocky Marciano KO13 Jersey Joe Walcott I
10) Tony Zale KO3 Rocky Graziano III
11) Rubin Carter KO1 Florentino Fernandez
12) Julian Jackson KO3 Buster Drayton
13) Ray Leonard KO4 Dave Boy Green
14) Joe Louis KO2 Johnny Paychek
15) Joe Louis KO5 Al Ettore
16) Floyd Patterson KO5 Ingemar Johannson II
17) Sonny Liston KO2 Cleveland Williams II
18) Leotis Martin KO9 Sonny Liston
19) Victor Galindez KO15 Richie Kates I
20) Edwin Rosario KO3 Edwin Viruet
21) Julian Jackson KO2 Terry Norris
22) Ron Lyle KO6 Earnie Shavers
23) Felix Trinidad KO12 Fernando Vargas
24) Dick Tiger KO6 Jose Gonzalez
25) LeeRoy Murphy KO12 Chisanda Mutti

I'm going to try to stay with this unless something really wild creeps back into my mind. Have fun, guys.

 

1) Julian Jackson KO4 Herol Graham
2) Sergio Martinez KO2 Paul Williams 2
3) Thomas Hearns KO2 Roberto Duran
4) Rocky Marciano KO13 Jersey Joe Walcott
5) Ray Mercer KO5 Tommy Morrison
6) Gerry Cooney KO 1 Ken Norton
7) Mike Tyson KO1 Marvis Frazier
8) Vince Pettway KO6 Simon Brown
9) Henry Cooper KO 9 Joe Eskerine
10) Jersey Joe Walcott KO7 Ezzard Charles 3
11) Arthur Abraham KO12 Jermaine Taylor
12) Ruben Carter KO1 Florentino Fernandez
13) Juan Manuel Marquez KO6 Manny Pacquiao 4
14) Felix Trinidad KO2 Maurice Blocker
15) Nonito Donaire KO 5 Vic Darchinyan
16) Sugar Ray Robinson KO5 Gene Fullmer
17) Allan Green KO1 Jaidon Carrington
18) David Tua KO1 John Ruiz
19) Sonny Liston KO1 Albert Westphal
20) Deontay Wilder KO9 Artur Szpilka
21) George Foreman KO 2 Gerry Cooney
22) Roy Jones KO 1 Art Serrano
23) Roy Jones KO4 Virgil Hill
24) Tim Witherspoon KO1 Anders Eklund
25) Arturo Gatti KO2 Joey Gamache

HM)
Derrick Jefferson KO6 Maurice Harris
Manny Pacquiao KO2 Ricky Hatton

This was harder than I thought. Will probably tweak this before the deadline.

 

Found this very hard ,just note there is no way i could include Hearns v Duran because i can`t bear to watch it
1 Julien Jackson v Herol Graham
2 Bob Foster v Mike Quarry
3 Sergio Martinez v Paul Williams
4 Antonio Tarver v Roy Jones - 2nd fight
5 Michael Nunn V Sambu Kalambay
6 Ray Leonard v Dave Green
7 Don Curry v Milton McCrory
8 Manny Pacquiao v Ricky Hatton
9 Joe Frazier v Bob Foster
10 Mike Weaver v John Tate
11 Tony Zale v Rocky Graziano - 3rd fight
12 Adonis Stevenson v Chad Dawson
13 Tony Canzoneri v Jack Berg - 2nd fight
14 James Toney v Charles Williams
15 Mike McCallum v Don Curry
16 Donovan Ruddock v Michael Dokes
17 Kosta Tszyu v Zab Judah
18 Matthew Saad Muhammad v Lottie Mwale
19 George Foreman v Gerry Cooney
20 Colin Jones v Kirkland Laing - 2nd fight
21 Samuel Peter v Jeremy Williams
22 Evander Holyfield v Buster Douglas
23 Mike Tyson v Marvis Frazier
24 Chris Eubank v John Jarvis
25 Terry Norris v John Mugabi
So there it is just got to say thank god my last name isn`t Williams

 

Great list, mate.
Some of those ko s have brought back memories!

 

Thanks Fergy for your kind comments are you going to do a list?

 

I'm tempted, mate. When I see some good un s, like yourself s, I do get itchy finger s.

Think I'll give it a whirl when I have a sit down and a think.

 

Hope you do Fergy looking forward to seeing your picks