Ring Magazine: 10 best KO artists of the present, as of March 29, 2012

Appreciate it, guys. I like much of Collie's list.

I'd go, in no order, with at least these 9 guys, not sure about the final spot:

Wladimir Klitschko
Sergei Kovalev
Adonis Stevenson
Gennady Golovkin
Roman Gonzalez
Naoya Inoue
Nicholas Walters
Jhonny Gonzalez
Lucas Matthysse

My list would also be more of a focus on "KO power" as opposed to "KO artists." Because if we are speaking solely of KO'ing opponents in style (I hate sounding like a fanboy because I always take the opportunity to give a shout out to this guy when applicable) then Kazuto Ioka makes the list with his very stylish stoppages. And many of these guys are getting by with performances years passed so despite recent horrible form, there is a case for Nonito Donaire to make the list still (as Walters ended like an 8 fight streak of Donaire scoring a knockdown).

 

He did score a KO of the Year and one of the best in recent times against Paul Williams less than a year and a half before this list came out and followed that up with brutalizing Dzinziruk around the canvas and bursting Darren Barkers' eardrum to score a KO.

As for Maidana, his stoppage ratio was great and the Ortiz and Cayo fights were somewhat recent and showcased power. Despite giving up every advantage to the very highly thought of Khan at the time, he barely lost that fight and had him as out-on-his-feet as possible in that 10th round, a clear 10-8... Since then he knocked down previously un-knocked down Broner twice and scored good stoppage wins over Josesito Lopez and Jesus Soto Karass despite rising in weight so while I wouldn't put him in my top 10 right now, he does still have undeniably good, at the least, power.