Rummy's Corner: Top 50 Most Spectacular KOs

I think we're on the same page here.

I just didn't see anything at that particular moment, when Pac took several steps back from Floyd when he was pinned. Did that look like a moment where he aggravated an injury to you?

 

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I didn't think he was especially hurt either, and I don't think he caught him totally flush. Floyd seemed to sense the punch just before impact and may have rolled with it a bit, but you're right - it undoubtedly got his attention.

And those days are definitely long gone. I remember as some of my favorite fighters like Mosley, MAB, and Golota were getting older, I'd often hope for a turn-back-the-clock type performance where those guys would display prior superior form, but it rarely happens.

 

You could be right. I'm no medical expert, and I've never suffered that type of injury, so I have no reference point whatsoever. All the same, something very fishy about all of this I think.

I need to rewatch Vitali-Byrd at some point.

 

I still don't know. That's plausible. But unfortunately we'll never know. I still think that was the one moment in the fight where Pac had Floyd exactly where he wanted him, and that he should have mixed up the speed/power on his shots more (his variety was good, but he was still having difficulty penetrating Floyd's efficient shell).

Preaching to the choir here. Floyd's got nice pop, and even better, he throws the types of punches that tend to do the most damage - ones you don't see coming, and there is no better example of this than his fight with Mosley. Shane KNEW the right hands were coming, and had eaten a ton of them, but he still had no idea when they were coming or where they were coming from.

Floyd's right hand truly is a thing of beauty.

 

Yeah, that fight was magnificent for Shane. At the time, I had mistakenly believed that switching from his father to Naazim resurrected him, and that he would have a nice second leg of a career, but it never materialized.

I always wonder what would have happened if his scheduled fight with Berto had pushed through had the natural disaster not occurred, as Berto was undefeated then, and I always believed he was overrated, and thought Shane would shine against him. Instead, his inactivity period was extended, and then he was pitted against the P4P King.

 

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Incredible use of the Benny Hill theme music!

 

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