What is the hardest punch a boxer took and never went down?

That was exactly the shot I was thinking of. Just incredible.

 

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This is of my picks.

There's also the uppercut he landed on Mercer. Similar. Absolute fight ender, torqued Mercer's head by about 45 degrees. It actually did make him back up and shake it off, which, given his usual ability to walk through bombs like they were jabs, I guess means something.

 

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Quarry seems out of it for a second and then wakes back up

 

The fact that Schmeling remained vertical after Baer hit him with that bomb made no sense.

 

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That was NASTY. Actually the worst I’ve seen Purrity hurt.

And Of course Tex Cobb took MANY flush shots from Shavers

 

Pinklon Thomas took some BOMBS from Tyson before finally hitting the canvas.

 

The technical term for that is an ass whuppin’.

The battering was unreal and four or five of those clean haymakers Chuvalo must have felt all the way down to his toes.

But watching from the beginning, I don’t think I could survive Big George’s jab, much less the wrecking balls that he threw and landed with increasing frequency.

 

Barkley landed on Toney a great punch and didn't do anything.. Barkley was an ordinary fighter who was rather awkward and could land on anyone just on that awkwardness. He sort of was the one in my opinion who wore out Nunn a little.

 

Brilliant! He's completely out of it for a second then comes too. I'm sure Frazier thought he was going down judging by his micro reactions.

 

That was a sickening left hook. It happened in a flash but that punch severely twisted Quarry's head. Amazing but probably unfortunate at the same time that Quarry somehow stopped himself from going down after the punch.

 

This is Leonard-Duran III. Check out the right hand Leonard lands at 30:58. By Leonard's body language it almost looks like he walks away with his hands down because he expects Duran to be on the canvas. However, Duran barely blinks and resumes the fight.

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You can see Frazier thought Quarry was going to drop, backed up to give him room to fall.

 

I'll have to think about this a bit more, but Mayorga taking multiple clean Trinidad hooks springs to mind as one of the dumber things I've seen:

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Saad v Lopez II & Caveman Lee v John LoCicero. Some serious punches taken in these fights!