What is the most brutal/hardest punch you've ever seen in classical boxing ?

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  1. Pugguy

    Pugguy Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Michael Nunn KO 1 Sumbu Kalambay. Anytime I think of that fight the resounding THUD of Nunn's left hook instantly reverberates in my head. A Tysonesque punch sound byte. An ATG single punch KO. I don't believe Kalambay was ever knocked out otherwise. Don't know about KDs.
     
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  2. Flash24

    Flash24 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Leonard's ko of Dave "Boy"Green was as devastating as a ko can get.
     
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  3. TBI

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    Lennox KO Rahman. Seeing that happen live was surreal.

    It was a 3-punch combination, but Gatti vs Gamache was as brutal as it gets.
     
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  4. Reinhardt

    Reinhardt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Julian Jackson ko Graham
    Marciano ko Walcott
    Foster ko Quarry
    Foster ko Tiger
    Robinson ko Fulmer
    Hearns ko Duran

    I rank Hearns ko a little lower since he softened up Duran with about 20 right hands before the ko shot. Robinson's hook on Fulmer was absolute perfect timing and textbook execution of a snapping left hook. The other ko's here are sheer one shot power.
     
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  5. Mario040481

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    Apologies if I am missing the point of classical. The video should start at 25:46 ish and manually change the video quality to 720p or 1080p as those are in 60FPS. Brutal.
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  6. Hannibal Barca

    Hannibal Barca Active Member Full Member

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    The hardest punch imo would have to be a heavyweight. My vote is the Shavers bomb on Holmes. Shavers is usually cited as the hardest puncher of all time, and that punch Shavers delivered with seemingly all of his weight behind it.
     
  7. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    A concerto of lefts:

    Bob Foster KO Mike Quarry (hook)

    Joe Frazier KO Bob Foster (hook)

    Matthew Saad Muhammad KO Lottie Mwale (uppercut)

    Michael Spinks KO Marvin Johnson (uppercut)
     
  8. Cecil

    Cecil Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Jackson’s KO of Herol Graham.
    I don’t think I’ve seen a man so instantly rendered unconscious by a punch as that right hand.
     
  9. Suh4il

    Suh4il New Member Full Member

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    Real talk tho? Mike vs Lennox first right hand.
     
  10. Mike Cannon

    Mike Cannon Boxing Addict Full Member

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    All the above of course, thing is most were punchers, my pick would from a non puncher ( so to speak ) which makes it all the more unusual and different so step forward Benitez/Hope a more perfect right hand you will be hard to find, if you younger posters haven't then have a look.
    keep well.
     
  11. Shahpoor Saiq

    Shahpoor Saiq Member Full Member

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  12. ConfusedGuy

    ConfusedGuy Member Full Member

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    This is probably the knockout I have watched more than any other in my life. Such an incredibly timed and delivered uppercut. Perfection! Made even better by the fact it was against an ATG in Charles.
     
  13. White Bomber

    White Bomber Boxing Addict Full Member

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    And yet Holmes got up, proving that Shavers was not that big of a puncher after all.
     
  14. janitor

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    You mean the ones where your first thought is "f**k, I am glad that didn't hit me!"
     
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  15. JabbaTheGut

    JabbaTheGut Active Member Full Member

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