which boxers had the best careers after 1st round ko loss ?

Emile Griffith after being KO'd by Hurricane Carter in 1 did very well

 

Amir Khan getting dusted by Prescott and then going on to win World Titles

Kofi Jantuah blasted Marco Antonio Rubio in like 30 seconds with a huge left hook, he has went like 31-4 since with 2 WBC 160lb title shots

 

Iran Barkley won 2 world titles after the Nigel Benn fight.

 

Ponce De Leon managed to be competitive at the highest level and even won the WBC featherweight title after his devastating loss against JuanMa, that's not bad.

 

Archie Moore went on to have a terrific second phase of his career after many thought he was through after his one one KO loss to Morrow in 48 …

Kalambay did pretty good , bouncing back after the Nunn bout ..

 

Good question this, most of the fighters mentioned are from a long time ago. Does anyone think such a devastating loss nowadays is harder for fighters to overcome because of the media/social media such as twitter and even sites like this writing off fighters straight away? It seems a fighters 0 is more important to them these days and many will feel less of a fighter/man without it regardless of the opposition they've faced to earn that precious 0

 

Tony Zale suffered a first round knockout at the hands of Jimmy Clark in '38.

He recovered rather well, not only reaching the top but showing he was still the boss after WWII.

 

Tony Sibson's Camp once didnt do their homework, fought some guy from Zambia and got flattened in the first round ! turns out the Zambian import was big punching future Lt Heavyweight contender Lottie Mwale ! but Sibbo went on to have a really exciting roller coaster career, with british european and commonwealth titles and (Failed ) World title shots.

 

Several good choices here

but mine would be Mickey Walker who was ko'd in 1 round by KO Phil Delmont in 1919.

 

Bummy beat me to it...my pick is Griffith.

 

Daisuke Naito was blasted out in 34 seconds by Pongsaklek Wongjongkam, but eventually got revenge and crafted a decent reign of his lineal flyweight championship.

 

as an aside, It will be interesting to see what Abner Mares subsequently goes on to acheive.

 

With all due respect, I'm hearing some strange answers here.
IMO, throw out any fighter that got clocked at the very start of his career. We should be talking fighters at or near prime that got plastered.
Only two come to my limited mind:
Emile Griffith; to be fair he was slightly over Welter limit at the time and Carter was a full MW and had 10-15 pounds on him not to mention that the "Hurricane" was so afraid of having his ears boxed off that, at the weigh-in, called Emile '******' etc...just to get Emile's juices flowing.
Floyd Patterson; not once but twice pounded into submission early. Wouldn't you agree that most fighters would have either hung it up or, rather, tentitively continued in a, shall we say, non impressive fashion?
It could be argued that Floyd was a BETTER fighter AFTER Sonny.
Machen/Chuvalo/Ali/Cooper/Quarry/Quarry/Ellis/Bonavena/Ali.
Those are certainly my two unless I've missed someone. My $0.02

 

The OP didn't mention prime, but if prime or at least a young fellow who had established themselves, it is probably between Moore, Maxim, and Griffith.

Patterson I see as having a so-so career after the Liston fights. He was 4-4-1 against the opponents you named, with Machen and Cooper actually older than he was and both probably going downhill. Chuvalo was easy to outbox, and Bonavena seemed on the way to victory until he hurt his hand. Floyd didn't beat Quarry, Ellis, or Ali.