Who Else Is Sick Of The "That Punch Would Have KOed Anybody"..................

yup those 3 punches had mike's head rockin like a speed ball. he still tried to beat the count though and got up after that, testament to his cast iron chin. other heavy's would have been out cold for minutes.

 

or maybe chuvalo wouldve just never been caught in that position....like Lewis caught with his chin a little raised and moved to the side with his hands not completely at his sides

 

That punch Rahman landed would not have sparked an iron chinned fighter, stop the ridiculousness.

 

This nonsense is one of the biggest fallacies in the sport - and there is no way to prove it. The only thing we can is THAT punch knocked out THAT fighter. :yep

Of course, fans have been using this to justify the losses, and frequently over-inflate the durability, of their favorites forever - and they will continue to do so, even though it IS utter nonsense and completely unproveable. :nod

 

While it may be true that a punch that KO'd a fighter could have KO'd anyone, it really is a **** poor excuse to explain away a loss.

Of course, it's not as bad as saying "It was a lucky punch." That one is even more annoying.

 

Tex Cobb must have a glass jaw because he got knocked out in the first round and the "That Punch Would Have KOed Anybody" argument is supposedly false.


I guess the punches he took from Earnie Shavers mean Shavers isn't that big of puncher.

 

I dont care what punch it was, or from whom, it does not KO McCall or Chuvalo.

 

That is, of course, one of the BEST examples of the fallacy of this argument.

 

The fact that Griffin was not knocked out cold and actually got up again before losing his balance kinda tells me that the punch wouldn't knock out everyone.....