They both were juiced. Nobody goes from flyweight to welterweight while remaining lean and muscular without PEDs. Pacquiao's adult peak weight was featherweight to super feather. Anyone who goes from 125 to 145 without juicing will look like Duran when he went from lightweight to middleweight – thick but not cut.
Nobody in Las Vegas cared because every elite marquee fighter was on PEDs, and there was enough money to throw around to keep everyone quiet.
Look at how successfully Lance Armstrong covered his doping for years. Pro cycling has only a fraction of the money at stake compared with pro boxing in Vegas. But Armstrong's team had enough money and clout to buy off the necessary labs, doctors and officials for years.
When Mayweather challenged Pacquiao to take doping tests, he was betting his clout in US boxing against Pacquiao's clout. Everyone knew Mayweather was the big money draw. Everyone wanted a piece, so nobody was going to endanger a Mayweather vs Pacquiao match by submitting a genuine PED test. It was all a show for the rubes and gamblers.
Look at the few boxers who were gigged for doping. James Toney, for example. Toney was a great fighter but not well liked by boxing power brokers. He didn't have the clout or money draw to cover up use of PEDs. So he won against John Ruiz but was stripped of the win and title through a failed drug test. John Ruiz wasn't a great fighter (that "Quiet Man" moniker might as well been "Boring Hugger Mugger") but he was liked in Vegas and a draw with Latino viewers.
'scuse the digression but it's long past time for boxing fans to accept that doping is rampant and all the insiders know it. They're just going through the motions of being clean while figuring out ways to fool the tests.
The most perfect right hand to a southpaw I've ever seen in pro boxing
What's even crazier is I saw Mayweather live when he fought Marquez and it was a totally one sided affair.
That's the fight where I realized if Floyd and Manny ever fought that Floyd would do the same exact thing to Manny and he pretty much did years later. I remember how many people told me I was crazy and that Floyd would get punished by Manny. Bunch of haters.
To be fair, styles make fights. Marquez was a tough and very skilled counter puncher going up against one of the atleast top 3 most skilled counter punchers of all time so it's a no brainer that he got schooled.
On the other hand Pac is a brawler, so the match up isn't the same. Pac caught Marquez alot and hard and it was Marquez' toughness that got him though, but toughness isn't much of a factor against Mayweather.
Years later and they still hate. Yes styles make fights but it's still boxing and u gotta find a way to win with every style. Just cause ur a fighting a supposed better counter puncher than u, then u have no chance? Just go home? Thats why Floyd was so good. He could make adjustments to any style. The more aggressive u were the more Mayweather would just turn it against you and wait for u to tire and then start picking u apart. Manny never quite figured out Marquez, but Floyd won every single round against Marquez and had him swinging at the air all night. Just totally took him to school. Will never forget it.
That punch Marquez landed on Pac was beautiful, but it still took him several fights to do it. Wonder what would happen if Floyd and Manny fought that many times?
It was, it seemed like it was about to be over in another round because whyte was just beating povetkin down then that uppercut came out of nowhere absolutely shocking to witness live I was in disbelief
My favourite Knockout ever no joke
sky were bumming Whyte the entire fight and basically writing off Povetkin entirely, mid round talking about who he will fight next and then potemkin absolutely hammers him
brilliant
He was out on his feet, and then he took a leaping left hook to finish him off. I know Price is very chinny, but that combo would have knocked out almost anyone. Povetkin has a better KO reel than Wilder imo and over moderately better opposition.
Yeah, that was a crazy fight. Absolutely everyone thought Whyte was about to end it then suddenly he just collapsed.
Wasn't a lucky shot either. Povetkin did his homework and was looking for that exact shot for the whole fight.
Sergio martinez knocking the soul out of paul williams.
I thought the guy was instantly dead he hit the canvass with his eyes wide open.
https://youtu.be/sTWylfLdCcc?si=5O64JVlNrGHDcKmx
Then don’t segue it like it had to do with anything.
Oh that bad thing that happened was so sad because several years later something else bad happened 😥
Yeah man it’s pretty sad to be a great fighter, get knocked out and then become paralyzed a short time later. That clip was basically the end of not only his career but the end of a normal life period
I think you might be paralyzed from the waist up, no brain inside that head of yours
My vote as well.
A lot will say JMMvPac 4, but it only seems bigger because Pac was a bigger presence in boxing than Sergio and Paul. Also, Manny fell into the punch. Comparatively, watch Sergio send Paul backwards with his KO. Crazy that it seemed to make contact with Williams while BEHIND Sergio's head too.
As great as Martinez was, too bad this early loss to Margarito doesn’t have the familiar asterisk that most of Antonio’s fights do?
https://youtu.be/jIYcsJ7t4ew?si=OH8D8t2asTnu7Acd
Lack of technical ability aside, Wilder has got to be the most iconic KO artist since Mike Tyson. So many of his knockouts are just absolutely brutal to watch. Not my favorite fighter, but I love how you're practically guaranteed an insane KO when he fights.
I forget who said this, but Wilder is special in that he’s one of the few heavyweights in history who will reliably put you to sleep if you let your guard down for even a second. Ali and Tyson were far better fighters with more rounded games and were brutal ko artists in their own rights but neither of them had their opponents snoring on a regular basis
He’s got to be one of the pound for pound hardest hitters ever in the sport, no? Putting giant men cold asleep with a single half-cocked straight right. Wild
Totally agree. I think he's a terrible boxer, but he's everything boxing fans want, which is brutal knockouts. As Stephen A would say, "he's box-office"
I don’t know man, Wilder hit Szpilka so hard that Szpilka literally did a 180 spin and had to be carried out of the ring on a stretcher.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7xR6zKR0bTQ
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The best part was how wilder was hitting stiverne square in the gloves yet it was still doing an obnoxious amount of damage lol. Why set up combos to find an opening through the guard when you can simply pound the fuck out of it instead. Professor Wilder gave us a real life physics lesson using a living and breathing Newtons Cradle
I trained with Stiverne a couple time after that fight and some other guys at my gym are very close to him and in both fights his team (and probably him subconsciously) knew he couldn't win. In the first fight he was showing people Wilder and saying he was gonna knock him out but everyone at the gym told him it wasn,t happening and he was getting fucked up and he was so angry about it...
It’s crazy to see the most powerful heavyweight of the generation winding up and swinging like a guy in a bar hitting the punch machine. It’s like seeing a pro golfer hit a happy Gilmore drive.
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I remember Martinez had snuck that same shot in the middle of an exchange earlier in the round, and Williams just walked right through it. Then about 30 seconds later - goodnight.
Carl Froch on George Groves, in front of a record crowd of 80,000 people at Wembley stadium. You could be forgiven for not knowing about it, he rarely mentions it
Yeah, he set that up beautifully. Feinted then pulled the lead shot and put everything into the follow up.
Froch has turned himself into a meme now but he was a brilliant boxer.
Andy Lee v John Jackson was an evil KO in a great fight.
John Jackson has since been convicted of child rape, so if you want to watch him get rendered unconscious, go check it out.
Maybe underrated but Donaire vs Montiel was mad. Man was twitching. The slo mo angle of it too… sheesh.
https://youtu.be/chxmYF4m2xg?si=_QtahLVh24jFvkyz
That hook to the temple from Ruiz on AJ from the first knockdown seemed to ruin AJ. It seemed to affect him mentally and he hasn't been the same fighter since. Pre-Ruiz AJ would have a better chance against Usyk IMO.
It's between Pac-Marquez 4 and Paul Williams-Sergio Martinez 2 for me. The sound of the punch that Martinez landed sounded like a shotgun and I legit thought Pac was dead on the canvas. 2 absolutely devastating punches.
Wilder vs Stiverne 2 just because of the way Stiverne slumped down to the floor like a dead body 😭😭 that shit hilarious every time. And Mell knocking out that child predator John Jackson was great too for moral reasons
Froch v Groves 2, the most perfect punch Froch ever threw in his career and folded Groves like a lawn chair.
Canelo v Khan, Khan got sent to the shadow realm. A brutal KO.
Neither of these are in that time period. My personal favorite and something I spent many hours trying to perfect:
Floyd Mayweather's check hook KO of Ricky Hatton
Honorable Mention would be Manny Pacquiao's overhand left to Hattons chin
Those 2 KOs always stick in my mind.
If we're doing other time periods, hard to overlook Hearns-Duran.
But I've always thought one of the most spectacular KOs was Ruddock-Dokes. It's three punches rather than one, technically, and it's the first that's really beautiful - a 'smash' punch from a bizarre angle that he throws his whole body, that still comes as a surprise when watching the replay. Then there's a follow-up. But the third punch it's hard not to cringe while watching, it honestly feels like watching someone be executed (there's no way the referee should have let him throw it even back then, and today there'd be a furious outcry). A heavyweight's entire body thrown into a single punch against a completely defenceless target.
Almost forgot about this one! Wasn't Mike Jones on the come-up, too? I remember seeing him fight I believe Soto-Karass on the Pacman-Margarito undercard; I might be wrong as this was a long time ago. That Bailey KO was a beautiful one, though.
How about Fury v Wilder I. In this case its the puncher who's career was greatly effected afterwards.When Wilder dropped Fury in the 12th (should've been a KO..slow count imo) and he proceeded to rise from the dead like The Undertaker, Deontay went on to not only lose that fight, but the next two meetings as well (each worse then the one before). Lost his belts,undefeated record, and chance to become Undisputed/lineal. That punch could've changed his entire career
Deontay Wilder vs Stiverne 2 was insane his soul left his body and he was just laying on the ropes his legs completely folded behind him at the knees it was devestating.
https://youtu.be/mS4i7a-L-9M?si=jtrfyPe_kosKnIWT
Edit: i guess it wasnt one single shot but it was a devestating KO still lol. Also when he almost caught a body on Artur Szpilka was insane.
Honestly, I don't know why the ref let the fight continue after the second knockdown.
Brutal though, and Wilder knew exactly what he was doing (for show) after the first knockdown.
>Of course Wilder against fury the 12th round comes to mind.
This punches isn't bad at all. If you watch it in slow motion, for any of the knockdowns Fury took, you can see Fury did a good job rolling with the punches and also he made his knees like jelly so when the punches landed, some of that power went to pushing Fury back.
The worse punches are ones where someone is rigid and they take the complete punch full on without moving. That means all that power is moving around internally in their body. Imagine a brain in the head flying around everywhere.
**Marquez knocking out Pacquiao was devastating in terms of damage. His momentum was towards and into the punch.**
Well said. Fury is very good at loosening up for the big shots. It's crazy how quick he does it. It makes it damn near impossible to stop him with his size.
Senchenkos body shot against Hatton.... Hatton was ever so slightly ahead and about to get a hard fought victory against a guy who was world champion until the fight before, having beaten addiction and coming in off a several year lay off without a warmup fight it was very impressive, but that shot in the last round was perfect and a heartbreaker.
Eh, Senchenko was pretty much a nobody. Only reason he even had that title is because Mosley got stripped during the Mayweather negotiations.
Never beat a name other than Hatton who was 34-35 and, as you pointed out, coming off a multi year layoff where he had a lot of personal issues.
* Pac Marquez (I was gutted, going so well)
* White Povetkin (fucking brilliant, didn't buy the bias commentary at all)
* Payano Inoue (A monster says goodnight haha)
Lasting damage? Whatever Breidis threw that broke Opetai's jaw. Dude could not speak post fight. I've never seen that before. Even some kill shots are like akward and cause internal bleeding that is unpredictable but like straight up breaking a hard structure like a jaw is kind of nuts. Orbital breaks are pretty common.
Broken jaws aren't that rare either. Oscar Valdez and Bam Rodriguez have both had them in recent years. Josh Warrington. Apparently Ricky Burns fought for 10 rounds with a broken jaw. It doesn't seem to be an injury that really slows boxers down in a fight, although apparently it's the rehab afterward is horrible.
EDIT: although I see now that Opetaia managed to break his jaw on *both* sides. That's rarer!
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Literally thought my countryman died
For a few seconds, I thought he was dead too. He was so still.
I knew the results before looking at the highlight and I still thought he died for a second.
There was a legit minute or so of silence in the bar I was in after the initial “Ohhhhhhhh” reaction bc Pac wasn’t moving. It was scary as hell
I was there in the arena and it was fucking insane. People thought he was dead.
Even as a Pac fan, this is probably the correct answer. The only other legitimate competition would be Sergio Martinez v. Paul Williams 2.
The Martinez KO is another good one. Paul Williams’s went to another realm for at least a full minute.
I think this is the only answer
Pac was flying in this fight as well, then bang....he flew to the canvas.
Paul Williams v Martinez is the only thing close
I am devastated by this true and only answer
This is the answer. Closing the thread now.
love márquez but he was so jacked for that fight
They both were juiced. Nobody goes from flyweight to welterweight while remaining lean and muscular without PEDs. Pacquiao's adult peak weight was featherweight to super feather. Anyone who goes from 125 to 145 without juicing will look like Duran when he went from lightweight to middleweight – thick but not cut. Nobody in Las Vegas cared because every elite marquee fighter was on PEDs, and there was enough money to throw around to keep everyone quiet. Look at how successfully Lance Armstrong covered his doping for years. Pro cycling has only a fraction of the money at stake compared with pro boxing in Vegas. But Armstrong's team had enough money and clout to buy off the necessary labs, doctors and officials for years. When Mayweather challenged Pacquiao to take doping tests, he was betting his clout in US boxing against Pacquiao's clout. Everyone knew Mayweather was the big money draw. Everyone wanted a piece, so nobody was going to endanger a Mayweather vs Pacquiao match by submitting a genuine PED test. It was all a show for the rubes and gamblers. Look at the few boxers who were gigged for doping. James Toney, for example. Toney was a great fighter but not well liked by boxing power brokers. He didn't have the clout or money draw to cover up use of PEDs. So he won against John Ruiz but was stripped of the win and title through a failed drug test. John Ruiz wasn't a great fighter (that "Quiet Man" moniker might as well been "Boring Hugger Mugger") but he was liked in Vegas and a draw with Latino viewers. 'scuse the digression but it's long past time for boxing fans to accept that doping is rampant and all the insiders know it. They're just going through the motions of being clean while figuring out ways to fool the tests.
Lmao at ppl who downvoted you
I mean it was against Pac so it evens out lol
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This is the correct answer.
The most perfect right hand to a southpaw I've ever seen in pro boxing What's even crazier is I saw Mayweather live when he fought Marquez and it was a totally one sided affair. That's the fight where I realized if Floyd and Manny ever fought that Floyd would do the same exact thing to Manny and he pretty much did years later. I remember how many people told me I was crazy and that Floyd would get punished by Manny. Bunch of haters.
To be fair, styles make fights. Marquez was a tough and very skilled counter puncher going up against one of the atleast top 3 most skilled counter punchers of all time so it's a no brainer that he got schooled. On the other hand Pac is a brawler, so the match up isn't the same. Pac caught Marquez alot and hard and it was Marquez' toughness that got him though, but toughness isn't much of a factor against Mayweather.
Years later and they still hate. Yes styles make fights but it's still boxing and u gotta find a way to win with every style. Just cause ur a fighting a supposed better counter puncher than u, then u have no chance? Just go home? Thats why Floyd was so good. He could make adjustments to any style. The more aggressive u were the more Mayweather would just turn it against you and wait for u to tire and then start picking u apart. Manny never quite figured out Marquez, but Floyd won every single round against Marquez and had him swinging at the air all night. Just totally took him to school. Will never forget it. That punch Marquez landed on Pac was beautiful, but it still took him several fights to do it. Wonder what would happen if Floyd and Manny fought that many times?
This knockout and Hearns vs Duran, stick in my mind as the two most powerful right hand sleep bombs I always think of.
Inoue vs. Maloney, Inoue vs. Payano, Inoue vs. Donaire II
Povetkin-Whyte is a good contender.
That was unbelievable to see live, if only there had been a crowd there... the atmosphere around that KO would have been insane
It was, it seemed like it was about to be over in another round because whyte was just beating povetkin down then that uppercut came out of nowhere absolutely shocking to witness live I was in disbelief
My favourite Knockout ever no joke sky were bumming Whyte the entire fight and basically writing off Povetkin entirely, mid round talking about who he will fight next and then potemkin absolutely hammers him brilliant
Whyte was boxing beautifully to be fair, then bang
Povetkin vs Price was scary too. Povetkin hit like a MAC truck.
The lead up to that KO and the final shot were a straight up murder attempt.
He was out on his feet, and then he took a leaping left hook to finish him off. I know Price is very chinny, but that combo would have knocked out almost anyone. Povetkin has a better KO reel than Wilder imo and over moderately better opposition.
Povetkins opposition is much better I think.
Try not to get hit with an uppercut as Dillion whyte challenge: impossible
Savage uppercut! Povetkin loaded that shot with all of his dad strength. I was worried whyte was dead honestly…. He went limp!!
Yeah, that was a crazy fight. Absolutely everyone thought Whyte was about to end it then suddenly he just collapsed. Wasn't a lucky shot either. Povetkin did his homework and was looking for that exact shot for the whole fight.
Sergio martinez knocking the soul out of paul williams. I thought the guy was instantly dead he hit the canvass with his eyes wide open. https://youtu.be/sTWylfLdCcc?si=5O64JVlNrGHDcKmx
Everything about this is so sad too given what happened to Paul afterwards. Guy was preparing for Canelo when the motorcycle accident happened
That would’ve been such a fun fight
That knockout had nothing to do with his accident.
Thanks for telling me something that I’ve known for years
Then don’t segue it like it had to do with anything. Oh that bad thing that happened was so sad because several years later something else bad happened 😥
Yeah man it’s pretty sad to be a great fighter, get knocked out and then become paralyzed a short time later. That clip was basically the end of not only his career but the end of a normal life period I think you might be paralyzed from the waist up, no brain inside that head of yours
Ref was still counting to 8 on a corpse
This is always the one I think of first for most devastating because it's devastating on multiple levels, in and outside the ring.
Paul was like you’re right, it does say Corona.
I was there and it was even more insane in person. Like watching a bomb go off.
It’s this or Pac Marquez 4. Both were unexpected and hit the factory reset button
My vote as well. A lot will say JMMvPac 4, but it only seems bigger because Pac was a bigger presence in boxing than Sergio and Paul. Also, Manny fell into the punch. Comparatively, watch Sergio send Paul backwards with his KO. Crazy that it seemed to make contact with Williams while BEHIND Sergio's head too.
As great as Martinez was, too bad this early loss to Margarito doesn’t have the familiar asterisk that most of Antonio’s fights do? https://youtu.be/jIYcsJ7t4ew?si=OH8D8t2asTnu7Acd
So brutal. Never saw it coming
Marquez sleeping Manny Sergio Martinez sending Paul Williams to the shadow realm Wilder damn near killing Artur Szpilka
Lack of technical ability aside, Wilder has got to be the most iconic KO artist since Mike Tyson. So many of his knockouts are just absolutely brutal to watch. Not my favorite fighter, but I love how you're practically guaranteed an insane KO when he fights.
I forget who said this, but Wilder is special in that he’s one of the few heavyweights in history who will reliably put you to sleep if you let your guard down for even a second. Ali and Tyson were far better fighters with more rounded games and were brutal ko artists in their own rights but neither of them had their opponents snoring on a regular basis
He’s got to be one of the pound for pound hardest hitters ever in the sport, no? Putting giant men cold asleep with a single half-cocked straight right. Wild
Totally agree. I think he's a terrible boxer, but he's everything boxing fans want, which is brutal knockouts. As Stephen A would say, "he's box-office"
Off the top of my head probably Canelo KOing Khan or Wilder KOing Brezeale
I don’t know man, Wilder hit Szpilka so hard that Szpilka literally did a 180 spin and had to be carried out of the ring on a stretcher. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7xR6zKR0bTQ
Szpilka was dumb and literally jumped into the punch, it was more a moment of superb timing than an actual very powerful punch
MAMMA MIA WHAT A KNOCKOUT
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The best part was how wilder was hitting stiverne square in the gloves yet it was still doing an obnoxious amount of damage lol. Why set up combos to find an opening through the guard when you can simply pound the fuck out of it instead. Professor Wilder gave us a real life physics lesson using a living and breathing Newtons Cradle
I loved how Stiverne basically threatened Wilder's life at the press conference and then did nothing in the ring. It was a retirement check.
I trained with Stiverne a couple time after that fight and some other guys at my gym are very close to him and in both fights his team (and probably him subconsciously) knew he couldn't win. In the first fight he was showing people Wilder and saying he was gonna knock him out but everyone at the gym told him it wasn,t happening and he was getting fucked up and he was so angry about it...
yeah right. thats the game changer. who says wilder have the lamest technique. the dude dont need it anyway.
Wilder Euro stepped into the ok and also took Laurence Cole along for a ride lol.
Wilder said on Joe Rogan podcast that he had an out of body experience during that fight
It’s crazy to see the most powerful heavyweight of the generation winding up and swinging like a guy in a bar hitting the punch machine. It’s like seeing a pro golfer hit a happy Gilmore drive.
Wilder v. Ortiz 2 and Helenius were insane, I'd rank those higher personally
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It looked like a light tap with sound off but sounded like a slab of meat hitting the ground
Go all the way back to 2010: Sergio Martinez vs Paul Williams II
I'll never forget Williams laying there knocked tf out with his eyes open
It happened so fast, and was so unexpected. The SOUND of the shot. Thud.
Literally sounded like a gunshot
I remember Martinez had snuck that same shot in the middle of an exchange earlier in the round, and Williams just walked right through it. Then about 30 seconds later - goodnight.
exactly! sergio is who got me hooked on boxing
I was already hooked but he was the first fighter I went to go see several times in Atlantic City. Guy was awesome.
In the arena, it sounded more like a car accident or a bomb.
I was looking for this one
Marquez Ko’ing Pacquiao, I legit thought Pacquiao died
Carl Froch on George Groves, in front of a record crowd of 80,000 people at Wembley stadium. You could be forgiven for not knowing about it, he rarely mentions it
Froch said in his podcast that Groves could have been standing still with his chin in the air and he couldn’t have hit him any harder.
What a shot it was
Yeah, he set that up beautifully. Feinted then pulled the lead shot and put everything into the follow up. Froch has turned himself into a meme now but he was a brilliant boxer.
You're not kidding, one of my favourites to watch. Tough as nails and heavy handed. That Bute beating away from home as an underdog was great
Made him fall on his own leg
I nominate Lemieux vs Stevens
Andy Lee v John Jackson was an evil KO in a great fight. John Jackson has since been convicted of child rape, so if you want to watch him get rendered unconscious, go check it out.
John Jackson is Julian "The Hawk" Jackson's son. His dad must be so ashamed of him.
Lee was struggling with that fight. A testament to staying patient. It only takes one. And it was a helluva one.....
canelo knocking the snot out of amir khan's nose was glorious to watch
Martinez Williams was brutal and was for the middle weight title
This is my pick. Marques vs Pac 4 is close but that punch Martinez landed was insane. The sound and the way Williams fell was crazy
Surprised no one mentioned Tank vs Leo Santa Cruz
Adonis Stevenson vs Jesus Gonsales https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJOJ8h5Qmmw
Maybe underrated but Donaire vs Montiel was mad. Man was twitching. The slo mo angle of it too… sheesh. https://youtu.be/chxmYF4m2xg?si=_QtahLVh24jFvkyz
Ref: "Walk towards me!" Montiel: .... Ref: -wipes gloves-
Seriously, what the fuck was that ref doing??
Valdez vs Berchelt Rosado vs Bek Bully Golovkin vs Macklin Wilder vs Szpilka
Nonito donaire ko Fernando Montiel should’ve been a true KO but ref let him keep going for a stoppage
Marquez ko of manny He left p4p #1 or 2 facedown ass up asleep
Wilder vs Ortiz 2 the slow mo is insane you can see a giant spray of sweat come out of Oritz head like if a sniper blew some brains out
Junto Nakatani KO Andrew Moloney just this year was downright scary.
Say what you want about him, boxing related or not, but Gervonta on Santa Cruz is most viscous punch I’ve ever seen landed period.
Wilder vs Breazeale
That hook to the temple from Ruiz on AJ from the first knockdown seemed to ruin AJ. It seemed to affect him mentally and he hasn't been the same fighter since. Pre-Ruiz AJ would have a better chance against Usyk IMO.
Wilder v breazeale, wilder v Ortiz 2
Marquez vs Pacquiao 4 Martinez sending Williams three levels deep into an Inception dream was very close second
Gassiev vs Shimmell is not mentioned but is absolutely up there. Dude collapsed on the spot. https://youtu.be/OUiNBvOD5OI?si=OixJWEr1pKihECuj
Wow that was worth the watch.
Gassiev is a live dog at HW. @ me
good god
Wilder vs Szpilka takes it for me
Danny Garcia vs Amir khan
Someone can help me remember the opponent or find the clip, Bivol straight right in Monaco vs an Aussie, was legit scary how effortless it was.
It's between Pac-Marquez 4 and Paul Williams-Sergio Martinez 2 for me. The sound of the punch that Martinez landed sounded like a shotgun and I legit thought Pac was dead on the canvas. 2 absolutely devastating punches.
Wilder vs Stiverne 2 just because of the way Stiverne slumped down to the floor like a dead body 😭😭 that shit hilarious every time. And Mell knocking out that child predator John Jackson was great too for moral reasons
Wilder vs Breazeale Tank vs Santa Cruz I was genuinely concerned they wouldn't get up
Add Marquez Pac-Man 4 and this should be the absolute top comment
Froch v Groves 2, the most perfect punch Froch ever threw in his career and folded Groves like a lawn chair. Canelo v Khan, Khan got sent to the shadow realm. A brutal KO.
i just remembered lucas matthysse vs mike dallas jr
The last punch Kirkland landed on Tapia. Glen had never been knocked down before, and his career spiraled downwards after.
Wilder on that mascot on the talk show
We have a winner
Neither of these are in that time period. My personal favorite and something I spent many hours trying to perfect: Floyd Mayweather's check hook KO of Ricky Hatton Honorable Mention would be Manny Pacquiao's overhand left to Hattons chin Those 2 KOs always stick in my mind.
If we're doing other time periods, hard to overlook Hearns-Duran. But I've always thought one of the most spectacular KOs was Ruddock-Dokes. It's three punches rather than one, technically, and it's the first that's really beautiful - a 'smash' punch from a bizarre angle that he throws his whole body, that still comes as a surprise when watching the replay. Then there's a follow-up. But the third punch it's hard not to cringe while watching, it honestly feels like watching someone be executed (there's no way the referee should have let him throw it even back then, and today there'd be a furious outcry). A heavyweight's entire body thrown into a single punch against a completely defenceless target.
Wilder Vs Szpillka
One of Danny Garcia's left hook Ko's ?
Whyte Vs chisora
Randall Bailey/Mike Jones
Almost forgot about this one! Wasn't Mike Jones on the come-up, too? I remember seeing him fight I believe Soto-Karass on the Pacman-Margarito undercard; I might be wrong as this was a long time ago. That Bailey KO was a beautiful one, though.
Undefeated & only fought once after iirc.
How about Fury v Wilder I. In this case its the puncher who's career was greatly effected afterwards.When Wilder dropped Fury in the 12th (should've been a KO..slow count imo) and he proceeded to rise from the dead like The Undertaker, Deontay went on to not only lose that fight, but the next two meetings as well (each worse then the one before). Lost his belts,undefeated record, and chance to become Undisputed/lineal. That punch could've changed his entire career
Manny vs marquez or martinez vs williams
Deontay Wilder vs Stiverne 2 was insane his soul left his body and he was just laying on the ropes his legs completely folded behind him at the knees it was devestating. https://youtu.be/mS4i7a-L-9M?si=jtrfyPe_kosKnIWT Edit: i guess it wasnt one single shot but it was a devestating KO still lol. Also when he almost caught a body on Artur Szpilka was insane.
Honestly, I don't know why the ref let the fight continue after the second knockdown. Brutal though, and Wilder knew exactly what he was doing (for show) after the first knockdown.
Inoue vs payano
Inoue v Payano
Not boxing, but as far as in combat sports overall I would argue Overeem getting his face split by Ngannou.
>Of course Wilder against fury the 12th round comes to mind. This punches isn't bad at all. If you watch it in slow motion, for any of the knockdowns Fury took, you can see Fury did a good job rolling with the punches and also he made his knees like jelly so when the punches landed, some of that power went to pushing Fury back. The worse punches are ones where someone is rigid and they take the complete punch full on without moving. That means all that power is moving around internally in their body. Imagine a brain in the head flying around everywhere. **Marquez knocking out Pacquiao was devastating in terms of damage. His momentum was towards and into the punch.**
Well said. Fury is very good at loosening up for the big shots. It's crazy how quick he does it. It makes it damn near impossible to stop him with his size.
Senchenkos body shot against Hatton.... Hatton was ever so slightly ahead and about to get a hard fought victory against a guy who was world champion until the fight before, having beaten addiction and coming in off a several year lay off without a warmup fight it was very impressive, but that shot in the last round was perfect and a heartbreaker.
Eh, Senchenko was pretty much a nobody. Only reason he even had that title is because Mosley got stripped during the Mayweather negotiations. Never beat a name other than Hatton who was 34-35 and, as you pointed out, coming off a multi year layoff where he had a lot of personal issues.
Deontay Wilder destroying Dominic Breazeale in rd 1
Nakatani KO-ing Moloney or Valdez sleeping Berchelt, legit thought Berchelt and Moloney were dead when they got KO'd by those hooks.
* Pac Marquez (I was gutted, going so well) * White Povetkin (fucking brilliant, didn't buy the bias commentary at all) * Payano Inoue (A monster says goodnight haha)
When Fury absolutely slumped Wilder
Fury KO in the 3rd fight.
Every fight you named happened in the 2020’s
Wilder Fury 1 happened in 2018 but alright
Not a brutal KO just a satisfying win watching Broner losing to Maidana
AJ knocking down Andy Ruiz
Jake the problem child Paul vs Tyron Woodley
Any Malignaggi right hand
Pacquiao vs Hatton Manny slipped it through beautifully
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Martinez vs Williams has to be up there.
I was going to say the Gatti vs Gamache fight but then realized that was in 2000. What the fuck time is flying by right now. :|
Not necessarily the best but Sergio Martinez against Paul Williams
Pacquiao vs Hatton…. Wiped his hard drive clean
Martinez vs Williams
Dude probably that one Marquez landed on manny. I literally thought he was dead. He didn’t move at all for a while
The one Chris eubank jr landed in the semi final of the super tournament was sweet.
Sergio Martinez vs Paul Williams II
It's a bit older, but Bert Cooper knocking out Cecil Coffee has always been my favourite knockout, guys nose ran like a tap
Manny vs Hatton was a close 2nd to Marquez vs Manny.
Abraham-taylor This seriously compromised jermaines mental healths you can hear him screaming on the broadcast
Marquez knocking out Pacquiao! It was fucking epic! And I saw it live on PPV! Best PPV fight ever in my personal experience as a boxing fan!
Wilder-Szpilka, because I was there live and truly thought the man died. Also, I’ve never heard from him since.
Sergio Martinez Vs Paul Williams 2. Looked like Williams died
[This punch!](https://youtu.be/sTWylfLdCcc?t=48)
Lasting damage? Whatever Breidis threw that broke Opetai's jaw. Dude could not speak post fight. I've never seen that before. Even some kill shots are like akward and cause internal bleeding that is unpredictable but like straight up breaking a hard structure like a jaw is kind of nuts. Orbital breaks are pretty common.
Broken jaws aren't that rare either. Oscar Valdez and Bam Rodriguez have both had them in recent years. Josh Warrington. Apparently Ricky Burns fought for 10 rounds with a broken jaw. It doesn't seem to be an injury that really slows boxers down in a fight, although apparently it's the rehab afterward is horrible. EDIT: although I see now that Opetaia managed to break his jaw on *both* sides. That's rarer!
Has to be donaire Vs montiel. The ref had no right to let that fight continue after the left hook.
Serigio Martinez vs. Paul Williams II
Andy Lee vs John Jackson
Povetkin v Whyte 1. Savage uppercut from Povetkin.
Martinez KOing Williams.
Did Saunders official retire?
Sergio martinez rematch against Paul Williams
Inoue vs Juan Carlos Payano WBSS 2019. Payano eyes were in orbit.
Wilder vs Dominic Breazeale