Fights you thought were guranteed to go the distance but ended in shocking knockouts.

Nunn-Kalambay. I didn't see that coming.
Williams vs Martinez

Others?

 

I think Foreman vs Moorer comes to mind but it was before my time.

It's like the only way Foreman could win was by KO and that simply wasn't going to happen.

I can actually think of far more fights that were expected to end in KO but went the distance ::

 

Wasn't before my time, princess Leia gave my little silkworm a pulse in 84' ,.. :crafty:

 

ottke vs mundine

 

Echols-Brewer.

 

Guaranteed to go the distance?

 

I was being sarcastic.

Anyway, it's not a shock/brutal KO, but I was surprised when Ward stopped Dawson. That seemed like a fight guaranteed to go 12.

 

Ward Dawson is a good example. When I said shocking...I meant...."surprising".

 

that one wasnt as shocking in hindsight after the information came out that dawson was KO'd in the gym by edison miranda less than a month before the fight

 

Calzaghe vs Veit 1

 

Marquez-Pacquiao 4

 

REED Doesn't Recall a KO Being Predicted Either Way, when Curry Fought McCrory...

While this Wasn't a "Big" Fight in Terms of Mainstream Attention, it's Hard to APPRECIATE Just How Meaningful it was in Hardcore Boxing Circles...





REED:hammert:

 

I was so sure Jones was going to win another decision in the 2nd Tarver fight and then BAM, it was over.

 

Marquez was rocked up for that fight. I figured there was a chance of a ko

 

Great example

 

Another good example. I didn't see that one coming AT ALL. Most shocked I have ever been in my entire history of following the sport.

 

On the opposite side, I didn't think Foreman-Morrison would go the distance.