Best Overhand KOs...

... but in an open stance? So an overhand right vs a southpaw, or an overhand left vs an orthodox fighter.

The two which I immediately thought of were Benitez vs Hope and Canelo vs Kirkland.

 

Marquez vs Pac was my first thought.

 

Pac-Hatton has gotta be the GOAT overhand left KO.

Would have to think more about the first one.

 

At first I thought I remembered Edner Cherry's KO over a (shot) Stevie Johnston being an overhand right, but then I went back and rewatched it on YT... it was a straight right down the middle, doesn't count.

 

Yeah, Pac-Hatton was a bad one. Has to be number one.

 

Ben Villaflor against Kuniaki Shibata if I''m remembering it correctly. That was almost identical to the Pac-Hatton one, just about three decades earlier.

 

Good one!

 

Sergio Martinez's overhand left on Paul Williams was just devastating.

 

but both southpaw, right?

 

Lewis vs Grant, Ruddock, and Golota. Ok, Golota was a TKO but worthy of mention.

 

None of the were overhand right ko

 

Apart from that, and the fact that the punches mentioned weren't thrown in an open stance, it was a solid group of examples

 

Even if we disregard the open stance criteria, Grant was koed by an uppercut, Ruddick by 2 straight left. Ok maybe the ko blow vs Golota was an overhand but it was mostly a flurry and hardly deserving of being called ''best''. So I don't get how you can see those as good examples (even though, yes the first blow that hurt them was the overhand right).

Plus, it left out the obvious choice for a Lewis overhand right ko (Rahman 2). Still, it s cool to see Buddy back after all those years ;)

 

I remember him dropping Grant with an overhand right ("His legs are broken" - Big George). I'm not really thinking about the very last shot but knockdown-worthy overhand rights. Also, the KO punch for Rahman 2 was a right cross, not an overhand right.

 

Witherspoon vs Eklund, beautiful KO to watch.

starts at 55 seconds in

 

You didn't read the thread. He said in an overhand right in an open stance against a southpaw.

If the question was best overhand right KO period... the two GOAT choices are Marciano-Walcott I and Lewis-Rachman II.

 

Neither were a southpaw.

 

Nunn Kalambay maybe? I guess that was more straight down the middle. Nunn was a sp too. I gotta think on this one

 

Nah, you actually nailed it.

Nunn-Kalambay, from what I recall, was indeed an overhand left.

 

Between them I'd pick Lewis Rahman II. I think it was really bad for Walcott to get caught like that. Rocky couldn't be telegraphing the right hand any more. I suppose Walcott did land his own right hand at the same time. Marciano just absorbed it and then hit Walcott with the walk off left hook . Lewis Rahman would get my vote between them. It was just a far more skilled sequence I think. Back on topic though I would have to think a little more. I'm sure I can come up with a good one.

 

Its actually in that vid above. starts at the 4 min mark.

 

Nunn was really considered to be the next Leonard after the Kalambay blowout. He was appearing on talk shows and everything.

He never reached that level again...

 

Wouldn't consider it among the best but since it's hard to find examples, Marvin Johnson - Galindez fit the bill

 

He didn't lose to Toney for 2 more years so was that "next Leonard" hype still going for those 2 years? Who was favoured to win the Toney fight?

 

I think is hype fell after the barkley fight

 

Nunn was the number 3 P4P when he lost to Toney - behind only Chavez and Whitaker. He was the overwhelming favorite over James.

 

He was a 20-1 favourite over Toney.

 

Jones Jr vs Serwano