Single best one punch KO in history

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  1. Xplosive

    Xplosive X-MOD Bad Motherfucker

    Totally subjective here. In your opinion: Whats the single best one-shot KO in boxing history?

    Youre allowed one answer and two honorable mentions.

    My pick for best: Robinson-Fullmer II.

    Honorable mentions: Marciano-Walcott 1 & Foster-Tiger.
     
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  2. Neil

    Neil tueur de grenouilles

    tough to choose between 3 x champ Baileys uppercut vs Mike Jones or his first title winning left hook vs Bolillo Gonzalez
     
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  3. ILLUMINATI

    ILLUMINATI Roberto Duran

    Not against a world class opponent but Arguello right vs. Rooney...


     
  4. Double L

    Double L Book Reader

    Always loved Jackson's KO of Graham
     
  5. Erratic

    Erratic "Twinkle Toes" McJack

    Robinson-Fullmer 2 is also my choice

    Honorable mentions: I’ll pick a couple that haven’t been named yet, because otherwise I would just be repeating above posts. Nunn-Kalambay and Márquez-Pacquiao 4
     
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  6. Xplosive

    Xplosive X-MOD Bad Motherfucker

    Arguello-Rooney is definitely up there.
     
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  7. Xplosive

    Xplosive X-MOD Bad Motherfucker

    It's not even my favorite Jackson one punch KO.

    I prefer Jackson-Drayton. The look on Drayton's face like "WTF was that???" followed by Julian pointing to the canvas.
     
  8. Xplosive

    Xplosive X-MOD Bad Motherfucker

    Tyson-Botha is up there for me.
     
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  9. Neil

    Neil tueur de grenouilles

    Jefferson blasting Mo Harris mouthpiece into the cheap seats
     
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  10. Dog Jones

    Dog Jones WBC Silver Diamond Emeritus Champ

    Patterson-Johansson rematch
     
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  11. Hut*Hut

    Hut*Hut The Mackintosh of temazepam

    Not saying its the best but George's walking uppercut vs Cooney was one of the coolest. Just an old fat guy out for a leisurely stroll
     
  12. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft "Twinkle Toes" McJack

    It's not one usually mentioned, but I'm a sucker for a good uppercut and I love Spinks vs Pops.

    Walcott vs Charles III and the already mentioned Foreman vs Cooney are great too.
     
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  13. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft "Twinkle Toes" McJack

    Picture perfect technique from Arguello. One of the best.
     
  14. Hut*Hut

    Hut*Hut The Mackintosh of temazepam

    Louis-Braddock. Clears away the left then the pendulum. Like some sort of industrial accident
     
  15. Hut*Hut

    Hut*Hut The Mackintosh of temazepam

    Can't get a purer 'one shot win' than that, he did nothing else all night.
     
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  16. Hut*Hut

    Hut*Hut The Mackintosh of temazepam

    A lower level than most mentioned but watching this one live sticks in my memory

     
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  17. Xplosive

    Xplosive X-MOD Bad Motherfucker

    One of the sweetest right cross KOs of all time, easily.
     
  18. Slice N Dice

    Slice N Dice Big stiff idiot

    Wayne could hit like a motherfucker, he had a few nice KO's.
     
  19. Slice N Dice

    Slice N Dice Big stiff idiot

    Pacquiao-Hatton is up there for me.
     
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  20. Flo-Raiden

    Flo-Raiden Undisputed Champion

  21. Xplosive

    Xplosive X-MOD Bad Motherfucker

    Though I can't stand him, I think Davis-Santa Cruz is easily the best one punch KO of the last 5-10 years.
     
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  22. puerto rock

    puerto rock WBC Silver Diamond Emeritus Champ

    Martinez-Williams was a good one.
     
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  23. Erratic

    Erratic "Twinkle Toes" McJack

    I think it might be the most “picturesque” uppercut knockout ever.

    Along with others like Saad-Mwale, Spinks-Johnson, Tyson-Boyd, etc…
     
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  24. Flo-Raiden

    Flo-Raiden Undisputed Champion

    Also this

     
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  25. Jimmy

    Jimmy The Greatest of Are Times

    Andy Lee-John Jackson
     
  26. salaco

    salaco Undisputed Champion

    Lewis-Rahman 2, watch that video at least once a year, usually turn off around the point at which Lewis is completely messing up his prepared and clearly rehearsed line about turning Hasim Rahman into Hasbeen Rahman
     
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  27. Baron

    Baron "Twinkle Toes" McJack

    I second that! In fact, I was about to post that and had pretty much the same wording in mind!
     
  28. Slice N Dice

    Slice N Dice Big stiff idiot

    It is one of my favourite knockouts ever, but being absurdly pedantic, I'm not sure it counts as a one-punch KO since he set up the monster right hand with the left hook. Probably just me though.
     
  29. Xplosive

    Xplosive X-MOD Bad Motherfucker

    No, it definitely counts. The left hook, as you said, merely set it up. It was the right hand and the right hand alone that put him to sleep.
     
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  30. Xplosive

    Xplosive X-MOD Bad Motherfucker

    Ashamed that I didn't mention Foster-Quarry.
     

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