Do you think Rocky Marciano had the best KO of all time??

Question

I was watching espn the other night, they were counting down the best KO's of all time....Marciano was at # 1, he was losing the fight & came back in the 13th round (I think) & KO'd the guy.....What fight do you think should have been # 1?

Answer 1

Twenty- four ~
Floyd Patterson's 1960 5th round knockout of Ingemar Johansson which boxing historians called "The best punch ever thrown" It was an incredible leaping left hook.
Twenty - four, if you ever get the chance to see the video of this fight, check it out.

Answer 2

I think that the punch that Marciano hit Walcott with in the 13th round would have knocked out anyone who ever stepped in a ring. When you see Walcott's face distort and then his body crumbles to the canvas is very dramatic. I also give strong consideration to Floyd Patterson's knockout over Johannson which left Johannson on the canvas with a foot twitching. Still another was Sugar Ray Robinson's one punch Knockout over Gene Fullmer which is known as the perfect punch. All 3 of these Knockouts were amazing one punch masterpieces.

Answer 3

was the fight when marciano won the crown against (at the time) the oldest fighter to win the crown jersey joe walcott, walcott was cagey veteran scored a firsdt rd knockdown and held his own the fight was close as marciano connected witha short punch to abruptly end the contest.best ko of all-time my vote goes for mike weaver trailing in the 15th rd and being thouroughly outboxed by at the time a legitimate heavyweight champion John Tate before knocking out Tate with seconds to go and win the crown, Tate never was the same after the fight.

Answer 4

You said, "all time", so how about Polydeuces, Amycus, Epeus, Polydamas and Milo in ancient Greece? Modern boxing began in England in the 18th century. Some of those guys were good. The first international bout was in 1860 between Tom Sayer of England and John Heenan of the USA. The immortal John L. Sullivan, the "Boston Strong Boy", was the last champ under London Prize Ring Rules and the first under Marquess of Queensberry Rules. He was great, but he was the underdog against Jake Kilrain in 1882. "Gentleman Jim" Corbett outboxed an aging Sullivan, but he didn't have such a great punch. "Ruby Bob" Fitzsimmons KO'd Corbett and was KO'd by Jim "Boilermaker" Jeffries who is rated as the best heavyweight champ in the Marquess of Queensberry era by a panel of experts. I suppose I'd vote for Jeffries as the experts did. Expert opinions outweigh naive ones. Jeffries was much bigger than Marciano, and he had the power to KO him.

Answer 5

The punch Marciano threw in the 13th round could knockout any fighter.

Answer 6

This will be another contreversial one from me because i know the pugilists dont accept Tyson, but the best KO i ever watched was Tyson Vs Berbick when he dropped him 3 times with one punch, ive probably seen 1000 KOs and that one was the most decisive.

Answer 7

To all the previous answerer's great answers. Mine might not be the best knockouts ever but these two stand out to me because I thought both were picture perfect counter punches. Wilfred Benitez's straight right counter against Maurice Hope and Mike McCallum's counter left hook against Donald Curry. Both those punches iced their opponents.

Answer 8

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Hearns' KO of Cuevas
Bob Foster's KO of Dick Tiger
Louis' KO of Schmeling

Answer 9

Are we talking about just heavyweights here?
If not, for my money, the best KO of all time was Thomas Hearns' one shot destruction of Roberto Duran.
When Hearns hit him, I thought Duran was dead. He was literally out before he hit the canvas.