Most spectacular heavyweight KOs

[Senya13]

Ring magazine, March 1970

Most spectacular heavyweight knockouts of all time

1-3.
1923 Jack Dempsey KO2 Luis Angel Firpo
1938 Joe Louis KO1 Max Schemling
1952 Rocky Marciano KO13 Jersey Joe Walcott

4.
1919 Jack Dempsey KO3 Jess Willard

5-6.
1959 Ingemar Johansson KO3 Floyd Patterson
1897 Bob Fitzsimmons KO14 Jim Corbett

7-9.
1921 Jack Dempsey KO4 Georges Carpentier
1951 Jersey Joe Walcott KO7 Ezzard Charles
1941 Joe Louis KO13 Billy Conn

10-13.
1962-09-25 Sonny Liston KO1 Floyd Patterson
1936 Max Schmeling KO12 Joe Louis
1915 Jess Willard KO26 Jack Johnson
1934 Max Baer KO11 Primo Carnera

14-18.
1951 Rocky Marciano KO8 Joe Louis
1939 Joe Louis KO4 Tony Galento
1955 Rocky Marciano KO9 Archie Moore
1965 Muhammad Ali KO1 Sonny Liston
1918 Jack Dempsey KO1 Fred Fulton

19-...
1935 Joe Louis KO4 Paulino
1951 Rocky Marciano KO6 Rex Layne
1928 Jimmy Braddock KO2 Tuffy Griffiths
1892 James J. Corbett KO21 John L. Sullivan
1928 Jack Sharkey KO1 Jack Delaney
1929 Max Schmeling KO9 Johnny Risko
1960 Floyd Patterson KO5 Ingemar Johansson
1904 Joe Jeannette KO49 Sam McVey
1914 Gunboat Smith KO15 Arthur Pelkey
1910 Jack Johnson KO15 Jim Jeffries
1927 Jack Dempsey KO7 Jack Sharkey
1964 Rocky Marciano KO8 Ezzard Charles
1902 Jim Jeffries KO8 Bob Fitzsimmons
1900 Jim Jeffries KO23 Jim Corbett
1929 Jack Sharkey KO3 Tommy Loughran
1965 Muhammad Ali KO12 Floyd Patterson

[Jack Dempsey]

Dempseys KO's were due to an accumulation of punches, not one punch KO's, there are many more spectacular KO's than Dempseys that were listed

Pattersons KO of Johansson for one

[McGrain]

I'm astonshed that Firpo is above Willard and just can't belive that they've got Firpo above the Louis-Schmeling thing. That is...bullshit is the only word I can think of.

Also, why is Liston-Patterson all the way down there? I'd have Louis-Schmeling at #1, Liston-Patterson at #2 and Dempsey-Willard at three taking the timing of the list into account.

I think both Lewis-Rahman KO's deserve consideration post list.

Thanks for posting it Senya, never see it before.


EDIT: Are 1-3 a tie for 1st place? That makes me feel a bit better if that's the case.

[mcvey]

Ring magazine, March 1970

Most spectacular heavyweight knockouts of all time

1-3.
1923 Jack Dempsey KO2 Luis Angel Firpo
1938 Joe Louis KO1 Max Schemling
1952 Rocky Marciano KO13 Jersey Joe Walcott

4.
1919 Jack Dempsey KO3 Jess Willard

5-6.
1959 Ingemar Johansson KO3 Floyd Patterson
1897 Bob Fitzsimmons KO14 Jim Corbett

7-9.
1921 Jack Dempsey KO4 Georges Carpentier
1951 Jersey Joe Walcott KO7 Ezzard Charles
1941 Joe Louis KO13 Billy Conn

10-13.
1962-09-25 Sonny Liston KO1 Floyd Patterson
1936 Max Schmeling KO12 Joe Louis
1915 Jess Willard KO26 Jack Johnson
1934 Max Baer KO11 Primo Carnera

14-18.
1951 Rocky Marciano KO8 Joe Louis
1939 Joe Louis KO4 Tony Galento
1955 Rocky Marciano KO9 Archie Moore
1965 Muhammad Ali KO1 Sonny Liston
1918 Jack Dempsey KO1 Fred Fulton

19-...
1935 Joe Louis KO4 Paulino
1951 Rocky Marciano KO6 Rex Layne
1928 Jimmy Braddock KO2 Tuffy Griffiths
1892 James J. Corbett KO21 John L. Sullivan
1928 Jack Sharkey KO1 Jack Delaney
1929 Max Schmeling KO9 Johnny Risko
1960 Floyd Patterson KO5 Ingemar Johansson
1904 Joe Jeannette KO49 Sam McVey
1914 Gunboat Smith KO15 Arthur Pelkey
1910 Jack Johnson KO15 Jim Jeffries
1927 Jack Dempsey KO7 Jack Sharkey
1964 Rocky Marciano KO8 Ezzard Charles
1902 Jim Jeffries KO8 Bob Fitzsimmons
1900 Jim Jeffries KO23 Jim Corbett
1929 Jack Sharkey KO3 Tommy Loughran
1965 Muhammad Ali KO12 Floyd Patterson
Louis v Braddock
B Baer 2
Uzcudun
Schmeling 2

Marciano v Layne
Walcott

Dempsey vWillard
Firpo

Patterson v Johannson
Walcott vCharles
Tyson v Thomas
Tubbs
Spinks
Berbick
Ali v Williams
Foreman v Frazier

[Quick Cash]

Johansson KO3 Patterson
Ali KO1 Liston

These are out of place particularly since they weren't clean knockout blows. The Patterson rematch should rank higher than the original, I think

[Senya13]

EDIT: Are 1-3 a tie for 1st place?
Yeah. They had 10 experts to deside them.
The fight at 4th place got 8 points out of possible 10.
5-6 - 5 points.
7-9 - 4 points.
10-13 - 3 points.
14-18 - 2 points.
19-... - 1 point.

There's also 'Top Fights, By Decades' in the same issue, but there are too many to type them. Here's a sample:

First Decade 1892-1900
Sep. 7, 1892 - Jim Corbett knocked out John L. Sullivan in 21 rounds. New Orleans. Heavyweight title.
March 17, 1897 - Bob Fitzsimmons knocked out Jim Corbett in 14 rounds. Carson City, Nev. Heavyweight title.
June 6, 1899 - Jim Jeffries knocked out Bob Fitzsimmons in 11 rounds. Coney Island, N.Y. Heavyweight title.
November 3, 1899 - Jim Jeffries outpointed Tom Sharkey in 25 rounds. Coney island, N.Y. Title defense.
May 11, 1900 - Jim Jeffries knocked out Jim Corbett in 23 rounds. Coney island, N.Y. Title defense.
January 9, 1900 - Terry McGovern knocked out George Dixon in 8 rounds. New York. Featherweight title.
September 6, 1892 - George Dixon knocked out Jack Skelly in 8 rounds. New Orleans. Featherweight title defense.
June 1, 1896 - Kid Lavigne knocked out Dick Burge in 17 rounds. London. World lightweight title.
March 2, 1896 - Kid McCoy knocked out Tommy Ryan in 15 rounds. Maspeth, N.Y. Welterweight title.
September 12, 1899 - Terry McGovern knocked out Pedlar Palmer in first round. Tuckahoe, N.Y. World bantam title.

[jackiebrown]

the ring has a grudge agianst any fight past 1970

[ChrisPontius]

1965 Muhammad Ali KO12 Floyd Patterson

:huh

[Senya13]

Don't ask me about that fight, I simply posted what's in the magazine.

[Jear]

I thought Tyson Spinks may have got a mention, especially considering the hype preceding it.


shit just saw date :patsch

[McGrain]

the ring has a grudge agianst any fight past 1970


Maybe, but this article was written in 1970.

[Bad_Intentions]

rocky marciano v.s joe louis

ali v.s liston

marciano v.s walcott

walcott v.s charles III

paterson v.s johanson III

tyson v.s berbick

tyson v.s holmes

buster douglas v.s tyson

jack johnson v.s jess willard

max baer v.s primo carnera.

[Robbi]

Nobody mentioned Lewis' spectacular KO against Rahman?. Totally amazed. That was spectacular with the a capital S. Blinding left hook with the right hand behind it.

Marciano's right hand against Walcott was a nice punch as well. Joe Louis had so many throughout his career.

[Marciano Frazier]

I think Patterson-Johansson II should be much higher.