Biggest one punch turnaround.

[LeonMcS]

Apologies if this has been done, but recently bought a collection of Nigel Benn fights and his bout against Logan where he is getting caned is suddenly finished with one brutal left hook from nowhere. Someone even mentioned it in the Benn-Jackson thread.
Must be heaps of examples but I'm up way too late and am drawing a blank, any other one punch stunners that turned imminent defeat into a sudden win?

Just thought of one, Eubanks uppercut against Watson in their second fight. The bout did continue for a short time afterwards but thats the definition of a hail mary shot.

[Jack]

Julian Jackson knocking out Bomber Graham, afte being schooled and on his way to an obvious loss.

[LeonMcS]

Yep, actually showed that to a few mates tonight as well. Made even better by the commentary talking Graham up all round.
A mate used to show me tapes of a Latino boxer in the 70s or 80s who always seemed to be getting bombed on the ropes ready to go down before unleashing perfect counters. Have no idea at all what his name was. Any ideas?

[TBooze]

Walcott/CharlesIII; 2 and a half fights of misery sorted out with one bomb.;)

[ChrisPontius]

Tyson vs Botha.
Tyson was being schooled by Botha, was frustrated and tried to break his arm, then landed one punch and that was that.

[JohnThomas1]

Hearns - Barkley was pretty big.

[TBooze]

Hearns - Barkley was pretty big.

It still scares Tommy got up and worse still the ref let it continue!

[Bill1234]

Marciano-Walcott I was pretty big too, but one of the main reasons Walcott was beating Marciano that bad was because something got in Rocky's eyes for 3 rounds which blinded him, and he had to go out swinging at a blurry Walcott (who was already extremely hard to hit and catch).

[Vantage_West]

nigel benn - anthony logan
benn who was a big fav started his usual routine of knock them out quick to show off...then logan catches him and again and again and seemed to actually beat him up literely beat him like small boy...till after a wiered shuffle boom left hook comes out of nowhere and boom anthony logan on the floor not knowing where he was. and that was that. the next fight he fought michael watson and was knocked out.

julian jackson - terry norris
julian jackson was getting totally out boxed by a smaller shorter speedy target off terry norris..terry just totally confuzed julian with big shots mixed in with combo's and staying on the backfoot.in the 2nd round it was very similar jackson missing and getting out boxed and seemed that terry could of doen it for hours.then a double jab to the body by julian made terry's guard drop about an inch below his chin....in which a three shot combo.the finish was as lamply said after "the first punch knocked him out, the 2nd woke him up and the third put him to sleep again"

[LeonMcS]

Benn actually had 3 more fights before Watson, KO1 Noel, KO1 Chilambe, KO2 Mbayo. Watched them all yesterday for the first time, certainly worth adding to the collection if you can.

[Duodenum]

How could anything surpass Weaver/Tate?

[CzarKyle]

How could anything surpass Weaver/Tate?

You beat me to it. This was the first one to come to my mind.

[Luigi1985]

How could anything surpass Weaver/Tate?



:yep

[LeonMcS]

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Yeah, that looked like a knockout! Hadn't seen that one before, nice.

[Thread Stealer]

John David Jackson-Jorge Castro I

[NickHudson]

Jackson Graham hard to go past in this thread.

Lewis Bruno is not bad, although Lewis was not getting dominated to the extent Jackson was.

[Holmes' Jab]

Julian Jackson vs Herol Graham. :yep

[Jbuz]

Foreman - Moorer.

[DamonD]

How could anything surpass Weaver/Tate?
Yup, first one I thought of.

[JohnThomas1]

Foreman - Moorer.

Given the unbelievable magnitude of the occasion (Foreman's age) this is an excellent shout mate. Good to see ya posting.

[Robbi]

Barkley knocking out Hearns. Cut over both eyes, and before knocking out Hearns he had taken some wicked left hooks to the body. Was Barkley being dominated?. Maybe not convincingly, but Hearns was clearly getting the better of him.

Others are probably ahead of this particular fight, but its worthy of a mention.

[Luigi1985]

Barkley knocking out Hearns. Cut over both eyes, and before knocking out Hearns he had taken some wicked bodyshots.

Others are probably ahead of this particular fight, but its worthy of a mention.


Good example. When I saw that fight, I thaught "Hmmm, when gets Barkley stopped viá cuts or so..." and than bum, Hearns is down, that was really surprising... :yep

[Robbi]

Good example. When I saw that fight, I thaught "Hmmm, when gets Barkley stopped viá cuts or so..." and than bum, Hearns is down, that was really surprising... :yep

JT beat me to that one. I never seen the first page, I thought this page was the first. Not sure Ive been this mixed up before.

[Thread Stealer]

Others worth mentioning:

Micky Ward-Alfonso Sanchez
Robbie Peden-Nate Campbell I :p
Pernell Whitaker-Diobleys Hurtado (it was one punch that changed everything, then the follow up almost killed poor Hurtado)

[Bo Bo Olson]

Like Eubank vs Watson...there was like 12 seconds left, and the ref did stop it before another punch was thrown. Considering how crippled up Watson was after that...that was one sharp ref..IMO I'd thought all Watson had to do was take a knee and he'd still won....but he was not there.


Catley vs Beyer....all night long Beyer beats the shit out of Catley, and in the last half of the last round, Beyer stands on the ropes and bingo... one punch KO win for Catley.....

[Danny Ocean]

neither fighters are great and the fight wasnt either

but i remember when david diaz won his lightweight belt he was getting beaten up then he caught the guy with 1 big shot

[PhillyPhan69]

Apologies if this has been done, but recently bought a collection of Nigel Benn fights and his bout against Logan where he is getting caned is suddenly finished with one brutal left hook from nowhere. Someone even mentioned it in the Benn-Jackson thread.
Must be heaps of examples but I'm up way too late and am drawing a blank, any other one punch stunners that turned imminent defeat into a sudden win?

Just thought of one, Eubanks uppercut against Watson in their second fight. The bout did continue for a short time afterwards but thats the definition of a hail mary shot.

For me it's the uppercut in Eubank-Watson II. Just watched all 5 fights between Eubank/Watson/Benn last night. When he went down (originally not now), I didn't believe he would deliver just 1 punch that quickly. A thing of beaty...great fight...tragic story!

[cuchulain]

Tarver-Jones ?

[mcvey]

Yep, actually showed that to a few mates tonight as well. Made even better by the commentary talking Graham up all round.
A mate used to show me tapes of a Latino boxer in the 70s or 80s who always seemed to be getting bombed on the ropes ready to go down before unleashing perfect counters. Have no idea at all what his name was. Any ideas?
If the guy was a LH it might have been Victor Galindez.

[Tony]

Some of the best have already been mentioned (Weaver-Tate and Castro-Jackson being my favorites), but Mercer-Damiami also deserves to be on the list.

[Drew101]

John David Jackson-Jorge Castro I

My choice, too.

[Drew101]

How about Carbajal-Gonzalez 1?...Humberto looked to be well in control before getting clocked with a left hook that left him out on his feet, and in no position to defend himself against the assault that knocked him out.

[Luigi1985]

How about Carbajal-Gonzalez 1?...Humberto looked to be well in control before getting clocked with a left hook that left him out on his feet, and in no position to defend himself against the assault that knocked him out.


Shit, I totally forgot about the FOTY 96, Gonzalez put a serious beating on Michael until the 6th round... very good post! :thumbsup

[Robbi]

Toney's knockout against Nunn.

[Luigi1985]

Here some examples:

Zanon- Quarry

Louis- Conn

Gans- McFadden

Ulrich- Branco

Chavez- Taylor

Jeffries- Corbett

[Nemesis]

cant remember the opponent but, manuel gomez (lightweight-welter journeyman) was being hammered by a prospect and the in about the 2nd or 3rd round he ko'ed him

[My dinner with Conteh]

Shit, I totally forgot about the FOTY 96, Gonzalez put a serious beating on Michael until the 6th round... very good post! :thumbsup


Fight of the decade for me. Loved it. :good

[Luigi1985]

Fight of the decade for me. Loved it. :good


Agreed. One of my favourite figths! :thumbsup

[mcvey]

Apologies if this has been done, but recently bought a collection of Nigel Benn fights and his bout against Logan where he is getting caned is suddenly finished with one brutal left hook from nowhere. Someone even mentioned it in the Benn-Jackson thread.
Must be heaps of examples but I'm up way too late and am drawing a blank, any other one punch stunners that turned imminent defeat into a sudden win?

Just thought of one, Eubanks uppercut against Watson in their second fight. The bout did continue for a short time afterwards but thats the definition of a hail mary shot.
Just watched one on TV Jorge Arce looked on the verge of defeat to Tomas Rojas,but landed a great left hook to the ribs to drop Rojas and finish the fight,great ending!

[Duodenum]

Some of the best have already been mentioned (Weaver-Tate and Castro-Jackson being my favorites), but Mercer-Damiami also deserves to be on the list.A superb mention. Francesco Damiani could be the poster boy for the virtues of a dedicated boxer having his nose cartilage surgically removed before competing in the ring. (Mike Ayala had the same sort of little jab on the nose finally finish him off against Little Red.)

Although the judges had Cuevas/Volbrecht close on the scorecards, merely by virtue of Pipino being who he was, the fact is that Harold should have handily swept the first four rounds on all three cards. One Cuevas left hook in round five was all that was necessary to settle matters. It's not well remembered today, because of the inappropriately close scoring, and the fact Pipino did what was expected of him, but it nonetheless remains true that Cuevas turned everything actually happening in the ring around with a single punch. (Ditto, Arguello/Costello, and Arguello/Olivares. Such a case might also be made for Arguello/Escalera II, and Arguello/Busceme.)

Weaver/Williams was a shrewdly plotted ambush by "Hercules" against "The Truth." Yes, everybody watching knew that Weaver was feigning distress against the ropes, specifically to set Carl up for his deadly left hook, after Williams had delivered his left prior to coming back with his right (a textbook example of why "one-two, one-two" can be a very bad idea), but it was still a dramatic turnaround from Carl's foolhardy assault on Mike. (And probably the most entertaining one to anticipate of any knockout I've ever had the pleasure to view on live television. Everybody who was involved realized what Weaver was about to do, except the poor unsuspecting sucker on the receiving end of Mike's inevitable bomb.)

There is also one defeated boxer who changed the complexion of his bout with a single punch that I can name off-hand. Renaldo Snipes was giving ground against Holmes, generally in continual retreat until his right hand bomb nearly produced what I still believe would have been the greatest upset in heavyweight championship history. After Larry got up, and action resumed, it was Holmes who then went into retreat mode, with the bobbing and weaving Snipes taunting Larry while advancing. This abruptly changed pattern continued until Holmes finally stunned Renaldo, sustaining a barrage until the referee stepped in. But that fight before Snipes's knockdown, then after Larry got up, was a tale of two differently contested performances.

[Robbi]

Just watched one on TV Jorge Arce looked on the verge of defeat to Tomas Rojas,but landed a great left hook to the ribs to drop Rojas and finish the fight,great ending!

Arce-Rojas was a very good tussle. Rojas was much taller with the longer reach, yet he forced the fight. No doubt Rojas felt with Arce moving up, he could be aggressive and get him outta there. Superb short shoe-shine flurries inside from Rojas. Arce's defense was non-existent at times. Behind on points and getting a lesson before that left hook to the body turned the tables.

[Luigi1985]

Some of the best have already been mentioned (Weaver-Tate and Castro-Jackson being my favorites), but Mercer-Damiami also deserves to be on the list.



Great call! :good


I remember that fight, Damiani totally outclassed a prime Mercer, won every round except one. And than this 9th round... well, that´s boxing... :yep

[Duodenum]

Here some examples:
Zanon- QuarryThis offers clues about where to look for other examples. Past prime punchers do win bouts in which they are being soundly thrashed, with a single punch, and Jerry Quarry would hardly be the only example of this.Chavez- TaylorAnd this reminds me of the last second knockdown punches in Rosario/Davis and Chacon/Limon IV, which completely reversed the outcomes of those matches. (And without those knockdowns, Rosario and Chacon would probably not be enshrined in Canastota today.)Jeffries- CorbettChacon/Limon IV is Exhibit A for why the 15 round distance should never have been abolished. Jeffries/Corbett I is Exhibit A for why the championship distance should not exceed 15 rounds. (Willard/Johnson is Exhibit B for why distances longer than 15 rounds should never be restored. 15 rounds is the perfect length.)

[mcvey]

Good appraisal:good :good

[Duodenum]

Great call! :good


I remember that fight, Damiani totally outclassed a prime Mercer, won every round except one. And than this 9th round... well, that´s boxing... :yepWhat has always boggled my mind about that, is the similarly close call Mercer went on to repeat against Tommy Morrison. It's still amazing to me that Ray was so dumb as to ignore the flashing red light warning him that his boxing skills were sorely deficient. Mercer's near loss to Damiani would have allowed a smarter professional to correct the mistakes which Holmes eventually made Mercer pay dearly for. (Larry knew that all he had to do to knock off Ray was to finish the job which Damiani and Morrison nearly completed. Holmes had Mercer's number right from the get-go.)

[Luigi1985]

What has always boggled my mind about that, is the similarly close call Mercer went on to repeat against Tommy Morrison. It's still amazing to me that Ray was so dumb as to ignore the flashing red light warning him that his boxing skills were sorely deficient. Mercer's near loss to Damiani would have allowed a smarter professional to correct the mistakes which Holmes eventually made Mercer pay dearly for. (Larry knew that all he had to do to knock off Ray was to finish the job which Damiani and Morrison nearly completed. Holmes had Mercer's number right from the get-go.)


Exactly. But, on the other side, Mercer´s skills weren´t so bad. Against Lewis he made a sensational fight. IMO, Damiani could have achieved a bit more than he does. Morrison on the other side had a pretty lucky and good career (with his chin, it couldn´t be better), what do you think?

[Duodenum]

Exactly. But, on the other side, Mercer´s skills weren´t so bad. Against Lewis he made a sensational fight. IMO, Damiani could have achieved a bit more than he does. Morrison on the other side had a pretty lucky and good career (with his chin, it couldn´t be better), what do you think?Yeah, Morrison really did have a good, solid steady career, and beat many prominent names in the process. Damiani had no world class power that I can recall, but was an excellent cutie, with great movement and boxing skill, somebody who might have given Tyson fits.

Damiani's win over Teo Stevenson may have been the most exciting amateur victory I ever saw televised.

[ChrisPontius]

:admin

Duodenum sinning again, talking about 12rounders? Talk about a one punch turnaround!

[Luigi1985]

Yeah, Morrison really did have a good, solid steady career, and beat many prominent names in the process. Damiani had no world class power that I can recall, but was an excellent cutie, with great movement and boxing skill, somebody who might have given Tyson fits.

Damiani's win over Teo Stevenson may have been the most exciting amateur victory I ever saw televised.


Yeah, you mean his win in the half-final in Munich,right? I have also this fight. IMO he had good power, he scored most of his KO´s with clear one-punch-KO´s (Eklund, DuPlooy, Gregg, etc.). But of course his strengths were in the first place speed and skills. A shame that he turned late pro, and after the Mercer-loss he stopped training seriously...

[LeonMcS]

I'll throw another one up, but I'm flying blind as I've only read a little bit about it and to be honest I'm not sure if it meets my own criteria of a 'one punch turnaround'. But seeing Louis-Conn mentioned jogged the old memory a bit and made me remember LaMotta-Dauthuille. I read about it in the Ring years ago, I know Jake was behind on every card going into the last round and scored a KO. Some of you guys may be able to fill in some more details, again, don't know if it belongs in this category.

[Jbuz]

Given the unbelievable magnitude of the occasion (Foreman's age) this is an excellent shout mate. Good to see ya posting.

Thanks mate. :good

[Tony]

There is also one defeated boxer who changed the complexion of his bout with a single punch that I can name off-hand. Renaldo Snipes was giving ground against Holmes, generally in continual retreat until his right hand bomb nearly produced what I still believe would have been the greatest upset in heavyweight championship history. After Larry got up, and action resumed, it was Holmes who then went into retreat mode, with the bobbing and weaving Snipes taunting Larry while advancing. This abruptly changed pattern continued until Holmes finally stunned Renaldo, sustaining a barrage until the referee stepped in. But that fight before Snipes's knockdown, then after Larry got up, was a tale of two differently contested performances.

To this day, I believe that in a last-gasp, Hail Mary prayer, Snipes found power against Holmes he hadn't shown before. I'd seen him be comfortably ahead against other guys (I'm especially thinking of Jumbo Cummings) and never depart from the slapping, arm-punching, cutie style he was most comfortable with. Holmes was grinding him down, Snipes was looking hopeless, and it seemed like he just closed his eyes and swung a windmill right with all his might. He seemed as surprised as anybody that it landed, and that it landed with such power.

Of course, he couldn't finish the job. But it was funny to see how he had this big overhand right as a new toy. Against Trevor Berbick, a guy who he'd have previously tried to outjab and outrun, he threw that right, it landed, and Berbick went down in the first round. Berbick got back up, but Snipes got to spend the fight intimidating him with the right hand in much the same way that Gerrie Coetzee had chased him with a right just a couple of fights before.

[Tony]

Great call! :good


I remember that fight, Damiani totally outclassed a prime Mercer, won every round except one. And than this 9th round... well, that´s boxing... :yep

Mercer wasn't even winning the 9th before he connected with Damiami's nose!

It was such a steady shutout for Damiami that I was bored. I remember that when it happened, I was standing up, getting ready to head for the kitchen, assuming that the end of the fight was gonna be just like every previous moment -- Damiami jabs, Damiami lands with the right, Mercer moves forward, Damiami moves out of the way. An easy win. Until . . .

[JohnThomas1]

How about Arguello - Costello, if mem serves me right Alexis was being comprehensively outboxed (yeah he was way old)

[chliJs]

John David Jackson-Jorge Castro I

it was like maybe the only punch castro threw in the whole fight. fucking boring fight, i don't get why it was rated ring's magazine fight of the year back then.

but it sure belongs in this thread, no doubt.

[scartissue]

A mate used to show me tapes of a Latino boxer in the 70s or 80s who always seemed to be getting bombed on the ropes ready to go down before unleashing perfect counters. Have no idea at all what his name was. Any ideas?


You may be thinking of Danny "Little Red" Lopez who had a tandency of starting cold and getting dropped or wobbled in the early rounds. Also, it may be a poor example for this thread since it was so early in the fight, but Earnie Shavers was getting absolutely pummeled by Jimmy Ellis in the 1st round of their fight until one uppercut turned Jimmy into a horizontal heavyweight.

Scartissue

[Street Lethal]

Tommy Morrison's left hook on Razor Ruddock.

[Duodenum]

You may be thinking of Danny "Little Red" Lopez who had a tandency of starting cold and getting dropped or wobbled in the early rounds. Also, it may be a poor example for this thread since it was so early in the fight, but Earnie Shavers was getting absolutely pummeled by Jimmy Ellis in the 1st round of their fight until one uppercut turned Jimmy into a horizontal heavyweight.

ScartissueNo, I think Shavers/Ellis is a fine example, the performance which really established Earnie's reputation. (If the referee had not broken them out of the corner Jimmy had Shavers pinned in, it looked like Ellis would finish the job. For an instant, it looked like the referee was stepping in to stop the match.)

[mr. magoo]

No, I think Shavers/Ellis is a fine example, the performance which really established Earnie's reputation. (If the referee had not broken them out of the corner Jimmy had Shavers pinned in, it looked like Ellis would finish the job. For an instant, it looked like the referee was stepping in to stop the match.)

Well Deen,

it certainly is fortunate for Earnie " the attorney " that the ref let him continue. He might not have rose to stardum without that win.

[Duodenum]

:admin

Duodenum sinning again, talking about 12rounders? Talk about a one punch turnaround!If I have blasphemed, then it's the Devil's brew talking, not me.:stir:beer:thedevil1 (Also, go back and read post #44, paragraph three.)

Actually Chris, are you kidding? I was the first of five posters on this thread to mention Weaver/Tate. Chacon/Limon IV was another one I brought up.

[Duodenum]

Well Deen,

it certainly is fortunate for Earnie " the attorney " that the ref let him continue. He might not have rose to stardum without that win.Yeah, but Quarry certainly knocked him back for a few years (with help from Lyle).

[mr. magoo]

Chris pointius is well aware of the fact that Earne Shavers was one of the greatest fighters of all time. I'll bet Chris has numerous posters, autographed pics, cards and other Acorn memorabilia. I think Chris also feels that Shavers would knockout Lennox Lewis.

[ChrisPontius]

Chris pointius is well aware of the fact that Earne Shavers was one of the greatest fighters of all time. I'll bet Chris has numerous posters, autographed pics, cards and other Acorn memorabilia. I think Chris also feels that Shavers would knockout Lennox Lewis.


What gave it away?:oops:

[Bummy Davis]

Marciano/Walcott....Weaver/Tate......Louis/WalcottII

[Duodenum]

Yeah, you mean his win in the half-final in Munich,right? I have also this fight. IMO he had good power, he scored most of his KO´s with clear one-punch-KO´s (Eklund, DuPlooy, Gregg, etc.). But of course his strengths were in the first place speed and skills. A shame that he turned late pro, and after the Mercer-loss he stopped training seriously...Right. What Damaini did against Stevenson was a massive international sports story because of who he beat. (All these years later, I still remember him dropping to his knees with arms upraised when it ended. Is my memory faulty, or is that indeed how Damani reacted at the bout's conclusion?)

He probably did have good power. I failed to take into account who it was Damiani was boxing against in his professional introduction to a wide US television audience. At that stage of Mercer's career, he could make most anybody look like a pitty-pat puncher. (And the way Damiani crumbled when Ray shattered his nose made Mercer look like the second coming of Foreman.)

I thought Damiani had a tremendous future, despite the Mercer loss, considering the extent to which he was utterly dominant over Ray. But not everybody has the tremendous will to overcome such a setback. (Part of the reason Duran is my all-time number two is because he rebounded from both New Orleans and Hearns. This is superhuman mental resilience. Hagler retired after losing to SRL, and Arguello was never the same after Pryor I, but only a car crash could stop Duran. Hell, maybe that crash even prevented Duran from extracting revenge against Joppy. It wouldn't have been the first utterly absurd act of redemption in Roberto's life.)