Question:
In your opinion what are the top 10 deadliest punches in boxing history?
1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
In your opinion what are the top 10 deadliest punches in boxing history?
Nineteen answers:
2008-11-25 15:16:16 UTC
The shot Jack Johnson landed on Ketchel seemed like a doozie. I only wish they had better resolution and FPS back then so I could make certain.



Do I have to do 10?



How about Hearn's cross that oblivionated Roberto Duran?



Kostya Tszyu's right that made Zab Judah do the chicken dance.



Floyd Patterson's KO hook that left Ingemar Johnannsen, a european boxer, unconscious and twitching.



The sick shot Shavers landed on Holmes would have starched all but one other fighter that ever lived.



Roy Jones's uppercut landed in Montel Griffin was fairly debilitating.



Floyd Mayweather's check hook, while not as deadly, was about as perfect a punch ever thrown, against Ricky Hatton, a European fighter.



Ray Robinson's cross against Graziano was nicely potent.



How many is that? 8? Ok, 2 more.



Foster landed a hook on the younger Quarry was mostly deadly.



Julian Jackson's KO over Terry Norris was as sudden as it was devastating.



Ok, that's 10.
frank r
2008-11-25 15:09:24 UTC
1. Sugar Ray Robinson-Fullmer KO 5 middleweight

2. Donald Curry-Mccrory KO2 welterweight unification bout

3.Michael Nunn- Kalambay KO1 middleweight title

4. Ray Mancini-Kim KO14 lightweight title

5.Mike Tyson-Holmes KO4 heavyweight title

6. Marvin Hagler-Hearns KO3 middleweight title

7.Mike Mccallum-Curry KO5 jr.middleweight title

8.Sugar Ray Leonard-Green KO4 welterweight title

9. Thomas Hearns-Duran KO2 jr. Middleweight title

10. Gerry Cooney-Norton KO1 heavyweight bout
cjt0912
2008-11-25 17:51:08 UTC
Hearns KO's Duran & Cuevas. Both were devastating

Ray Mercer KO of Tommy Morrison

Gerry Cooney KO of Ken Norton

Foreman's KO's of Norton, Frazier#1 and Cooney

Tyson's KO's of Carl the truth Williams & Trevor Berbick

Jackson's KO OF Graham

Curry KO's McCrory

Arguello's KO of Kevin Rooney



Frazier's shot that landed on Ali (fight #1)would have been deadly, to just about anyone but Ali
Peter H
2008-11-25 17:28:54 UTC
In no particular order:



Roy Jones v Hill - can't make ribs unbreakable

Hearns v Duran - even Duran's pride couldn't get him up

Duran v anyone 1970-77

Hamed v Sanchez - rarely does a 126 pounder leave the ring on a stretcher

Lewis v. the Rock - for sheer size, maybe the biggest shot ever

Tua v. Ruiz - I don't think Ruiz recovered until about 3 years ago

Marciano v. Walcot - just look at the picture

Julian Jackson v Herol Graham - Graham may still be laying there

Toney v. Nunn

Patterson v. Johannson 2
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2017-03-06 08:36:16 UTC
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2016-07-01 13:14:14 UTC
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2016-04-22 11:22:29 UTC
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2016-02-26 23:35:48 UTC
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gannoway
2008-11-25 19:49:28 UTC
All great answers above mine so I just list whatever come first into my mind.

1. Rocky Marciano KO Jersey Joe Walcott

2. Thomas Hearns KO Pipino Cuevas

3. Earnie Shavers KO Ken Norton

4. Thomas Hearns KO Roberto Duran

5. Hasim Rahman KO Lennox Lewis

6. Razor Ruddock KO Michael Dokes

7. David Tua KO John Ruiz

8. Tim Witherspoon KO Anders Eklund

9. Samuel Peters KO Jeremy Williams

10. Mike Weaver KO John Tate
2008-11-26 04:52:03 UTC
Great question, as always bro. I really enjoyed the the answers, it will be almost impossible for me to not duplicate many of the fights already mentioned but I will do my best.



I will take "punches" in the literal sense, and the most famous one had it's own name. Rocky Marciano's "Suzy Q", kept Rock unbeaten through 49 fights and was responsible for 43 KO's. Few punches in boxing history actually had names, so Rock's right cross lands at number 1.



Joe Louis's right cross has a huge forty foot duplicate of itself outside the arena that is named after him in Detroit. I am certain no other punch had a monument built to it of this stature, it's truly an impressive piece of art, much like the punch that KOed 50 plus heavyweight's during Joe's historic career. When Max Schmeling went down, Joe's right cross turned off all the Radio's in Nazi Germany, believe me it earned the monument and the arena name.



Sugar Ray Robinson's left hook did more than take Fulmers title and make another Rocky stamp his leg to try and get the feeling back, it put close to half of Ray's hundred plus KO victims to sleep, so the Robinson left hook edges Joe Fraziers left hook to get the 3nd spot,



Thomas Hearns had a right hand like a cannon and it not only produced the Duran and Cuevas classics, it made Tommy a 9 time world champion and the first 7 division champ in boxing history. The Hit man's vaunted Right cross lands in 4th place on my list of deadliest punches. It stopped 48 of Tommy's opponents inside the distance behind that "Cobra" like jab.



George Forman's right hand produced the highest KO percentage of any heavyweight champion, not to mention made Big George the oldest heavyweight champ in boxing history. Over 21 years after his destruction of the great Joe Frazier, George's right hand put away Michael Moorer to land Foreman's right cross at #5 on my list.



The Larry Holmes left Jab was about as deadly a punch as any bomb dropped by history's heavy hitters, and probably the best jab in the history of the Heavyweight division. It almost got Larry's record equal to Marciano, and it landed with such accuracy the Holmes jab placed 6th on my list of history's deadliest punches.



Joe Frazier's left hook lands as the 7th deadliest punch in boxing history, but arguably could be ranked higher. Joe, like Marciano was never a defensive specialist, and the speed and power of Joe's left hook made it quite possibly the best left hook in heavyweight history, not to mention made Joe one of histories most respected heavyweight champions.



The last three spots could arguably be filled by at least a couple dozen of boxing's great punchers, so I will go with my personal favorites and let the chips fall where they may. I know it will be impossible to get even a consensus on these three, even I can come up with many alternatives, but from a personal standpoint they stand out as significant.



Michael Carbajal's left hook did more than salvage the fist Gonzales fight, it made Michael the first little guy to clear a million dollar pay day in boxing history, so I put Carbajal at number 8 knowing full well a lot of others will disagree.



Gerald McClellan's tragic clash of heads with Nigel Benn does not change the fact that Gerald destroyed the hard hitting Julian Jackson twice and was in the process of dismantling Benn with hammering right hands before the injury. I put Gerald's right cross at number 9 well ahead most of history's 154 lb sluggers, Gerald was a harder puncher than Jonh Mugambi or any other of his contempories. 29 of Gerald's 31 wins were by KO and there would have been many more had tragedy not shorted his career.



The last, and certainly not a unanimous choice for this star studded list is the straight left of Manny Pacquiao. If we just list his recent accomplishments against great Mexican champions of recent note it puts Manny in exclusive company, and he gets the 10th and last spot.
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2016-01-28 00:07:28 UTC
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2008-11-25 18:32:59 UTC
Im presuming we are looking for deadly one punch Ko's for this one and not accumalation of punches Ko's and these are the ones that come to mind for me. Im not gonna think about it too much and just reel off the first ten that come to mind. Obviously without putting the Robinson Left Hook against Fullmer in.



Jackson Vs Graham

Tszyu Vs Judah

Hearns Vs Cuevas

Hearns Vs Duran

Patterson Vs Johannson

Ponce De Leon Vs (Thai fighter)

Hopkins Vs De La Hoya

Tarver Vs Roy Jones Jr

Johnson Vs Roy Jones Jr

Tyson Vs Holmes



I could probably put a much better list together but like i said them ten are the first that came to mind.



just realised that i didnt put the punch that Hagler put Hearns across the ring with how did i miss that one.
Paige Turner
2008-11-25 14:49:34 UTC
This is one fight I remember, very sad event.



Kim, Duk-Koo (January 8, 1959 – November 17, 1982) was a South Korean boxer who died following a boxing match against Ray Mancini.









Mancini match

Kim was lightly regarded by the American boxing establishment. Kim struggled to lose weight on the days prior to the bout so that he could weigh in under the lightweight's 135-pound limit. Prophetically, he wrote the message "live or die" on his Las Vegas hotel lamp shade only days before the bout (Kim wrote "live or die" but a mistaken translation led to "kill or be killed" being reported in the media). He even had a mini-coffin brought to his hotel room.



Mancini and Kim met in an arena outside Caesar's Palace on November 13, 1982. Mancini and Kim went toe to toe for a good portion of the bout, to the point that Mancini briefly considered quitting.[4] Kim tore open Mancini's left ear and puffed up his left eye, and Mancini's left hand swelled to twice its normal size.[2] However, by the latter rounds, Mancini began to dominate the young challenger, landing many more punches than Kim did. In the 11th he buckled Kim's knees. One sequence in the 13th round featured Mancini punching Kim 39 times in a row. Still, Kim rallied and landed a few weak punches by the end of the round, and referee Richard Green did not stop the fight. When the fighters came out for the 14th round, Mancini charged forward and hit Kim with a right. Kim reeled back, Mancini missed with a left, and then Mancini hit Kim with another hard right hand. Kim went flying into the ropes, his head hitting the canvas hard. Kim managed to rise unsteadily to his feet, but Green stopped the fight and Mancini was declared the winner by TKO nineteen seconds into the 14th round.[2]



Minutes after the fight was over, Kim collapsed into a coma, and was taken out of the Caesar's Palace arena on a stretcher. Emergency brain surgery was performed at the hospital to try to save him, but that effort proved to be futile, and Kim died 4 days after the bout, on November 17. The week after, Sports Illustrated published a photo of the fight on its cover, under the heading Tragedy in The Ring.[5] The profile of the incident was heightened by the fight having been televised live in the United States.



Kim had never had a 15-round bout before. He had been to round 12 only two times before his deadly last bout. In contrast, Mancini was much more experienced at the time. He had fought 15-round bouts three times, went on to round 14 once more. Kim compiled a record of 17 wins with 2 losses and 1 draw. Eight of Kim's wins were knockouts.



I can't think of 9 more cause I don't watch boxing much
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2017-03-11 23:08:06 UTC
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2017-02-03 13:55:38 UTC
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2016-04-30 11:49:50 UTC
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2016-02-24 16:22:24 UTC
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