Is there any boxer who could have taken this punch without getting knocked down? .gif

[Boxing Goat]

There's a lot of guys at that weight over the years that could have taken that punch but, yea it was a good shot right on the button.

[twrx]

The difference between those shots is absolutely huge! So big, it's silly to have to even mention it here. When you take a perfect shot right on the point of the chin, when you don't see it, aren't ready for it, aren't defending against it, and you're in the middle of throwing your own hook, which increases the torque of both punches shots because you turn into the shot, increasing the impact ten fold, literally smashing your brain around in the skull, it's not even in the same realm as waiting for a shot, knowing it's coming, looking at it, preparing yourself for it, tucking your chin, hunching your shoulders and then turning your head at the moment of impact.

If Mayorga had taken the same shot, in the same sequence that Vargas took his, he'd go down just the same. Oh wait, he already did! Go watch the Oscar fight. Takes a left hook in the middle of throwing his own, nearly identical to this and goes down like a sack of ****.

Come on guys. Comparing those? A guy inviting it, preparing, tensing, defending (yes, he does defend against it), tucking and turning to someone getting hit with a shot they don't see, aren't preparing for, and are turning in to...

Fence and a hedge. Datsun and a Ferrari. Post and a dog. Jazz and 80's fusion.

I don't see many, if any, 154ers in history taking that shot in that sequence without quite a serious visible effect and probably going down. Some would get up, most wouldn't and a very, very, very small few might only get badly wobbled from it. I don't see it though.

/thread. The punch that kills you is the one you never see coming