Hey guys, what fighter do you think rose from the most savage knockdown to win a fight? I don't mean some flash knockdown like most of Trinidad's, but a knockdown that would have put most fighters to sleep?
My picks: Larry Holmes vs Earnie Shavers - man that right was brutal. Holmes got up, amazingly, and went on to win a decision.
Julio Diaz vs Julian Letterlough - Diaz was clocked with such a huge left hook, his head slammed against the canvas. How he was able to get up I don't know, let alone win the decision.
Fire away boxing experts.
cant really think of one but the look in roy jones eyes when he went down in his fight with Lou Del Valle and the smackdown roy put on him the rest of the fight
castillo-corrales I
corrales knocked down twice with a point deducted for spitting out his mouth piece, then wins by stoppage in the next exchange...awesome always.
another i'm not a 100% sure but i think it was eubanks-watson II and eubanks got dropped, beat the count, and with the very next punch of the fight he knocked old boy out cold to win. i've only seen it once but it was truely amazing. it's a great clip if you can find it.... i only saw it on vhs....
i havent read the whole thread...but i remember Nigel Benn getting a real beating,smashed thru the ropes and hit with a savage punch while he was down from the G-man....and we all know what happened next..
hell yeah most definitely did you read my follow up on that?
Sure did bro, hit the nail right on the head.
When I clicked on the thread I figured corrales would have been mentioned within 5 posts, then 5 fucking pages went by until I saw urs. Then everyone started saying chico
Mickey Ward coming back to KO Sanchez after not only being down, but losing every round big. Merchant was yelling for the fight to be stopped and awarded to Sanchez he was dominating Ward so badly, and BOOM Ward KO's him in the same round with a brutal left to the body.
how come a lot of people dont have the corrales castillo fight as the best comeback win from a KD vargas lost right? corrales won in big fashion JLC was lucky he didnt die with the way he looked after those punches from chico and tony weeks stopped the fight JUST the right time
i dont want to hear people saying it was not a correct stoppage
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def May 7th 2005 Chico was in the best fight ever
2nd that it was one of if not the very best fights and come backs I ever saw. 2 hard knockdowns not flash knockdowns and he still wins.
The other is probably Gatti vs Rodriguez, I also saw that one. Others out there might remember better comebacks from old times but those 2 are the best I've seen.
gotta be castillo-corrales, corrales doesnt have the best chin so getting floored twice by a big puncher then getting up and being the first person to stop the iron chined castillo was amazing, lucky for the JLC fans tony weeks stopped the fight so your boy still hasnt been down
corrales-castillo definitely
I second that. Corrales down twice, comes back 30 seconds later and ends the fight. This after 9 and a half rounds of non-stop flush-landing punch trading. Insane.
Foreman's chin is overrated. He was seriously rocked by Ken Lakusta, dropped by Jimmy Young, and that was not all exhaustion that made him drop in the 8th round against Ali. It was good but nothing on the level of Chuvalo, McCall, Tua, Tex Cobb, Baer etc.
Thompson KO'ing Rothmann last year. Amazing fight and a great comeback by Thompson.
You are kidding...right?
I have watched almost all of Sebastian Rothman's fights. This, due to the fact that he is South African and so am I. From the outset, I rated him a paper tiger.
He has the most pathetic jab in the game and telegraphs his right every time.
It was only a matter of time before a half decent fighter took him apart. He never had much of a chin anyway. Only his fitness stood him in good stead. I doubt very much, that he will fight meaningfully again.
I congratulate Thompson for carrying on and winning a title at his age. Good for him!