#3: Iran Barkley KO3 Thomas Hearns
Swollen and cut from the first round, having lost every round on every card, and on the verge of being stopped, Iran Barkley comes out of no where to floor Hearns with a massive right hand.
1988 Upset of the Year
#2: Diego Corrales KO10 Jose Luis Castillo
In the 2005 fight of the year, exetreme punishment was exchanged for nine brutal, exetremly close rounds. Castillo came on strong in the 10th to seemingly seal the deal by dropping Corrales twice. Corrales was deducted a point for spitting out his moutpiece. No matter how close it was coming into the tenth, Castillo was on the verge of victory it seemed. Corrales rallied like a hero from an action film to stop Castillo against the ropes in the very same round.
2005 Fight of the Year
#1: Jorge Fernando Castro KO9 John David Jackson
In a brutally one sided fight, John David Jackson was on his way to becoming a three time world champion. The defending champion, Jorge Castro, had been beaten savegly and was cut about both eyes. He had lost every round on every score card. In the 9th, he ate a massive left hand from the south paw Jackson. As Jackson charged in to finish him against the ropes, Castro timed him perfectly and fired a massive right hand-left hook. The right hand missed... the left did not. Jackson got up on wobbly legs and was dropped by a right uppercut. He bravely got up again, but Castro charged in and finished him with another right uppercut, scoring the third and final knockdown of the fight.
1994 Fight of the Year
Corrales-Castillo I (Corrales being knocked down 2 times & coming back to WIN the fight via TKO)
Chavez-Taylor I (Chavez loosing 10 rounds on point, 11th starts to land hard shots until the 12 with only secs left in 12th to knockdown taylor, ref stops the fight).
Marciano-Charles II.(Marciano was loosing the fight, was about to get his first TKO LOSS due to his nose being split, he landed a powerful right hand that KO's charles.)
Pavlik-Taylor - (Taylor, a 5-3 favorite to win the fight knocks down pavlik in the 3rd round, Pavlik comes back at the 7th round to win the title via TKO, a big upset for the ones who were going for taylor).
#3: Iran Barkley KO3 Thomas Hearns
Swollen and cut from the first round, having lost every round on every card, and on the verge of being stopped, Iran Barkley comes out of no where to floor Hearns with a massive right hand.
1988 Upset of the Year
#2: Diego Corrales KO10 Jose Luis Castillo
In the 2005 fight of the year, exetreme punishment was exchanged for nine brutal, exetremly close rounds. Castillo came on strong in the 10th to seemingly seal the deal by dropping Corrales twice. Corrales was deducted a point for spitting out his moutpiece. No matter how close it was coming into the tenth, Castillo was on the verge of victory it seemed. Corrales rallied like a hero from an action film to stop Castillo against the ropes in the very same round.
2005 Fight of the Year
#1: Jorge Fernando Castro KO9 John David Jackson
In a brutally one sided fight, John David Jackson was on his way to becoming a three time world champion. The defending champion, Jorge Castro, had been beaten savegly and was cut about both eyes. He had lost every round on every score card. In the 9th, he ate a massive left hand from the south paw Jackson. As Jackson charged in to finish him against the ropes, Castro timed him perfectly and fired a massive right hand-left hook. The right hand missed... the left did not. Jackson got up on wobbly legs and was dropped by a right uppercut. He bravely got up again, but Castro charged in and finished him with another right uppercut, scoring the third and final knockdown of the fight.
1994 Fight of the Year
i see u follow the ring magazine.......
u got three another people options (ring´s magazine) and u dont have Taylor-Chavez...for example........IMO u havent done your homework even when they are pretty goood videos
James Toney vs. Michael Nunn
Nunn was shutting out Toney when in the 11th round Toney lands a right and ends it all.
Nunn was not shutting toney out. The fight was in Nunn's backyard and those scorecards were bullshit. In the later part of that fight Toney was really taking it to Nunn and then finished him in the 11th
You'all probably dont remember this one, Ben Tackie KO 10 over Roberto Garcia. He was trailing 83 to 87 on all cards when BOOM, one Tackie Bomb ended the night for Grampa.
i just read the wiki page on this fight and damn now i want to see this KO...
I would like to add,
Rosario vs Ramirez II.
Rosario won the first bout and in the second was beating Ramirez again seemingly hurting him every time he touched him... then all of a sudden BAMN he takes shot after shot in round 4 and he is out cold on his feet kissing the turn buckle guard.
You'all probably dont remember this one, Ben Tackie KO 10 over Roberto Garcia. He was trailing 83 to 87 on all cards when BOOM, one Tackie Bomb ended the night for Grampa.
here is my favorite comeback of the last couple years.
johnathon banks KO'ing eliseo castillo after being dropped twice in the first round
FIRST ROUND:
THE KO (lights fuckin out ala Pavlik/Taylor)
best comeback in ANY fight to me is archie moore/yvone durell
Now thats a real comeback! Thanks, I had totally forgot about that one. Best LHW fight ever.
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