This thread is inspired by Ike Ibeabuchi vs Chris Byrd.
I know the fight was over at the end of the round but he wasn't knocked out by that vicious Dolo punch that put him on the canvas.
So in your opinion what is the hardest, nastiest punch that wasn't a knockout?
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Joe Frazier's first vicious left hook knockdown of Bob Foster. I don't know how he ever got up from it. His knockdown of Jimmy Ellis was almost as good.
The right hand Alexis Arguello hit Aaron Pryor with in the 13th round of their first fight. I don't know how Pryor took that punch. Picture perfect right hand.
Pretty much what I was thinking.
That pretty much was the knockout punch by Ibaebuchi because the fight ended without Byrd really doing anything more, he fell over a second time without getting punched clean and he could do nothing to defend himself.
That punch ended the competitive portion of the fight
Along similar lines.
Ricky Hatton's right hand may as well have ended Malignaggi in the 2nd round.
The right hand Alexis Arguello hit Aaron Pryor with in the 13th round of their first fight. I don't know how Pryor took that punch. Picture perfect right hand.
That pretty much was the knockout punch by Ibaebuchi because the fight ended without Byrd really doing anything more, he fell over a second time without getting punched clean and he could do nothing to defend himself.
That punch ended the competitive portion of the fight