TKO vs KO

[Nash out]

Nash back in....

What if the corner stops it between rounds like when Garcia couldnt see? Should they go to the scorecards? The ref didnt stop the fight and Tank didnt knock him out but it was still called a KO.

If a fighter can not continue, and it's due to punches, it's still a knock out. It should be simplified. Not all knockouts are equal, but a knock out is a knock out. TKO is just pointless confusion, and also up for debate in many instances, such as ref starts counting, but stops before 10 with a fighter on his feet. Nash out

[CubanGuyNYC]

- - Boxing interchanges KO and TKO without concern about definitions, one more reason fans flee the sport because it is so poorly regulated.

Boxrec lists a KO even though no ten count was performed and Wilder was conscious on the canvas. Yet they'll wave George who is clearly up while Zack Clayton is waving off the fight with 2 sec left in the round, another official KO. Ali_Foreman_photo_Zac_Ref.jpg

I was thinking along these lines. There’s no real regulation in boxing. Fans can’t even depend on basic stats, let alone proper scoring. It’s unlike any other sport — almost like professional wrestling at times. At its best, boxing borders on the sublime; it it’s worst, it’s a really bad joke.

[ELPacman]

The rulings are not always accurate but I always thought a TKO is when a fighter is beat the f up to the point it has to be stopped. Whether that is by the corner, ref, or fighter says he had enough.

A KO should be an actual fighter got dropped and cannot get back up. Whether the ref counts him out or not, I think both ways should be considered a KO because they've been immobilized.

Pac-Hatton (or Pac-Marquez for that matter), KO. What we saw this past weekend with Smith-Eubank (TKO).