Which impresses you more KOs or Shutouts?

[Canelo and GGG]

Boxing is meant to be enterteining and KOs are.KOing top comp will allways impress me ,also wide UD while you cant hurt or put a beating on opponent is meh.

[AneesMoha]

This post is like asking why people watch nascar. For the left turns or the wrecks. And if anyone says the left turns they are lying to themselves and the world. Same applies here.

[E10Rifle]

Obviously I appreciate the craft as much as the next boxing fan, but let's face it: we all watch it to see someone that isn't us having the **** beaten out of them. It's gladiatorial take-me-to-the-Colosseum-and-watch-some-******-get-****ed-up-by-tigers stuff. No shame in pandering to your animalistic side.

[Dolor]

No offense, but people who voted for "shutout" are fooling themselves.

All other things equal (i.e., for the same match-up), the KO win is ALWAYS better.

Mayweather fans, please don't tell me you would not have been more impressed if Mayweather had knocked Pac or Canelo out.

Canelo fans, please don't tell me you would have preferred a shutout UD win against Khan over the KO.

Fury fans, don't tell me you would not have preferred a KO win against Wlad over the decision.

NOBODY watches a fight thinking "Oh I just hope the guy I am rooting for doesn't win by KO, but wins a clear UD instead".

[KLockard23]

A shutout that eventually results in a KO in the later rounds is most impressive. Think Ali-Foreman and Mayweather-Corrales. But in the hypothetical question you're asking, the answer I think lies in the different variables to it - If the KO artist is blessed with a great deal of power but gets his ass kicked for several rounds until he eventually lands those few big shots needed to win, then that's clearly less impressive than the more technically sound fighter who completely schools his opponents for 12 rounds straight. But if both fighters have the exact same level of punching power and neither is any stronger or weaker than the other, not even by an iota, then the KO artist is definitely more impressive because it must mean he's penetrating his opponents' defense and hitting far more significant shots for them to gradually add up to a KO victory rather than a UD.

In general though, I'll always prefer KO's. They're more entertaining, more definitive, and just leave a bigger impression on people's minds. A UD happens because the timer runs out and it's the only way to determine a winner. A KO means someone actually finished the fight.

[Butt stuff]

Depends on the fight. Fury outboxing Klit was bloody awful.

[Jewish-Reptile]

Look at that Crolla guy completely outboxed in his last two fights but the former he managed to overcome the Latino with power against Linares his power shots were ineffective. Boxing skills at the highest level are far superior to power.

Timing beats speed.

[Jewish-Reptile]

This is a Ward vs GGG thread right ?

[BoxingFan85]

It really depends on the opponent you are facing..
If you are facing a top quality opponent then shut out is a classic display of dominance than KO.. But it's a medium level opponent then I'd expect a KO

[SplitSecond]

A shutout KO.