Kevin Kelley vs. Derrick Gainer, the first fight was simply amazing. Kelley had been down a few times, his left eye was closed and wasn't stopping any punches. Out of nowhere, Kelley landed a dramatic bailout left hand that dropped Gainer for the ten count. Still in my mind one of the greatest comebacks I ever saw.
Arturo Gatti has been in so many comeback wins, its hard to list them all. His fight with Wilson Rodriguez was my favorite. Gatti, his eyes swollen shut and down early, fights his way back into the fight and lands a thunderous left hook that dropped Rodriguez for the ten count.
If you want to see a comeback so unexpected its hard to understand it, watch Jorge Castro's comeback against John David Jackson. Castro was cut badly over both eyes and was just taking a fearsome beating. Jackson started to **** around landing pitty pat shots, then out of nowhere Castro lands a vicious left hook that deposited Jackson on the canvas. Jackson was out of it, and went down two more times before the ref stopped the fight. I believe that won for knockout of the year, I think in 1994.
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