Bad Left Hook Best of the Decade - Knockout of the Decade
by Brickhaus on Jan 8, 2010 9:44 AM EST
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Now that 2009 has wrapped up, we can take a look at the best of the decade that just was. We still have fighter, fight and round of the decade left to go.
When voting, please only consider the time that the fighter was in the specified weight class during this decade. Also, I'm not going to count obvious ballot stuffing when I tally these up in a couple weeks. Due to ballot stuffing patterns, the Manny Pacquiao fight isn't in the poll, but votes will be counted in the comments.
Videos and nominees after the jump, below the poll
Hasim Rahman KO5 Lennox Lewis (knockout at 2:20), April 22, 2001
Kostya Tszyu TKO2 Zab Judah (knockout at 5:56), November 3, 2001
Lennox Lewis KO4 Hasim Rahman (knockout at 1:12), November 17, 2001
Roy Jones Jr. KO7 Glenn Kelly (knockout at 1:50), February 2, 2002
Antonio Tarver KO2 Roy Jones Jr., May 15, 2004
Allan Green KO1 Jaidon Codrington (knockout at around :50), November 4, 2005
Calvin Brock KO6 Zuri Lawrence (knockout at :22), February 25, 2006
Darnell Wilson KO11 Emmanuel Nwodo (knockout at :47), June 29, 2007
Nonito Donaire KO5 Vic Darchinyan (knockout at 1:15), July 7, 2007
Manny Pacquiao TKO2 Ricky Hatton (knockout at 2:23), May 2, 2009 [NOTE: Not in the poll, but I will count votes in the comments.]
Others for consideration: Ben Tackie KO10 Roberto Garcia, Danny Williams KO6 Mark Potter, Lennox Lewis KO2 Franz Botha, Lennox Lewis KO8 Mike Tyson, Rocky Juarez KO10 Antonio Diaz, David Tua KO1 Michael Moorer, Samuel Peter KO2 Jeremy Williams, Troy Wilson TKO3 Rodney Freeman, Shannon Briggs KO12 Serguei Lyakhovich, Ricky Hatton KO4 Jose Luis Castillo, Kendall Holt KO1 Ricardo Torres, Kermit Cintron KO2 Walter Matthysse, Edison Miranda KO3 David Banks, Juan Urango KO4 Carlos Vilches, Shane Mosley KO12 Ricardo Mayorga, Randall Bailey KO4 Francisco Figueroa, Arthur Abraham KO12 Jermain Taylor.
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VOTE +1 AFTER THIS COMMENT FOR A VOTE FOR PACQUIAO-HATTON
Personally, it’s my knockout of the decade, but based on prior voting patterns, there would be no way to determine what it should really be if I actually stick it in the poll. Depending on whether it looks like we have way more votes than usual, I may just count the “other” tab as votes for Pac-Hatton.
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+1
Bad Left Hook - The SB Nation boxing blog
"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
+1
Bad Left Hook
"If bulls**t was poetry, Ray 'Boom Boom' Mancini's name would be Shakespeare." -- Dennis Rappaport
+1
I think the reason why it’s not in the polls is because Pac-huggers will just overwhelm the votes, right? =) But a vote here for Pac-Hatton anyway, one of the most memorable KOs of all-time.
Pretty much
Every time I put Pac in the poll, we get about 10 times as many votes as usual and all of the extra votes are for Pac.
Bad Left Hook - The SB Nation boxing blog
"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
A couple of other sparklers for consideration
Randall Bailey KO4 Francisco Figueroa:
Bailey flicks out a great blinding cover jab, followed by a murderous right cross that’s so crisp it looks like they sped up the tape.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tCFhWJg1Z8
David Tua KO1 Michael Moorer
One of my favorite “delayed reaction” KO’s of the decade.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlS82LC3fTo&feature=related
Kelly Pavlik KO8 Jose Luis Zertuche
A very pretty cross “puts Zertuche to sleep”, in what turned out to be the big auditioning tape for the next middleweight champion.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HchCpnORAqk
And, obviously, this fight missed the cutoff by a couple of months, but as long as were talking KOs in the past ten years…
Oleg Maskaev KO8 Hasim Rachman
Oleg shows why people still (sort of) care enough to see him get torched these days. This was the sort of KO that blows the roof off at a good fight party.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQeqquW1ugo
"This fight'll be the nastiest thing you'll ever see. I been sober for six weeks, and that makes me vicious."
-- Randall 'Tex' Cobb
Maskaev-Rahman was in 1999
Otherwise that certainly would have made it on the list.
Bad Left Hook - The SB Nation boxing blog
"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
Not sure why my “Pavlik KO8 Zertuche” didn’t come up bold, but it’s not a comment on the KO. It was a very sinister, bone-chilling punch, and one of the few moments this decade where I reallythink we saw a good, fast-thinking ref save a fighter’s health or life.
"This fight'll be the nastiest thing you'll ever see. I been sober for six weeks, and that makes me vicious."
-- Randall 'Tex' Cobb
I voted for Allen Green
that was pure destruction, and it was in the first round. There had been no punches thrown, no tiring out. He went out there and KTFO this dude without there being a fight.
P.S. – was that guy okay? Thats as bad as I’ve ever seen a fighter be knocked out.
He was never as aggressive after that
Codrington was a pretty good fighter, but he had a rotten chin and pretty bad stamina as well. Made it to the finale of The Contender a few years back where he lost to Sakio Bika in the finals in a pretty good fight.
Bad Left Hook - The SB Nation boxing blog
"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
You left my favourite two of your list!!
Not even an honorable mention for Randall Bailey knocking out Frankie Figueroa?
Or Danny Williams knocking out Mark Potter?
Some people are acting like Pacquiao should be expected to have just gone, "Yeah sure, let’s do something I’ve never done before because your dad made some dumbass baseless comment."
(SC, 28/12/09; http://www.badlefthook.com/2009/12/27/1221143/mayweather-pacquiao-update-bob#comments)
Bailey-Figueroa was an oversight I guess
I figured it was only the third best KO of this year, but I’ll put it in the honorable mentions.
Bad Left Hook - The SB Nation boxing blog
"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
You know, I voted for RJJ's behind the back KO because I'm a fanboy
but I rewatched Pac-Hatton and immediately regretted it. Good lord, that still gives me chills. And it also reminded me that Lampley, who I basically like, absolutely, positively, blew that call. He sounded like he just got out of bed with “Oh my gosh. What a straight left hand.”
by The Boxer Rebellion on Jan 8, 2010 10:58 AM EST reply actions
and then asking "will he beat the count?"
when Hatton was on the ground gasping like a fish out of water (which was actually pretty scary). I’m sure he’d like that call back.
by The Boxer Rebellion on Jan 8, 2010 10:59 AM EST up reply actions
That Ko needed no call
Shocked awe would probably have bene the best response! Personally I dropped my beer and jumped around a bit while shouting but that’s not the point…
"Honey i forgot to duck" - Jack Dempsey
by Drunken cutman on Jan 8, 2010 11:24 AM EST up reply actions
fair point
Honestly at the time, I celebrated for a couple of seconds, then was immediately concerned about Hatton’s safety, because he did NOT look good for a couple of minutes there.
by The Boxer Rebellion on Jan 8, 2010 11:28 AM EST up reply actions
I’m sure he’d like that call back.
Yeah I bet he would too. I think he was just so caught up in how utterly dominant Pacquiao was against Hatton that he was genuinely as shocked as most of us watching. When Pacquiao knocked Hatton out with that left, I had a few friends over for the fight. None of us really exploded or went, “OH SHIT!” or anything. Just kind of, “Oh fuck…that’s it. Wow.” I think Lampley was kind of in the same boat.
Bad Left Hook
"If bulls**t was poetry, Ray 'Boom Boom' Mancini's name would be Shakespeare." -- Dennis Rappaport
thing is what do you look for in a knockout, the reaction of the person getting knocked out, if its that its gotta be Tszyu Zudah
If its looking for sweet boxing i think Roy Jones with his bob 2 the left, then 2 the right, accompnied with a sweet right hook, or maybe Lewis Ko’ing of Rahmann,
damm this is hard,
Im going for Lewis Rahmann, 2 fantastic punches
Incredibly hard to call
But I went for donaire’s insanely good counter against Darchinyan. I’m not too sure about it though as many of these are very, very close.
"Honey i forgot to duck" - Jack Dempsey
The Dance
was the most entertaining KO hands down. Watching Judah “chicken walkin’” round the ring, with no idea where he was has got to be one of the most bizarre sights I’ve seen in 40+ yrs. of watching boxing. Peace!!
For actual shock value
Danny Williams over Mark Potter for me. Danny hadn’t been able to throw a legitimately hard punch since about round 2, and his shoulder had popped even further out of place in round 6. The fact that Jim Watt was in the middle of saying he had to be pulled out and that he would just be knocked out made it even more sensational.
I reckon Carl Thompson knocking out Rothman is also worth a shout – that was a stunning right hand from absolutely nowhere when Thompson was being hit around the ring.
"I don't like him. He talks too much" Muhammad Ali on George Foreman
by OliGold on Jan 8, 2010 12:29 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Classic Cat Thompson
Tire people out for a few rounds with your face, and then BAM!
"I'm not God - but I am something similar", Roberto Duran
by FCF on Jan 8, 2010 4:04 PM EST up reply actions
For actual shock value
Danny Williams over Mark Potter for me. Danny hadn’t been able to throw a legitimately hard punch since about round 2, and his shoulder had popped even further out of place in round 6. The fact that Jim Watt was in the middle of saying he had to be pulled out and that he would just be knocked out made it even more sensational.
I reckon Carl Thompson knocking out Rothman is also worth a shout – that was a stunning right hand from absolutely nowhere when Thompson was being hit around the ring.
"I don't like him. He talks too much" Muhammad Ali on George Foreman
by OliGold on Jan 8, 2010 12:29 PM EST via mobile reply actions
tszyu v. judah got my vote. its one of my all time favorites for a few reasons. a couple being kostya is one of my all time favorite fighters and two, i have always loathed zab (and max kellermans man love for him) and it was fun as hell seeing him get ktfo and cry like a baby afterwards. tua v morrer was a good one too.
its a different decade but since this blog wasn’t around in 2000 id recommend taking a look at some of the best of the 90s. more of those are coming to my mind that of the past decade. simon brown vs. terry norris 1. shocking defeat by norris. i probably cried myself to sleep after that one. speaking of brown, hes the victim of one of the most brutal ko’s ive seen at the hands of vincent pettway. that was is famous for brown throwing punches while he was knocked out. also take a look at the first gerard mcclellan vs julian jackson 1. brutal fight and knockout by the g-man there. tyson ko over razor ruddock in their first fight, tyson ko over botha and of course mercer’s near killing of tommy morrison. theres also one i seen live that was pretty damn brutal to see live. bazooka quartey vs. jung-oh park. park looked like he was a just pulled from a head on collision with a freight train after 4 rounds of getting the ike’s jab and right hand bounce off his face over and over. poor park never fought again
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Lewis over Ruddock was a great one too, and Julian Jackson knocking out Terry Norris was absolutely savage.
"I don't like him. He talks too much" Muhammad Ali on George Foreman
by OliGold on Jan 8, 2010 12:38 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
one of mine too.
my favorite of all has to be vs Agostino Cardamone. jackson was fading as a fighter and coming off the 2 vicious beat downs by g-man. he was getting beat up again by cardamone and rocked in the first then unleashed a left hook from hell and knocked cardamone silly to win the vacant wbc belt.
"Newspapermen ask dumb questions. They look up at the sun and ask if it is shining."
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I love the one over Herol Graham
Maybe my favorite KO of all time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhVi7cH-LaQ
Side Note: can we embed youtube clips on comments?
nope
Bad Left Hook
"If bulls**t was poetry, Ray 'Boom Boom' Mancini's name would be Shakespeare." -- Dennis Rappaport
Fanshots are great for that though too.
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"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
yup thats an epic one. always funny to hear the brit announcers hearts sink
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-Sonny Liston
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by sonofapsycho on Jan 8, 2010 10:01 PM EST up reply actions
Is he the guy that beat Barrera? Barrera lost to a guy with a very similar name, at least.
Some people are acting like Pacquiao should be expected to have just gone, "Yeah sure, let’s do something I’ve never done before because your dad made some dumbass baseless comment."
(SC, 28/12/09; http://www.badlefthook.com/2009/12/27/1221143/mayweather-pacquiao-update-bob#comments)
that was Junior Jones
Bad Left Hook
"If bulls**t was poetry, Ray 'Boom Boom' Mancini's name would be Shakespeare." -- Dennis Rappaport
Ah yes. You can see where the confusion came from, I suppose? :)
Some people are acting like Pacquiao should be expected to have just gone, "Yeah sure, let’s do something I’ve never done before because your dad made some dumbass baseless comment."
(SC, 28/12/09; http://www.badlefthook.com/2009/12/27/1221143/mayweather-pacquiao-update-bob#comments)
yea thats poison junior jones. his beat down of barerra is a great one of the 90s. its ridiculously counted as a dq win though.
"Newspapermen ask dumb questions. They look up at the sun and ask if it is shining."
-Sonny Liston
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by sonofapsycho on Jan 8, 2010 10:01 PM EST up reply actions
Part of the problem too
Is that the further back you go, the less likely it is to be on Youtube. Juarez-Diaz was named by every major publication as knockout of the year, yet is nowhere on the net. I’m shocked that Briggs-Lyakhovich isn’t up there, which certainly would have replaced something on the poll had it been on Youtube.
One more from the 90’s worth a mention was Jimmy Thunder vs. Crawford Grimsley. From an aesthetic perspective, that might be my favorite knockout ever. Just stormed in there and turned the guy to jello with one punch.
Bad Left Hook - The SB Nation boxing blog
"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
I went with the chicken dance too.
It may not be the best, but it’s certainly my favorite.
Wear something sexy to my funeral.
DON'T EVER PLAY WITH MATCHES
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GF6pcGymow
Ricky Hatton came closer to beating Manny Pacquiao than Marquez did to beating Floyd.
-SC
by The Lethal Haze on Jan 8, 2010 12:57 PM EST reply actions
Pacquiao ko hatton
The others were great, but the viciousness and scale of PAC man laying out hatton gets my vote. I could and did watch it 5x now. I love the jones one just for showmanship, but that was against a tomato can he outclassed and never got hit by
by cardscott5 on Jan 8, 2010 2:01 PM EST via mobile reply actions
I voted for Donaire
It really was perfectly timed. Second for me was Green-Codrington (i fucking love the Allen Green Punchout Video, it was vicious). Third was Judah-Tzsyu, gotta loev the chicken dance.
Bailey/Figueroa
All-time favorite. Shotgun right.
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by The Kittitas Kid on Jan 8, 2010 2:23 PM EST reply actions
It's an underdog
But only because of the caliber of the other events and victims. Bailey’s sunday punch was poetry in motion. If you designed a robot to pull it off it, I doubt it could demonstrate that blinding combination much better.
"This fight'll be the nastiest thing you'll ever see. I been sober for six weeks, and that makes me vicious."
-- Randall 'Tex' Cobb
But only because of the caliber of the other events and victims.
Errr, that said, I just realized that Ding-A-Ling was on here. Yeah, Bailey’s laser beam bumps that flailing, drawn out mess for me.
"This fight'll be the nastiest thing you'll ever see. I been sober for six weeks, and that makes me vicious."
-- Randall 'Tex' Cobb
Pacquiao over Hatton for me, followed by:
Donaire over Darchinyan (beautiful punch)
Tarver over Jones
Bad Left Hook
"If bulls**t was poetry, Ray 'Boom Boom' Mancini's name would be Shakespeare." -- Dennis Rappaport
I think the worst knockout of the decade was one that wasn’t even scored a knockout:Martinez KO7 Cintron, with Cintron staring up at the ref in disbelief, thinking it was a head butt that made him see all them pink elephants. The recent parking lot A&B Grano pulledon Kauffman was up there too. That was both great and awful, actually. I half expected Jimmy Hart to run into the ring with a folder chair.
"This fight'll be the nastiest thing you'll ever see. I been sober for six weeks, and that makes me vicious."
-- Randall 'Tex' Cobb
Jimmy Hart is a wimp
Observe: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjgwAfi9eIo
Bad Left Hook
"If bulls**t was poetry, Ray 'Boom Boom' Mancini's name would be Shakespeare." -- Dennis Rappaport
That’s just the most excellent thing I’ve seen all week, thanks.
And to think, without the internet all of this stuff would be lost in the sands of time. How tragic would that be?
"This fight'll be the nastiest thing you'll ever see. I been sober for six weeks, and that makes me vicious."
-- Randall 'Tex' Cobb
yeah
There’s so much ridiculous shit like this that I never see without the internet, and my life is seriously a bit less rich had I never stumbled upon “Wimpbusters” on one of my late night YouTube Memphis wrestling tours.
Bad Left Hook
"If bulls**t was poetry, Ray 'Boom Boom' Mancini's name would be Shakespeare." -- Dennis Rappaport
A mention for Morrison knocking out Razor Ruddock.
Only because someone mentioned doing a 90’s thing, and I don’t know which decade that was in.
Fucking phenomenal left hook.
Some people are acting like Pacquiao should be expected to have just gone, "Yeah sure, let’s do something I’ve never done before because your dad made some dumbass baseless comment."
(SC, 28/12/09; http://www.badlefthook.com/2009/12/27/1221143/mayweather-pacquiao-update-bob#comments)
i was about to mention that but it wasn’t the hook that ended razor in that fight. he hit the mat so hard that it woke him up. a flurry in the corner ended it.
"Newspapermen ask dumb questions. They look up at the sun and ask if it is shining."
-Sonny Liston
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by sonofapsycho on Jan 8, 2010 10:04 PM EST up reply actions
I'm gonna look again now.... :)
Some people are acting like Pacquiao should be expected to have just gone, "Yeah sure, let’s do something I’ve never done before because your dad made some dumbass baseless comment."
(SC, 28/12/09; http://www.badlefthook.com/2009/12/27/1221143/mayweather-pacquiao-update-bob#comments)
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