Greatest Knockout of All-Time - Teddy Atlas Breaks Down Sugar Ray Robinson vs Gene Fullmer 2

Teddy Atlas shares his thoughts on the greatest knockout of all-time. Clip from Episode 75 - The Greatest Knockouts in Boxing History: • The Greatest Knockouts... .
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[@CloudMF]

Gene was my great uncle and is a legend in my family and always will be

[@brandonfullmer1861]

Do u live in Utah cause were family members bud

[@1969JohnnyM]

Is the Fullmer brothers boxing gym still going ?, i remember seeing something about it being ran by the brothers to help kids stay healthy and away from bad influences. Lastly whilst Gene was the most famous brother his younger brother Don was no slouch either in the Middleweight division and i'm pretty sure the middle brother fought a few divisions down but not to the same level as his 2 brothers i sadly can't remember his name but i remember reading he passed away Just before Gene. I'm not religious but they sounded like they were upstanding and very decent human beings, i'm sure your proud to be related to them.

[@CloudMF]

My family lives in Utah but I live in Idaho now my dad is Ferol Kenneth Fullmer III

[@CloudMF]

@@1969JohnnyM Last i heard it is still open probably not during the pandemic

[@johnmanni227]

@@CloudMF idaho sound like an african name

[@Tusc9969]

Firstly, Gene Fullmer was a known puncher with the right hand and he had used it extensively against Robinson in their first fight. Robinson was aware of this so he set about drawing the right hand out in order to counter it. Backing up, Ray stepped in and landed a right hand to Fullmer's body. Robinson then repeated the action -back stepping, before dropping his level and stepping in with a right hand to the body. Because Fullmer thought Ray was going to repeat this a third time, he set himself to throw a right hand as Ray would be stepping in. Aware of Fullmer's intentions, Robinson faked right but instead twisted back across and connected with a picturesque left hook that knocked - the never before or since - Gene Fullmer out. For my liking, as was the case in the Rocky Graziano knockout, the actual knockout blow is only half the story here. The bigger picture is that of Robinson's ability to set a trap. Robinson's uncanny ability to think not one, but three moves ahead is what earned him what has been labelled the greatest knockout of all time.

[@kennethwoods4052]

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[@johnwesley3885]

Accurate analysis...should do this for a living.

[@cavaleer]

Most excellent addition to the video story. Many thanks.

[@Last_Chance.]

Meh... That's not exactly what happened but close enough.

[@IndianJS]

RIP SUGAR RAY ROBINSON🖤

[@HavaOwensMMA]

Im from Utah, and still live here. I can say i threw my fair share of hay in my day lol.

[@brandonfullmer1861]

I'm from Utah and I'm a Fullmer and gene is my 3rd cousin and he trained me for a few years before he past away the day of his brother Jay's Fullmers funeral. But even at 80 the old man was tuff he could still hit the speed bag like crazy and would hit u every time you dropped your gard

[@PhillyPugilist]

That’s awesome. Did he show you his cross guard?

[@cavaleer]

This is OUTSTANDING!!!!

[@brandonfullmer1861]

@@cavaleer yes sir thank u

[@williehudson4013]

@@brandonfullmer1861 some guys are lucky and gifted to have that power at that age Jack Dempsey was born in 1895 and in 1965 he was 70 and had a Jack Dempsey restaurant in the city so he was coming home one night two guys they were like in there 20's tried to rob Jack Dempsey not knowing it was Jack Dempsey he threw two punches a piece and knocked both of them out so I believe you some fighters have that gift to punch a guy like earlier shavers is in his 70's can you imagine a 70 year old man getting hit by earnie shaver's that's a gift to be that at a old age much respect to you

[@gonzothompson412]

Sam Langford was a beast. The man chased Jack Johnson all over the country.

[@ralphdupas6179]

beast is actually understatement. he's a monster! imagine he started as a lightweight and fought up to heavyweight but still considered as a devastating puncher at heavyweight. even the great Jack Dempsey admitted that he ducked Sam Langford.

[@briannewman6306]

Have never heard of Teddy Atlas before, but what a breath of fresh air he is to listen to. Man does he know his boxing. Very few people know their boxing today, but Teddy you are a dream to listen to.

[@Johnnymac638]

Robinson set the KO up with the 2 previous right hands to Fullmer's hip. Fullmer was looking for the right again when Robinson threw that devastating short left hook

[@Kidgavilan700]

Robinson was fighting on memory when he fought Fullmer and Basilio. He was an old man in fighting years. Sadly there are few films of him from when he was in his prime at WW

[@saintcruzin]

Fulmer had an iron chin too. Robinson was considered past his prime but was still great. That punch traveled 4-5 inches. Best left hook...EVER....(Light heavyweight try was against Joey Maxim not Joey Archer) Archer was his last try at a top contender...

[@xcythgaming2069]

It's crazy too, he would have been the light heavyweight champ had it not been for the heat almost killing him

[@saintcruzin]

@@xcythgaming2069 The heat took the ref out and he collapsed...Robbie was waaay ahead on the cards too...

[@iszyp6328]

I'm 37 now and i remember being 8 or 9 years old and getting a boxing bag set with gloves for Christmas and the gloves had sugar's signature on them.. not a real signature but i will never forget trying to be him while punching the bag... Most definitely a true legend.💪🙏

[@THEPRINCEOFKINGZ]

He tried to kill jake lamotta in the st valentine day massacre to avenge his first lost.....pure technical brutality!

[@NickKiussis]

I met Jake in 1998 when he was 75. He was a tough SOB who fought Sugar Ray 6 times. Only beat him once but put him on the canvas a few times during their rivalry. You always feel like you’re meeting royalty when you get a chance at meeting the legends. Those guys from that era were bad to the bone.

[@THEPRINCEOFKINGZ]

@@NickKiussis dude thats freaking amazing and thank u for being accurate with your history as well

[@THEPRINCEOFKINGZ]

@@NickKiussis got a question for since u old school with your boxing knowledge.....wats your opinion on a man who is 31 years old in perfectly good fighting shape training and technique going pro at middle weight in today's era simply to make a point snatch belts and expose frauds?

[@THEPRINCEOFKINGZ]

@Kris billy joe saunders for instance......but belts aside its more about legacy to me its to many cherry pickers to many dudes fighting once a year.....I WANT 5 FIGHTS A YEAR

[@THEPRINCEOFKINGZ]

@Kris u r horribly wrong 😆

[@pj9259]

The thing about Robinson was his toughness. Not only was he talented and slick, he was tougher than almost any man that existed.

[@papichurro7570]

Robinson probably became better because of his loss to LaMotta, he was forced to be much tougher and stronger.

[@pj9259]

@@papichurro7570 I wouldnt be surprised if he was paid to lose by the mafia that controlled lamotta. Promised a 5 fight deal.

[@Lonelysportofboxing]

@@papichurro7570lol sounds like when Floyd was robbed in the Olympics he vowed never again. And became one of the slickest defensive fighters ever.

[@ronaldworthy157]

The salesmanship of that hook is priceless .

[@colincampbell7928]

Gene Fullmer is one of my favourite fighters. His reverse cross guard was genius. He beat Robinson twice, lost once, drew once. Check out his breakdown on utube.

[@novdeepsingh002d2]

Sugar ray Robinson is the greatest boxer that ever lived

[@stardust1621]

Absolutely 💯

[@RandyMorris-wq7tr]

Maybe a touch over, Langford. Agreed. Peace

[@PatrickAllen]

I like the one where Juan Manuel timed Pacmans double jab and overhand righted his face. faceplant to the floor.

[@rareearthelement8698]

Patrick Allen It was like he stole Pac's animation. Actually, he did steal Pac's animation. LOL.

[@Lonelysportofboxing]

That too was beautiful. God that was great timing.

[@michaelh.117]

Robinson’s KO of Fullmer is a classic-always gets referenced, and deserves it-but Robinson’s KO of Graziano is my favorite. Lightning-quick right hand thrown into what isn’t an opening until it gets there.

[@SLIMZD]

Walcott vs Charles has to be a rite up there

[@jimiray1969.]

The instant Teddy mentions my guitar hero Jimi Hendrix in comparison to boxing legends, I'm hooked! My wife makes the analogy that Jimi attacked the strings like Babe Ruth attacked a baseball. Hard and precise. Awesome!

[@THEPRINCEOFKINGZ]

Ray Robinson is the best fighter that ever lived......the pound for pound goat period......the first to master the shoulder roll and put detroit on the map.....THATS RIGHT SUGAR RAY AND THE SHOULDER ROLL BOTH ORIGINATE FROM MOTOWN! FACTS!

[@TheRealPrinceG]

Ray Robinson was born in GA

[@THEPRINCEOFKINGZ]

@@TheRealPrinceG HE WAS BORN IN DETROIT

[@gaddyify]

All my life my father use to say Sugar Ray Robinson was the greatest fighter he'd ever seen, and me growing up watching great fighters such as, Ali, Ray Leornard, Hagler, and Hearns. And Tyson. He would always bring up Robinson name in the conversation. Whenever a debate of whose the greatest ever would come up. After hearing Mike Tyson in an interview expressing Robinson as the GOAT. I had to look him up. And after watching several of his fights on KZbin. I agree.

[@user-pp9bl5gr1n]

That’s the thing the fights on KZbin are him in his older years…..not even him in his prime… That’s like watching a Mayweather fight when he fought Jake Paul or when he fought Manny but prime Floyd is when he fought Gotti or Corrales

[@hadesspeaks9783]

Robinson vs toney at middleweight would of been epic

[@beatlejim64]

Toney? Please....

[@moneymarc6837]

You can't be Serious!!!

[@Lonelysportofboxing]

Didn’t Robinson teach Toney the shoulder roll?

[@brandnew9834]

30 fights in a year?! No doctors back then stepped in and “this might no be a great idea to get hit in the head that often”.

[@bh1422]

The real genius to this KO was how Robinson set it up by throwing the right hand to the body baiting Fullmer to throw his own lead right. Boxing is a thinking man's sport. Punches are flying at rapid speeds and still one has to be thinking how to set traps and avoid being hit in order to overcome their opponent. Another flash of brilliance where a fighter set up a KO perfectly was Lennox Lewis' lefthook - right hand KO of Hasim Rahman in their rematch. You can see Lennox making Hasim focus on the lefthook from the opening stanza. Pure genius.

[@runthomas]

THING IS .....robinson did not step to the right when robinson dropped the left hook...he was pretty much on the spot. what happened is he threw a high left and right to the body....and was countered with a right hook just above waist height. he then threw a dummy left and applied the same right hook to the body ....and the guy countered AGAIN with a right hook just above waist height. NOW..he didnt even throw a left ..and pretended minimally with a tiny dummy to throw the same right hook to the body....and the guy countered yet AGAIN with a right hook just above waist heigh.....but this was expected by robinson, and as the guy was getting ready to throw the hook, robinson threw the power punch as planned... A BEAUTIFUL LEFT HOOK.. this is an excellent, knockout...not because he moved to the right, but because he set the guy up , and knew what he was going to do ... this is why good boxers should never react the same way all the time as the other guy did... and also why a good boxer picks up on guys that are always gonna follow a pattern, and can then set them up. the greatest knockout ever for me was muhammed ali vs cleavland williams... the entire lead up to that knockout was amazing in every way ..such movement and skill. ali vs foreman was a fantastic knockout, but not due to like a fantastic combination...but the way he tired him out and worked foreman from the ropes...and then like poetry dropped him.

[@gghondawakebuddhagenjimina6889]

Gracias ❤️ -Atentamente Azúcar

[@damnhotcheetosspicy1671]

wish sugar ray could fight in todays era '

[@beatlejim64]

Robinson would have been arrested for attempted murder...

[@hadesspeaks9783]

Loves abit of Teddy

[@nobodyaskedbut]

What makes this KO even more incredible is that Fullmer in 44 previous bouts had never been KOd and I don't think he had ever even been knocked down. BTW, when SRR beat Armstrong, Armstrong was the same age as SRR was when he was way ahead going to the 13th rd vs Maxim for the LHW title. He could not go in the 13th because of 104F temp while giving away 15 LBS to Maxim. So, the BS about Armstrong being "past his prime" doesn't hold water.

[@stephendonatelli1224]

By the way, Teddy, I'm from Pittsburgh so I am a little biased to Harry GREB aka the Pittsburgh windmill AKA The Smoke City Wildcat.

[@1969JohnnyM]

Greb not Grab.

[@stephendonatelli1224]

@@1969JohnnyM guilty as charged bud, LOL.👊👊👊🥊🥊🥊🥊🥊

[@stephendonatelli1224]

@@1969JohnnyM that's what I get for SPELLING on the run!!!!😎👊🥊

[@stephendonatelli1224]

@@1969JohnnyM oh, btw, it's JOHN MADDEN....🏈🏈🏈🏈....LOL.

[@cjsansoo7]

If Teddy Atlas says it, I believe it!!!

[@thehighground_]

It's no Jersey Joe KOing Charles but it's a good one

[@dodgedandle8311]

There have been many Great KOs in Boxing History as we all know, but this my number 1 , if you blinked you would have missed it, it was Absolute Poetry in Motion Personified and another thing that I always got from it was that there was nothing violent about it, it was just Dink Good Nigh, Even Gene Fuller said in an Interview years and years later that he didn’t feel a thing, he was completely unaware of being KOed and didn’t even remember getting back to his stool and actually wondered why SRR was jumping up and down opposite him he actually thought he was going back out for another round and his corner man said to him no Gene you were counted out and he couldn’t believe it, I always remember it from one of those Mike Tyson greatest KO videos back in the late 80s … It really was the PERFECT PUNCH 🥊

[@sethburro6031]

Ernie shavers was country strong also

[@warsameabdinur314]

Some years he fought 20times in year. Imagine training year round in a 25year carreer. His final year fighting in 1965 at the age of 44 he still had 14 fights.

Compressor Teddy, compressor!! YOU'RE SCREAMING!!!

[@treschocos5529]

Thanks.I have an upcoming fight against Erik Morales, can you give me advice sir? Can you be my coach?

[@jskop566]

Robinson once defended his title 6 times in less than 2 months. Enough said.

[@Liam-jg3pl]

Get teddy speaking more about fullmer, greb, Robinson, Moore and Armstrong

[@rootsnblues2623]

Jimi played left handed; but he strung his guitar left handed on a right hand guitar. In essence his guitar WASN'T upside down. 😊 🎸🎤

[@stephendonatelli1224]

Teddy, MUCH RESPECT. I AGREE Completely. My pound-for-pound list as follows number one, Harry greb, number two, Henry Armstrong, number 3 Sugar Ray Robinson, and number 4 - Sam Langford, seems like we're pretty much on the same track Teddy. Keep swinging and I enjoy your content.🥊🥊🥊🥊🥊🥊

[@fiveplates]

OMG would be a white man as your number 1. LOL. Harry who? Let me guess Eric Clapton is your favourite guitarist and Jimi second? Harry Greb your best fighter that ever lived LMAO. He wouldn't have lasted 2 rounds with Floyd Mayweather let alone SRR.

[@stephendonatelli1224]

@@fiveplates Hendrix (#1) my man!🎙🎤🔥🔥🔥🧨🧨🧨🧨

[@fiveplates]

@@stephendonatelli1224 thank F for that 😉

[@stephendonatelli1224]

@@fiveplates Hendrix, Jimmy Page, then Clapton FIRMLY at (#3).

[@stephendonatelli1224]

@@fiveplates my IDOL is "The Greatest" Muhammad Ali & one of my favorites was DEFENSE GURU - Pernell "Sweet Pea" Whitaker (RIP)...🤲📿🙏🥊🥊🥊🥊🥊🥊

[@martydawson1525]

Sugar Ray Robinson didn't fight Joey Archer for the light-hesvyweight world title. He fought Joey Maxim.

[@1969JohnnyM]

Robinson's fight at light heavyweight was against the great Joey Maxim, he was famously leading on the cards in a +100 degree Yankee Stadium that was so hot and humid that the referee had to retire and be replaced by a second referee due to the heat. I think it was at the end of the 13th or 14th round that Robinson collapsed due to heat exhaustion and the crafty bigger Maxim won in the only ko loss of Ray's career. I think Teddy is mixing up Joey Archer because of the first name and he being Robinson's last ever opponent but Archer was a career middleweight.

[@joep8787]

Yes it was hot, but Maxim's corner didn't have air conditioning. Give credit to Maxim for either having better conditioning or pacing himself better.

[@FreeTurtleboy]

If ya from Boston and don't know Paul Pender.......he is the One Man Who puts Teddys Sugar Ray Knockout ....2nd time theory on it's back...... But....that history is Forgotten ?

[@Jeremyramone]

Henry Armstrong or Louie Armstrong,, boxer or the musician? Both

[@Xavier_the_Boxing_Nerd]

MAXIE ROSENBLOOM, Louis Daniel Armstrong was his birth name.

[@lawdzoe576]

Robinson, Greb and Langford the only guys with a case at being the 🐐

[@bigd5349]

Tunney?

[@qwertyuiopm9044]

Don't forget Henry Armstrong.

[@Lonelysportofboxing]

Willie Peppie. , Henry Armstrong , Benny Leonard , Joe Louis , Ezzard Charles so many fighters that are in the pound for pound greatest list but none of them have Robinson’s beautiful boxing style :)

[@builditright9923]

That's my great uncle we lift bails lol

[@alec2726]

Interesting your comment about beating in the second fight. May I put Lennox Lewis into that category. I think that he was greatly underrated. He beat the only two guys who ever beat him?

[@Don2Boxeo]

RAY.

[@ivanmiller3826]

( Sugar - Ray ) 😎🔥🔥🔥 👊🏾👊🏾

[@iszyp6328]

Ryan Garcia watched that sugar ray left hook before his fight with duno and knock him out in the first round with the exact same left hook...💪👍

[@erics2739]

War eagle 🦅

[@fmills1583]

Everyone knows that the best left hook of all time is Walcott-Charles 3.

[@ralphdupas6179]

like Atlas says it's not the power or the result or anything but the way the knock out was executed. Charles' hook was beautiful and looks smoother than Ray's. But Sugar Ray's left hook was not just beautiful but was executed in a very impossible way. He's moving backwards while doing it! Not to mention Charles is in the twilight of his career when Charles beat him. Robinson is almost done when he knocked out a prime Gene Fullmer.

[@fmills1583]

@@ralphdupas6179 Well for one thing it was Walcott that landed the KO hook on Charles, there's that. Walcott was the old man beating the younger champ. You could see Ray drop his fist and load up, Walcot's hook came out of nowhere and damn near twisted Charles head off his shoulders. It was hidden in the natural body movement as Walcott strode towards Charles. Boom! Straight down Charles went, limp as a dishrag.

[@panzerriff]

That Walcott left hook was brutal...

[@Lonelysportofboxing]

That was like a left hook/uppercut too!

[@GG33_420]

Henry was cus favourite

[@Lonelysportofboxing]

Panama Al Brown too

[@winfieldjay2324]

Tell the story about Sugar Ray Robinson, Aaron Wade and the Murderers'Row Fighters.

[@Lonelysportofboxing]

Oouu 😲😂 the fans aren’t ready for that. I felt bad for Robinson (my favorite fighter)

[@user-ox1be6qc6n]

Greatest was Marciano Walcott one... Here, Fullmer Walks right in on a Left hook Thrown pretty much from the floor with leverage... Fullmer and that other cat from Boston Whom I don't know Have the edge on Robinson in terms of career Record with 2 wins, one draw, and this loss. Which they keep showing... Folmer never made that mistake again even KOing Basilio and ending his Career early sixties.... Folmer came into his own And blossomed a bit later.

[@JK-ff1ft]

Greastest?

[@treschocos5529]

He has a stance like Shane Mosley

[@Lonelysportofboxing]

Shane Mosley is another person who was inspired by him

[@lankey6969]

Louie Armstrong.

[@delpage1]

He fought Joey Maxim for light heavyweight not Joe Archer. I think he fought Archer when he was 45. Teddy had a brain slip, I know he knows his history.

[@matthiusking363]

Operation left hook!

[@erlwilliam1]

In Ray Robinson prime no one beat him , only Ray Robinson beat himself as in the case when he fought Turbin in Wales he was to busy sparing with his female admirers

[@MMA_Content]

The best didn't always fight the best Teddy, Sugar ray robinson's manager avoided charley burley as he felt his style would give sugar ray some problems

[@Tusc9969]

First of all, Robinson didn't "duck" Burley, that's a MYTH! No one can expect a fighter to fight a non title catchweight fight vs a fighter as dangerous as Burley. Burley was 4 years older than Robinson. When Robinson turned pro at lightweight for his first 20 fights and was fighting killers like Sammy Angott, Burley was a welterweight moving towards middleweight. Once Robinson became a welterweight Burley was basically a middleweight fighting Ezzard Charles and Archie Moore. WWII kept plenty of great fighters from getting title shots. Including Ray Robinson who didn’t get a title shot until 1946 when he was 73-1. Once Robinson became welterweight champion he dabbled in non title fights in the low 150s also defending his title at the welterweight limit of 147. Burley was toiling for a title shot at 160 and was a full time middleweight. Burley retired in 1950 and Robinson finally got a middleweight shot vs Jake Lamotta in 1951. It’s literally absurd that people repeat that Robinson ducked Burley. All you have to do is RESEARCH. Hey, Hagler didn't fight Tyson in the 80s, was that a duck? LOL Ducking a fighter is avoiding a certain fighter in SAME division/weight-class.

[@stephendonatelli1224]

@@Tusc9969 WELL said as I LOVE BURLEY & his Style, BUT the SUGAR MAN *DUCKED* Nobody!!🥊🥊🥊

[@ravenaussie3760]

Nowhere near the greatest knockout of all time.

[@pj9259]

Ray got lucky in the rematch

[@FreeTurtleboy]

"Paul Pender"....Beat Ray Robinson Twice....? Just saying...

[@walter1893]

They were both robberies and so was the 3rd gene fullmer fight.

[@Lonelysportofboxing]

lol you talking about Paul Pender beating a 40 year old Robinson. That’s nothing to brag about.

[@nextlevelboxingtalk6808]

The best thing ESPN ever did was get rid of Teddy Atlas’s presence on its boxing telecasts. Teddy’s all about Teddy, there was no room left for anyone else. He’s probably the reason Gvozdik quit boxing.

[@NickKiussis]

Alexis Rumbero I like Teddy. At least he’s a real boxer and trainer. There’s nobody there at ESPN now without him. Max Kellerman doesn’t know his ass from a hole 🕳 in the ground.

[@jingqi9106]

I disagree. I'm a Teddy fan and I appreciate his knowledge and experience. But most of all, I appreciate his passion for boxing.

[@zibtihaj3213]

broken rhythm