Top 50 Most Spectacular Boxing Knockouts

Top 50 Most Spectacular Boxing Knockouts in Boxing History!
The results are based on a survey where 25 volunteers provided a chornological list of what each considered to be the top 25 most spectacular boxing KOs. In total, 243 knockouts received mention. This video will focus on the Top 50 from those results.
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Top 50 Most Spectacular Boxing Knockouts KOs

[@midnick2159]

Julian "The Hawk" Jackson owns some of the most devastating knockouts I've ever seen. Dude was powerful, accurate, and intimidating.

[@bobbyray464]

he aint intimidated you

[@honkiavelli8044]

100%

[@renzopeterson153]

His speed, capabilities and skill level go over looked as well. This man was delivering pure k.o's going backwards, setting traps and had a better chin than given credit for. Julian took some truck power punches from some hitters and killers.

[@JohnWilliams-sq7cj]

Great great fighter his only block......Gerald McClellan.

[@royrogers3404]

St.Thomas, Virgin Islands.

[@ciAMkia]

As an amateur boxer, I got to workout at the Kronk Gym in downtown Detroit. Thomas "Hitman" Hearns was there and taking a little light sparring. I was sparring trying to learn something. Mr. Hearns asked if I'd like let him give me a few pointers. Are you kidding? Please, just don't hurt me. It happened. Mr. Hearns accidentally caught me with a right hand that broke the sound barrier. Well, I heard the BOOM. I went down faster than my knees could buckle and Tommy Hearns only grazed my jaw. Grazed me. I was a big, strong guy too. 6'3"and 220 pounds, I was dead lifting 550 pounds to work out with, benching 300 pounds, and was in super shape. Tommy Hearns taught me that I had a jaw made from lollipops! 😅

[@douglasrock9414]

Dude.... THAT is a story for a lifetime! Amazing! thank you!

[@user-bq9ii9vz8e]

This is why I read the comments. Great story. Hearns was skinny, but he packed a wallop

[@robertromeo762]

Not likely this would make that 50 greatest knockouts. How about 50 greatest glass jaws?

[@vcjjj08]

What Ray Mercer did to Tommy Morrison (RIP) should have been considered a crime. Merciless indeed.

[@willmac5642]

The most badass was that Julian Jackson one where he points to canvas as the guy drops

[@mrspecialk1234]

The Hawk maybe one of the best pound for pound KO punchers ever

[@drats1279]

The man had no humility.

[@jamesrobinson8612]

Hearns v Cuevas. Dude couldn't even fall down after the punch

[@abbiebaloyi6658]

@@drats1279 he was over confident

[@davidvanwagener6097]

Foreman-Frazier was a surprise omission.

[@tallpaul1563]

I agree on #1.....That right Hearns hit Duran with looked like Duran got hit by lightning. Most brutal KO punch landed in a fight between two Hall of Famers of that magnitude. Nobody ever did that to Duran.

[@Steve-nv5uc]

Great video as always, watched most of this fights back in the day.

[@bigink190]

That hearns ko was #1 in my book too !!! Great job Rummy

[@JamesPappas-ki8jc]

Hitman-Duran...what a punch!!!

[@kenbray1969]

That's right Roberto Duran hands of Stone, I know him personally I'm a MMA fighter but I loved his animal like KO 's he was a little beast...

[@drwugong]

Best boxing channel period.

[@misterkefir]

Amazing stuff as always. Thanks, man!

[@joshuapoland1612]

Enjoyed this piece Rummy...made me wanna go back and watch some of my favorite ko's as well...great work!

[@matthewgibbs1366]

14:12 that refree was in the zone! The way he threw that towel up on the ropes was smooth.

[@alexwillis7093]

That was the biggest fight in the history of boxing, the referee was Arthur Donovan

[@DanielLopez-mo9hz]

Great work as always. I thought for sure I'd be seeing Foreman over Frazier at some point.

[@RummysCorner]

You and me both!

[@LukePettit]

I was expecting that to be number 1 tbh

[@johannvi8051]

awesome list with just the right amount of background info and perfect pacing. Thanks a lot Rummy!

[@fuzzyfishnutz4838]

Awesome compilation. These boxing survey lists are cool. Great work as usual, Rummy!

[@gragrn]

Can't argue with that list or the order. Well done!

[@RealJRoyall]

Great list full of brutal knockouts. I'm kind of surprised that not a single Wilder highlight made it on here. Szpilka and Brezeale alone were two of the nastiest KOs I've ever seen live or on video.

[@mokujinsan9946]

Bless you mate for all the work you put into these wonderful presentations. ♥️

[@AaronMichaelLong]

Great video, and a great list! And I completely agree with #1.

[@HefYT]

nothing gets me more hype than a Rummy’s Corner upload!!!

[@billyedwards6101]

That was really really awesome!! Thanks for sharing..😊 I really enjoyed the whole show..it was GREAT. 😊

[@jino9421]

What a great excuse to watch this one again!

[@dombrandon3018]

Awesome list. Always thought the Sugar Ray Robinson KO of Gene Fullmer was the perfect punch, perfect timing, almost effortless. I'm also a massive Lennox fan so the KO on Rahman was a beauty. What's so fantastic is the overhead shot of Rahman on the canvas with his head sitting perfectly central inside the crown of Don King's logo on the canvas. There's poetry in that. Canello Alvarez KO of Amir Khan was a surprise omission but guess it was at 51 :) Thank you, Rummy! Another great vid.

[@alfonsecoppola5938]

and his knockout of graziano

[@worldline7147]

And then there's Lennox's impressive and quick KOs of Ruddock, Golota, etc.

[@murraykelm5691]

Khan was on the wrong end of many hellacious knockouts.

[@wloonie]

I prefer Breidis Prescott's handling of Amir Khan. That was a murder.

[@isaiahraby7114]

Another awesome video!! As it was getting closer to the end I was thinking " I hope they don't leave out Jackson vs. Graham or Hearns vs Duran" and boom! Top 2. Ricardo Lopez vs Alla Vilamor (delayed uppercut) would have been another great addition. I love these survey series!

[@Mr1Sundancekid]

Love this thanks Rummy. Would love to see you do another brief chronology best of whatever weight class in whatever era. Always appreciate the great content

[@johnodaz1273]

Great List and good video Rummy. I still think Rocky Marciano's Knock-out of Jersey Joe Walcott, is the Best Punch in Boxing History but so many awesome Knock-outs in this Video. How many KO's was done by the Left Hand lol.

[@manny4552]

I agree

[@Chronicthekid]

Shoutout to Rummy for updating the video even though he didn’t have to. Great video as always!

[@troofseeker5173]

That was the best KO compilation I have seen yet. All of the great ones were included. Very well done.

[@user-bq9ii9vz8e]

There were many other great ones, too. There's been so many over the years like Foreman KOing Frazier and some Morrison fights when he actually wasn't getting hammered. Tyson had some other really great KOs like 44 of them. There was a little dude from Venezuela named Edwin Valero who was an absolute monster for his lightweight size. He destroyed people

[@awaxx7863]

Nice job getting all of the footage for these fights. Even fights from the 30’s..impressive!

[@stevecochran2677]

Rummys boxing videos are like fine whiskey and a good cigar, definitely worth the time to enjoy. If your a boxing enthusiasts , you don't want to miss a single one of Rummys masterpieces.

[@jamescroall6919]

Great list! The two most prominent that popped into my head before watching were the Marciano knockout of Walcott walking off and the brutal Ray Mercer knockout which imo should be top 5.

[@pjbutton3396]

Rummy's videos are always a knockout, awesome work!

[@TheAngryWexican.]

Another great Video from Rummy's Corner. No surprise really, great work.

[@chrisstrange9828]

Thanks Rummy for another excellent video. And a great tip for the smooth legends channel 😉👍

[@jerrymyers7178]

Loved it! Good job Rummy!

[@fasasitaiwo5782]

Rummy you did a great job putting this together you remain my number one channel on KZbin. Taiwo watching from Nigeria 🇳🇬👍🏿.

[@RummysCorner]

Thank you very much!

[@fasasitaiwo5782]

@@RummysCorner you always welcome.

[@captainthrall]

Rummy, I love you buddy. I'm just a casual boxing fan, but your videos always make me fall in love with the sport. Well done

[@mikehannon4097]

I can't believe no one chose the Foreman Fraser title fight in 1972 I believe it was. A remarkable knockout after many trips to the canvas for Fraser.

[@nicholassmith8641]

Frazier kept getting up. 6 times. Big George even has stated he was more afraid of Joe than Muhammad.... I think that's why George's destruction of smokin Joe can't be included here, cause Joe actually kept getting up even though he was K0ed

[@TSTrecords]

Didn't understand that non selection either.

[@murraykelm5691]

Also his destruction of Norton.

[@jamesmeyers6603]

Frazier wasn’t counted out. These seem to be count outs.

[@AFMMarcelD]

Pardon the intrusion but the Foreman/Frazier annihilation happened in January 22 1973

[@29uedcn76]

Great knockouts but disappointed there wasn't Roy Jones v Montell Griffin II KO. The knockout and the story behind it are just class

[@calvincameron354]

Glad to see you're still making content.Great work as usual.

[@noway7476]

Rummy 'ol boy, another great narration as usual. The more I listen to your style, I seem to be reminded a little of Howard Cosell. Whatever you are doing keep doing it.

[@laquandavis8516]

This is a great list...love the way he commentates..

[@Southbay227]

This is the only Greatest K.O.s list I've ever seen where I can't argue with any of the placements. All the kayos I thought should be on it were included. Excellent compilation, IMO.

[@Bogie6588]

Excellent compilation! Thank you for sharing this!

[@samxaiver9852]

THESE VIDEOS ARE SMOKING FIRE!

[@19k92]

boxers on this list who both delivered and received one of the top 50 KOS: ezzard charles, jersey joe walcott, floyd patterson, george foreman, joe frazier, michael spinks, tommy hearns, mike tyson, michael moorer, roy jones jr, manny pacquiao

[@wmden1]

Keen observation.

[@gew1898]

Foreman vs Lyle would have also been a good one.

[@skepchica]

What a slugfest. Two hard punchers with steel chins.

[@shanew8158]

Love getting notifications from rummeys corner

[@christianshreve5101]

So much fun to watch. Really well done. You deserve your growing reputation.

[@johnbarney5787]

This was an incredible video! Thank you so much. An excellent countdown

[@MrPrimitiveman]

I would like to add Salvador Sanchez’s knockout of Wilfredo “ bazooka” Gomez. Sanchez was a big underdog and literally crushed Gomez’s face! Great video thank you for posting it!

[@laurentlegendre7730]

Thanks you for this incredible commentary for all boxers in this video,amazing...

[@keiranderson8096]

Great video and excellent commentary. Thank you

[@omarvazquez3355]

Great list! But I truly thought Gatti vs Gamache would be at top 10. That has to be the most brutal KO ever.

[@pizzulo8111]

I was thinking the same thing as I was scrolling through the comments. That was as brutal as it gets. Gatti basically landed three ko punches before Gamache's head bounced off the canvas.

[@paulcropper4717]

Hearns - Duran is my all time favourite KO

[@Dieseldog172]

In slow motion that shot was fast as grease lightning

[@perrynn7173]

Absolutely brilliant video. This must have taken weeks to research and put together. Outstanding effort. Greetings from the UK 🇬🇧.

[@sob1994]

Seeing Burt Cooper brought up some crazy memories for me. In 1996 I was working and living at a resort in the Catskills . Bruce Seldon had his training camp for his Tyson fight there. Bert was there as a sparring partner to emulate Tyson's style. I was in my early 20s and a huge boxing fan back then too, so I was pumped watching the sparring and hanging out with the fighters. I knew who Cooper was from his fight with Holyfield and Foreman. But I didn't know about his documented struggles with addiction at the time. Long story short me and couple buddies who worked there took Cooper out drinking and all hell broke loose after that. The next morning the trainer was at breakfast asking if anybody knew where Bert was. He was missing, which was strange because he didn't know anyone in this tiny town of Monticello, NY. That's when I found out he wasn't getting paid for sparring till the end of the training camp. They didn't want him to have any cash on him and be tempted to go on a binge. Two days later I was opening the shop at 6am and a cab pulled up to the front door. I was there by myself and Bert comes out of the cab looking crazy ,all sweaty and bug eyed. He comes into the shop walks over to me and says "Hey man I gotz to have a hundred dollars". I went right over to register hit no sale and said here you go boss. It think it was about a week before they got him out of there and in treatment or something. He was actually a really good guy and had some great story's. It's a shame the demons got the best him. The story he told me about the Foreman fight was this huge conspiracy. He said Foremans team paid a couple girls to distract him before the fight. He said the night before the fight he was up all night partying. He was a true warrior and was just too small to be a Heavyweight in my opinion. RIP Coop

[@paulanthony5274]

Great story dude and he was in some classic slug fests. I love Coopers fights,so exciting. Sorry to hear about his problems.

[@nickcaesar7650]

@@paulanthony5274 he came SO close to knocking out Moorer and Holyfield... Scored knockdowns against both, just couldn’t finish them.

[@murraykelm5691]

I remember Cooper for destroying Willie DeWitt, a great white hope from Canada. Willie went onto become a lawyer and eventually a judge and poor Burt is gone.

[@richardrodriguez380]

I met Bert at the Palace of Auburn Hills the night he was to fight Samson Po Hua. He was in the stands watching some of the preliminaries. I sat next to him and wished him good luck with his fight. A very nice man.

[@milhamdabungu7576]

Cooper was tough as a nail. Thanks for the memories ❤

[@bigzero718]

I feel like Bob fosters was one of the best left hooks ever and don't get the recognition he the deserve

[@michaelwhite479]

his ko off Mike Quarry is still number one for me. I thought he killed him at first. When you need smelling salts and you still aren't moving, that is the epitome of being knocked out.

[@ahuse1]

much love to you Rummy--- great content!

[@RummysCorner]

Thank you very much!

[@timothystegner3234]

That was an amazing travel through time. Great work!

[@helluvatime4562]

One night as a kid back in the 80`s I turned on the tv and the match between Hagler and Hearns was about to start. So I watched my first boxing match that night and have been a boxing fan ever since, that match to this day is still the best that I have ever seen. What legends these guys are RIP Champ.

[@buzzsooners]

Dude, how did u watch that fight on tv? It was a closed-circuit tv bout that you had to buy a ticket at a venue to see....

[@BottleBri]

Lewis’ ko of Rahman was probably the best heavyweight KO of the 90’s. Incredible.

[@lauriebluesguy]

Loved it, excellent work.

[@RummysCorner]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@cuthbertjolly4859]

Honourable mention -George Foreman vs Joe Frazier.

[@armandocasanova7174]

I pretty much agree with this ranking. BTW, I followed Julian Jackson since his 1979 PanAm Gold Medal. He was one of the very best

[@MannyCruz72]

Truly a great video Rummy. One of the other fights that should've been included was Ray Mancini knockout of Orlando Romero, and Alexis Arguello knockout of Kevin Rooney. Otherwise, great job.

[@mariuszamfir7958]

Thank you for your effort !

[@escdelesp]

Awesome list. Great footage. All the ko's I expected to see are here with the exception of one. Iran Barkley v. Tommy Hearns 1 & 2 ended in a brutal ko. Thanks for the vid!

[@olaasteman2071]

Machen vs Johansson 1958 is one of the most brutal KO's ever.

[@inkhee]

Definitely some notable omissions. I thought Canelo on Kirkland and Wilder on Szpilka would be in there for sure. But amazing work as always Rummy, thanks for the history lesson!

[@mrspecialk1234]

Chisora stopped Szpilka in 2 rounds….I think consideration as to the quality of the opponent is important

[@AylottPeti]

@@mrspecialk1234 this is why i asked rummy where is the aj on klicsko k.o. that was outstanding

[@abdulraheem468]

Klitscko was 41

[@abdulraheem468]

Klitchko

[@OldSchoolBoxing1]

Love the video Rummy, although I think it should have had some background music, but still good video mate 👍🏻.

[@jerseyron]

Great Job. Any fight fan gotta love it. Thank you

[@prodkenny302]

Wish some of Nonito Donaire’s knockouts were on here, mainly the Darchinyan KO or Montiel KO

[@charleslowe522]

Like Simon Brown vs Vince Petway, Donaire's KO's Darchinyan and Montiel were frightening. Those type of KOs actually makes me cringe for watching boxing.

[@markgreenwell5830]

enjoyed this, good job

[@ericharris5299]

Magnificent video. Truly amazing

[@vieuxbal1253]

Great list. But I'd expect to see the Frazier vs. Foreman match in Kingston Jamaica, January 1973. That was a SHOCK!.

[@che71che]

Some surprises that didn't make it but HELL I can't fault any that made the list, A Great Top 50

[@Thebonesoftrees]

Fanatics content. Thanks Rummy.

[@kevinthompson2308]

Thanks for the hard work!

[@DepressionShaman]

Lots of great ones. Jersey Joe Walcott's Walk in the Park left hook against Ezzard Charles might just be the most breathtaking punch caught on film. The footwork. The timing and accuracy are sublime. Also, anyone crazy enough to face Julian "The Hawk" Jackson in his prime deserves respect. His knockouts were scary. Notably, that two piece combo from Lennox on Hasim was extra spicy.

[@luckyveto]

I think Walcotts ko of Charles and Marcianos 13th round ko of Walcott are two of the craziest knockouts caught on film. Supposedly it took Walcott like half an hour to wake up and they thought he was dead initially.

[@darthwiizius]

In reference to the Lennox on Hasim 2 shot, the left was a feint to open up the Right. In the break before rounds Manny told Lewis that Hasim never counter punches and that he should, ahem, "take the mutha f*cka out".

[@199019852007]

There is a replay on KZbin of lennox knocking out Rahman it goes boom will Rahman get up it replays the punch three times

[@patmccormick9972]

Rocky's Susie Q on Walcott is epic.

[@behnoudtoghraei3387]

Walcot is the beast... His 43 when fight rochy and in 12 roand he win in scorecard...

[@demetrius8588]

When Mike Tyson was mentally in warrior mode, he was a destroyer.

[@ballhawk387]

Definitely the most intimidating looking boxer I've ever seen fighting when in his prime.

[@danno1966]

If Mike Tyson kept clean and out of trouble.he would have. Kept the championship. A lot longer and no one could. Have beat that man but. The drugs and no offense to women but he got it trouble with woman

[@user-fn5mr4oz4j]

I don"t he beat Tyson Fury, he is too small. He culd not get inside on him without getting punched in ther head.

[@MelvinMolden6898]

Until a decision on cherry picking of an unknown baster Douglas Busted N up, and took away the inflated inmate image by D0N K0NG patronage of the most scary men of the planet..😂🤡

[@scottswan7830]

@@user-fn5mr4oz4j sure he could!!! He was designed to get in close,.close the distance and destroy.

[@chriswhitfield1254]

Y'ALL GOT EVERY KO IN ALL ERA GOT DAMN

[@markanderson9995]

What about Earnie Shavers vs Ken Norton or Earnie vs Jimmy Ellis ???. Suprised no one mentioned Ron Lyle vs George Foreman either... Happy New Year Rummy. Let's hope 2023 is a great year for boxing !!!

[@JohnnyBallgame88]

Awesome! Thanks

[@saintcruzin]

Great video with THE best KO’s in recent history…

[@difdaf436]

Yeahs!! A new rummy vid!

[@abdulsmith9298]

This was an amazing video!

[@GOATAli]

Rahman’s one punch KO of Lewisxwas a huge KO and huge win. Should definitely have been included

[@marshallgray645]

I love videos like this, great work

[@jeromeslenk9707]

Excellent list and very well done - was waiting patiently for Hearns/Duran. Glad to see it at #1.

[@RummysCorner]

Thank you very much. Glad you enjoyed.

[@Howard7075]

Rummy's corner thank you for the memory

[@davidhenry8056]

Wow what a most devastating performance from Thomas Hitman hearns certainly fittingly and rightfully performance on ending this great catalogue of boxing at it very best The hit man on his day was a real beast

[@BoxingWave]

THANKS FOR THIS!!!

[@RummysCorner]

Thank you very much for your kind support! Most appreciated.

[@ralphklene2502]

Absolutely well done. love the olde days tho!, but how could you ask for more. Your style. presentation.. Your Voice.. i could listen to your voice all the time!!!. Thank you sir..

[@alexfeeney4776]

Wow that sugar Ray Robinson KO was the best punch I have ever seen

[@GermanFrisbeeDog]

Love it!

[@generalkang1969]

Great stuff, as always. You're my most reliable KZbin channel for entertainment! If I was going to put $$$ on one KO before watching the video, I would've put my dough on the one that ended up at #5 on the list... but I have a hard time arguing against the one that did make #1.

[@tnekkc]

I am 71. When Sugar Ray Robinson was fighting on TV, I was a little kid, and he was past his prime.

[@johnmorris8444]

I forgot how brutal that Cooney-Norton ko was.