Stoppages/KOs Of The Year.
Several (hundred) contenders for this accolade!!
There are some great one punch finishes, some superb technical KOs with an accumulation of punches to gain the desired result. The devastating KO is almost always more preferable to the technical 12 round points win. Would you rather watch a Tyson fight or a Mayweather fight, for example...
There could be a very many honourable mentions, far too many to mention in fact, ESPN have given their KO of the year to Wladimir Klitschko's 5th round KO of Kubrat Pulev, which, although good I feel there are better.
My three of the best are:-
Gennady Golovkin's 2nd round KO of Marco Antonio Rubio.
Marvin Sonsona 3rd round KO of Akifumi Shimoda.
KO OF THE YEAR.
Joseph Parker's 4th Round KO of Irineu Beato Costa Junior.
Irineu Beato Costa Junior had just come off a 12 round decision loss to Christian Hammer who was ranked 7th in the world and was a big step up for Parker. Costa Jr brought in with him a big physique and a record of 15 wins, 13 came of which from KO.
It was a superb left-hook right-hand combination that ended it all for Costa in the fourth, giving him his first KO loss. The last right hand is probably making itself felt on the chin of Costa Jr almost a month later!!
It prompted Kevin Barry to say -
"If that doesn't put the shudders into a few heavyweights around the world, I don't know what will."
"If that doesn't put the shudders into a few heavyweights around the world, I don't know what will."
I wish all the fighters well.
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