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A knockout (abbreviated to KO or K.O.) is a fight-ending, winning criterion in several full-contact combat sports, such as boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, mixed martial arts, karate, some forms of taekwondo and other sports involving striking, as well as fighting-based video games. A full knockout is considered any legal strike or combination ...
2000: Ben Tackie KO 10 Robert Garcia; 2001: Lennox Lewis KO 4 Hasim Rahman – see Hasim Rahman vs. Lennox Lewis II; 2002: Lennox Lewis KO 8 Mike Tyson – see Lennox Lewis vs. Mike Tyson; 2003: Rocky Juarez KO 10 Antonio Diaz; 2004: Antonio Tarver KO 2 Roy Jones Jr. – see Roy Jones Jr. vs. Antonio Tarver II; 2005: Allan Green KO 1 Jaidon ...
Retired from boxing due to chronic spinal injuries. Harry Simon [9] 31–0–0 Light middleweight: WBO 1998–2001 4 Vacated title to move up to middleweight. Middleweight WBO 2002 0 Won WBO interim middleweight title in 2001 and the outright title in 2002. Stripped of title at 22–0 when he was unable to defend it due to injuries suffered in ...
Muhammad Ali was involved in more Fight of the Year contests than any other boxer in history; six spanning almost two decades. 1970 – Carlos Monzón KO 12 Nino Benvenuti I; 1971 – Joe Frazier W 15 Muhammad Ali I; 1972 – Bob Foster KO 14 Chris Finnegan; 1973 – George Foreman TKO 2 Joe Frazier I; 1974 – Muhammad Ali KO 8 George Foreman
The first round may have been the greatest round in boxing history, but all three rounds were awe-inspiring. When people think of great fights, this is almost always the one they recall first, and ...
1970 – Billy Backus KO 4 Jose Napoles; 1971 – Alfredo Marcano KO 10 Hiroshi Kobayashi; 1972 – Esteban De Jesús W 10 Roberto Durán; 1973 – Ken Norton W 12 Muhammad Ali; 1974 – Muhammad Ali KO 8 George Foreman; 1975 – John H. Stracey KO 6 Jose Napoles; 1976 – Wilfred Benítez W 15 Antonio Cervantes; 1977 – Jorge Luján KO 10 ...
Mike Tyson vs. Buster Douglas, billed as Tyson is Back!, was a professional boxing match that occurred at the Tokyo Dome on February 11, 1990. [1] The then-undefeated, undisputed heavyweight champion Tyson lost by knockout to the 42-1 underdog Douglas. The fight is widely regarded as one of the biggest upsets in sports history.
Mike Tyson career record: 50-6 (44 KOs), with 2 no-contests. At 20 years and 4 months old, Mike Tyson became the youngest heavyweight champion in boxing history in 1986 after defeating Trevor Berbick.