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A knockout (abbreviated to KO or K.O.) is a fight-ending, winning criterion in several
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s, such as
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, kickboxing, muay thai,
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, karate, some forms of taekwondo and other sports involving striking, as well as fighting-based
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s. A full knockout is considered any legal strike or combination thereof that renders an opponent unable to continue fighting. The term is often associated with a sudden traumatic
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caused by a physical blow. Single powerful blows to the head (particularly the jawline and temple) can produce a cerebral concussion or a
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with syncope and cause a sudden, dramatic KO. Body blows, particularly the liver punch, can cause progressive, debilitating pain that can also result in a KO. In boxing and kickboxing, a knockout is usually awarded when one participant falls to the canvas and is unable to rise to their feet within a specified period of time, typically because of exhaustion, pain, disorientation, or
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. For example, if a boxer is knocked down and is unable to continue the fight within a ten-second count, they are counted as having been knocked out and their opponent is awarded the KO victory. In mixed martial arts (MMA) competitions, no time count is given after a knockdown, as the sport allows
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as well as ground and pound. If a fighter loses consciousness ("goes limp") as a result of legal strikes, it is declared a KO. Even if the fighter loses consciousness for a brief moment and wakes up again to continue to fight, the fight is stopped and a KO is declared. As many MMA fights can take place on the mat rather than standing, it is possible to score a KO via ground and pound, a common victory for grapplers. In fighting games such as '' Street Fighter'' and '' Tekken'', a player scores a knockout by fully depleting the opponent's
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, with the victor being awarded the round. The player who wins the most rounds, either by scoring the most knockouts or by having more vitality remaining when time expires during each round, wins the match. This differs from combat sports in reality, where a knockout ends the match immediately. However, some fighting games aim for a more realistic experience, with titles like '' Fight Night'' adhering to the rules of professional boxing, although technically they are classified as
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, and share many of the same features as NFL and NBA video games.


Technical knockout

A technical knockout (TKO or T.K.O.), stoppage, or referee stopped contest (RSC) is declared when the referee decides during a round that a fighter cannot safely continue the match for any reason. Certain sanctioning bodies also allow the official attending physician at ringside to stop the fight as well. In many regions, a TKO is declared when a fighter is knocked down three times in one round. In MMA bouts, the referee may declare a TKO if a fighter cannot intelligently defend themselves while being repeatedly struck.


Double knockout

A double knockout, both in real-life
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and in fighting-based
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s, occurs when both fighters trade blows and knock each other out simultaneously and are both unable to continue fighting. In such cases, the match is declared a draw. In fighting games such as '' Street Fighter'', '' Dead or Alive'', and '' Tekken'', a draw is counted as a loss for both players.


Physical characteristics

Little is known as to what exactly causes one to be knocked unconscious, but many agree it is related to trauma to the brain stem. This usually happens when the head rotates sharply, often as a result of a strike. There are three general manifestations of such trauma: * a typical knockout, which results in a sustained (three seconds or more) loss of consciousness (comparable to general anesthesia, in that the recipient emerges and has lost memory of the event). * a "flash" knockout, when a very transient (less than three seconds) loss of consciousness occurs (in the context of a knock-down) and the recipient often maintains awareness and memory of the combat. * a "stunning", a "dazing" or a fighter being "out on his feet", when basic consciousness is maintained (and the fighter never leaves his feet) despite a general loss of
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and extreme distortions in proprioception, balance, visual fields, and auditory processing. Referees are taught specifically to watch for this state, as it cannot be improved by sheer willpower and usually means the fighter is already
concussed A concussion, also known as a mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), is a head injury that temporarily affects brain functioning. Symptoms may include loss of consciousness (LOC); memory loss; headaches; difficulty with thinking, concentration, ...
and unable to safely defend themselves. A basic principle of boxing and other combat sports is to defend against this vulnerability by keeping both hands raised about the face and the chin tucked in. This may still be ineffective if the opponent punches effectively to the
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. A fighter who becomes unconscious from a strike with sufficient knockout power is referred to as having been ''knocked out'' or ''KO'd'' (''kay-ohd''). Losing balance without losing consciousness is referred to as being ''knocked down'' ("down but not out"). Repeated blows to the head, regardless of whether they cause loss of consciousness, may in severe cases cause
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s or paralysis in the immediacy, and over time have been linked to permanent
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s such as chronic traumatic encephalopathy ("punch-drunk syndrome"). Because of this, many physicians advise against sports involving knockouts.


Knockdown

A knockdown occurs when a fighter touches the floor of the ring with any part of the body other than the feet following a hit, but is able to rise back up and continue fighting. The term is also used if the fighter is hanging on to the ropes, caught between the ropes, or is hanging over the ropes and is unable to fall to the floor and cannot protect himself. A knockdown triggers a count by the referee (normally to 10); if the fighter fails the count, then the fight is ended as a KO.Boxing Terminology
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A flash knockdown is a knockdown in which the fighter hits the canvas but recovers quickly enough that a count is not started.


Knockout records


Top 10 boxers by most KOs

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Billy Bird Billy Bird (1 January 1899 – 6 February 1951) was a British professional boxer who was active from 1920 to 1948 and boxed in the welterweight division. He fought a recorded 356 times in his 28 year-career and was regarded as one of the most a ...
(138) # Archie Moore (132) #
Young Stribling William Lawrence Stribling Jr. (December 26, 1904 – October 3, 1933), known as Young Stribling, was an American professional boxer who fought from Featherweight to Heavyweight from 1921 until 1933. He was the elder brother of fellow boxer He ...
(129) # Sam Langford (128) # Buck Smith (120) #
Kid Azteca Luis Villanueva Páramo (June 21, 1913 – March 16, 2002) was a Mexican boxer best known as ''Kid Azteca''. Villanueva boxed professionally from 1932 to 1961, making him one of a small number of fighters that fought during four decades. Archie M ...
(114) #
George Odwell George Odwell (15 February 1911 – 11 July 1995) was a British professional boxer who was active from 1930 to 1945 and boxed in the welterweight division. He fought a recorded 210 times in his 15 year-career and is currently ranked 7th on the ...
(111) # Sugar Ray Robinson, Alabama Kid (108) # Peter Maher (107) # Sandy Saddler (103)


Top 10 boxing champions (including interims) by KO percentage

Inactive National Boxing Association, World Colored Boxing Championship as well as list on List of current world boxing champions and European Boxing Union. # Edwin Valero, Artur Beterbiev (100%) # Deontay Wilder (98%) # Alfonso Zamora (97%) #
Ángel Acosta Ángel Acosta Gómez (born October 8, 1990) is a Puerto Rican professional boxer who held the WBO light flyweight title from 2017 to 2019. As an amateur, Acosta won the gold medal at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games. Early life Ac ...
, Dmitry Kudryashov, Jonathan Guzmán (96%) # Carlos Zárate Serna,
Wilfredo Gomez Wilfredo is a given name which may refer to: *Wilfredo Alicdan (born 1965), Filipino figurative artist *Wilfredo Alvarado (born 1970), Venezuelan football defender *Willy Caballero (born 1981), Argentine football goalkeeper * Wilfredo Caraballo (bo ...
, Frank Bruno (95%) #
Gervonta Davis Gervonta Davis ( ; born November 7, 1994) is an American professional boxer. He has held multiple world championships in three weight classes, including the WBA (Regular) lightweight title since 2019; the IBF super featherweight title in 2017; ...
,
Gerald McClellan Gerald Allen McClellan (born October 23, 1967) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1988 to 1995. He is a two-time middleweight world champion, having held the WBO title from 1991 to 1992, and the WBC title from 1993 to ...
, David Haye (93%) #
Yuniel Dorticos Yuniel Dorticós Pao (born 11 March 1986) is a Cuban professional boxer. He is a two-time former cruiserweight world champion, having held the WBA title from 2017 to 2018 and the IBF title from 2019 to 2020. As of August 2022, he is ranked as ...
, Gary Mason (92%) # Anthony Joshua, Vitali Klitschko, In-Chul Baek (91%) # Aaron Pryor,
Miguel Berchelt Miguel Ángel Berchelt Cervera (born 17 November 1991) is a Mexican professional boxer who held the WBC super featherweight title from 2017 to 2021. Amateur career Berchelt tried out at the age of 16 for the football club he supported as a ch ...
, George Foreman (89%) # Shannon Briggs,
Khaosai Galaxy Khaosai Galaxy ( th, เขาทราย แกแล็คซี่, born, 15 May 1959) is a Thai former professional boxer who competed between 1980 and 1991. He was also a Muay Thai practitioner. He held the WBA super-flyweight title betw ...
, Gennady Golovkin, David Benavidez, Mike Tyson, Rocky Marciano (88%)


Top 10 MMA fighters by most KOs

# Travis Fulton (143) # Igor Vovchanchyn (41) # Travis Wiuff (39) # Luís Santos (38) # Joe Riggs (37) # Paul Daley (35) #
Gilbert Yvel Gilbert Ramon Yvel (born 30 June 1976) is a Dutch professional mixed martial artist. A professional competitor since 1997, Yvel competed in the PRIDE Fighting Championships, Affliction, the UFC, Road FC, the RFA, RINGS, M-1 Challenge, Cage ...
(34) #
Alexander Shlemenko Alexander Pavlovich Shlemenko (russian: Александр Павлович Шлеменко, born 20 May 1984) is a Russian mixed martial artist currently fighting in the Middleweight division. He is most notable for fighting for Bellator Fi ...
(32) # Mirko Filipovic (30) # Melvin Manhoef (29)


Top 10 MMA (champions, challengers) fighters by KO percentage

Fighters from inactive Pride Fighting Championships and active UFC/ Bellator plus champions and former champions from other organizations. # Melvin Manhoef (91%) # Jimi Manuwa (88%) # Conor McGregor, Jiri Prochazka, Cain Velasquez,
Yoel Romero Yoel Romero Palacio (born April 30, 1977) is a Cuban professional mixed martial artist and former freestyle wrestler. He currently competes in the Light Heavyweight division for Bellator MMA. Romero formerly competed in the Middleweight divi ...
,
Gilbert Yvel Gilbert Ramon Yvel (born 30 June 1976) is a Dutch professional mixed martial artist. A professional competitor since 1997, Yvel competed in the PRIDE Fighting Championships, Affliction, the UFC, Road FC, the RFA, RINGS, M-1 Challenge, Cage ...
(86%) # Cody Garbrandt,
Justin Gaethje Justin Ray Gaethje (; born November 14, 1988) is an American professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Lightweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). He is a former Interim UFC Lightweight Champion. As ...
(83%) #
Derrick Lewis Derrick James Lewis (born February 7, 1985) is an American professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Heavyweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he currently holds the record for most knockouts i ...
(81%) # Mirko Filipovic, Mauricio Rua (78%) # Wanderlei Silva,
Mark Hunt Mark Richard Hunt (born 23 March 1974) is a New Zealand former mixed martial artist and kickboxer of Samoan descent, currently living in Sydney, Australia. Hunt competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) until 2018 and was the w ...
, Cristiane Justino (77%) # Stipe Miocic (76%) # Anthony Johnson, Igor Vovchanchyn (73%) # Junior Dos Santos, Robbie Lawler (71%)


Most consecutive KOs

* Boxing:
LaMar Clark LaMar F. Clark (December 1, 1933 – November 5, 2006) was an American professional boxer who fought in the heavyweight division. He was active from 1958 to 1961 and fought a recorded 46 times in his 3 year-career, mostly in his home state of Uta ...
(42) Note: Considering Clark's unbeaten run of 44–0 with 44 knockouts, one should take into account he faced limited to no opposition; his first bout with a top-ten ranked opponent, who happened to be Bartolo Soni (12–2–1), ended with a TKO loss for him. Two other notable cases of highly questionable consecutive knockout records in boxing history were Peter McNeeley, running 36–1 with 30 knockouts before facing recently paroled Mike Tyson (41–1–0), and Richie Melito, who built up a record of 18–0 with 17 knockouts and was dubbed the "White Tyson" before
Bert Cooper Bertram Cooper (January 10, 1966 – May 10, 2019), nicknamed Smokin' Bert Cooper, was an American professional boxer who competed between 1984 and 2012. He fought Evander Holyfield, George Foreman, Riddick Bowe, Michael Moorer, Chris Byrd, Ray M ...
(34–17) stopped him. Less notable but nevertheless mentionable cases include Don Steele, running 41–0 with 38 KOs before facing off Brian Nielsen (38–0), and Faruq Saleem, running 38–0 with 32 KOs before he faced casual actor Shawn McLean (3–4–0).
* MMA: Travis Fulton (10)


Most 1st round KOs and most consecutive 1st round KOs

* Boxing: Peter Maher (50) * Consecutive/Boxing: Ali Raymi (22) * MMA: Travis Fulton (68) Joe Riggs (26) * Consecutive/MMA: Igor Vovchanchyn, Travis Fulton (7)


Top 10 kickboxers by most KOs

# Changpuek Kiatsongrit (178) #
Frank Lobman Frank "The Animal" Lobman (18 November 1953 – 10 June 2021) was a Surinamese-Dutch kickboxer. He was five times the European kickboxing champion and had an astonishing 90% knockout ratio. He beat many notable fighters over his career, such a ...
(100) # Toshio Fujiwara (99) #
Andy Souwer Andy Souwer (born 9 November 1982) is a Dutch former welterweight kickboxer and mixed martial artist. He is a two-time K-1 World MAX champion (2005, 2007) and four-time Shootboxing World tournament champion as well as former It's Showtime 70MAX ...
(98) # Ramon Dekkers (95) # Badr Hari (92) # Fabrice Aurieng (89) # Mike Zambidis (86) #
Branko Cikatic Branko ( Cyrillic script: Бранко; ) is a South Slavic male given name found in all of the former Yugoslavia. It is related to the names Branimir and Branislav, and the female equivalent is Branka. People named Branko include: * Branko Babi ...
(82) # Peter Aerts (81)


Top 10 Kickboxers (champions, challengers) by KO percentage

K-1, K-2 and Glory champions and Grand-Prix Winners as well as champions from other promotions. # Andrew Thomson, Kevin Rosier (100%) #
Ginty Vrede Ginty Vrede (July 18, 1985 – January 28, 2008) was a Dutch kickboxer and 2008 WBC Muaythai Heavyweight World champion. Biography and career Vrede won the WBC Muaythai heavyweight World title by beating the previously unbeaten Shane del Rosario ...
(95%) # Branko Cikatić (94%) #
Mite Yine Mite Yine ( my, မိုက်ရိုင်း; born April 26, 1992) is a Burmese Lethwei fighter who competes in the World Lethwei Championship's Featherweight division. He is a former Lethwei Golden Belt champion, having won the title in ...
, Dennis Alexio,
Abiral Ghimire Abiral Ghimire (Nepali:अबिरल घिमिरे, born 9 September 1999) also known as Abiral Himalayan Cheetah (アビラル・ヒマラヤンチーター) is a Nepalese kickboxer, currently fighting in the super-welterweight division ...
(93%) #
Besim Kabashi Besim Kabashi (February 27, 1976 – December 4, 2011) was a Kosovar-German kickboxer who competed in the light heavyweight, cruiserweight and heavyweight divisions. He began his training in Germany after emigrating from Kosovo and initially com ...
, Alain Ngalani (92%) #
Frank Lobman Frank "The Animal" Lobman (18 November 1953 – 10 June 2021) was a Surinamese-Dutch kickboxer. He was five times the European kickboxing champion and had an astonishing 90% knockout ratio. He beat many notable fighters over his career, such a ...
(91%) # Benny Urquidez, Dustin Jacoby, Jean-Yves Theriault (90%) # Nicholas Pettas (89%) #
Alessandro Riguccini Alessandro Riguccini (born 25 March 1988 in Florence, Italy) is an Italian boxer, kickboxer and engineer coached by Mexican trainer Fernando Fernandez. Alessandro Riguccini is undefeated in professional boxing with a record of 28 wins with 24 ...
(88%) #
Zack Mwekassa Zack Mwekassa (born 20 January 1984) is a Congolese boxer and kickboxer who fights in GLORY. He is a former Interim Glory Light Heavyweight Champion As of 1 October 2017, he is ranked the #4 light-heavyweight in the world by CombatPress.com. ...
, Ben Edwards, Badr Hari,
Jean-Claude Leuyer Jean-Claude Leuyer (born November 30, 1970), or simply Jean Claude, is an American former heavyweight kickboxer. He was a six-time world champion, holding titles in four different organizations, and competing in sixteen world title fights. He hold ...
(87%)


Boxing's 50 knockout club (professional boxers with 50 or more knockouts)

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Billy Bird Billy Bird (1 January 1899 – 6 February 1951) was a British professional boxer who was active from 1920 to 1948 and boxed in the welterweight division. He fought a recorded 356 times in his 28 year-career and was regarded as one of the most a ...
138 * Archie Moore 132 *
Young Stribling William Lawrence Stribling Jr. (December 26, 1904 – October 3, 1933), known as Young Stribling, was an American professional boxer who fought from Featherweight to Heavyweight from 1921 until 1933. He was the elder brother of fellow boxer He ...
126 * Sam Langford 126 * Buck Smith 120 *
Kid Azteca Luis Villanueva Páramo (June 21, 1913 – March 16, 2002) was a Mexican boxer best known as ''Kid Azteca''. Villanueva boxed professionally from 1932 to 1961, making him one of a small number of fighters that fought during four decades. Archie M ...
114 *
George Odwell George Odwell (15 February 1911 – 11 July 1995) was a British professional boxer who was active from 1930 to 1945 and boxed in the welterweight division. He fought a recorded 210 times in his 15 year-career and is currently ranked 7th on the ...
111 * Sugar Ray Robinson 108 * Alabama Kid 108 *
Peter Maher (boxer) Peter Maher (born 16 March 1869, in Gunnode, Tuam, County Galway, Ireland – 22 July 1940 in Baltimore, Maryland) was an Irish boxer known for his powerful punch. Early in his career Maher won the 1888 Middleweight Championship of Ireland, ...
107 * Sandy Saddler 103 * Henry Armstrong 101 * Joe Gans 100 * Jimmy Wilde 98 *
Jorge Castro (boxer) Jorge Fernando "Locomotora" Castro ( es, link=no, locomotive) (born August 18, 1967) is an Argentine boxer and former middleweight champion of the world, who is best known for his second defense of the title against John David Jackson in 1994. E ...
90 * Tiger Jack Fox 89 *
Jock McAvoy Joseph Patrick Bamford (20 November 1908 – 20 November 1971), better known by his ring name Jock McAvoy, was a British boxing, boxer who fought from 1927 to 1945. He held the British Empire Middleweight Championship from 1933 to 1939, and t ...
88 * Julio César Chávez 86 * Yori Boy Campas 83 * Chalky Wright 83 * Tommy Freeman 83 *
Jose Luis Ramirez Jose is the English transliteration of the Hebrew and Aramaic name ''Yose'', which is etymologically linked to ''Yosef'' or Joseph. The name was popular during the Mishnaic and Talmudic periods. * Jose ben Abin * Jose ben Akabya *Jose the Galil ...
82 *
Charles Ledoux Charles Ledoux (27 October 1892 – 21 May 1967) was a French bantamweight boxer who was active from 1909 to 1926. While never capturing a world title, he squared off against the best opposition available to him both nationally and internation ...
81 * Ted Kid Lewis 80 *
Fritzie Zivic Fritzie Zivic (May 8, 1913 – May 16, 1984), born as Ferdinand Henry John Zivcich ( hr, Živčić), was an American boxer who held the world welterweight championship from October 4, 1940, until July 29, 1941. His managers included Luke Carney, ...
80 * Rubén Olivares 79 * George Godfrey 77 * George Chaney 76 * Torpedo Billy Murphy 76 *
Ceferino Garcia Ceferino Montano Garcia (August 26, 1906 – January 1, 1981) was a champion boxer born in Naval, Biliran, Philippines. He holds the most victories ever achieved by a Filipino boxer and is also the only boxer from the Philippines to become world ...
74 *
Primo Carnera Primo may refer to: People *DJ Premier (born 1966), hip-hop producer, sometimes goes by nickname Primo *Primo Carnera (1906–1967), Italian boxer, World Heavyweight champion 1933–1934 * Primo Cassarino (born 1956), enforcer for the Gambino cr ...
72 * Benny Bass 72 *
Rodolfo Gonzalez (boxer) Rodolfo is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Rodolfo (footballer, born 1992), Brazilian footballer Rodolfo José da Silva Bardella * Rodolfo Albano III, Filipino politician * Rodolfo Vera Quizon Sr. (1928-2012), Filipino actor ...
71 * Tommy Ryan 71 *
Roberto Durán Roberto Durán Samaniego (born June 16, 1951) is a Panamanian former professional boxer who competed from 1968 to 2001. He held world championships in four weight classes: lightweight, welterweight, light middleweight and middleweight, as ...
70 *
Benny Leonard Benny Leonard (born Benjamin Leiner; April 7, 1896 – April 18, 1947) was a Jewish American professional boxer who held the world lightweight championship for eight years, from 1917 to 1925. Widely considered one of the all-time greats, he was r ...
70 *
Jesus Pimentel Jesus, likely from he, יֵשׁוּעַ, translit=Yēšūaʿ, label=Hebrew/ Aramaic ( AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth (among other names and titles), was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious ...
68 *
Fred Fulton Fred Tobias Fulton, nicknamed "The Rochester Plasterer", (April 19, 1891 – July 7, 1973) was an American heavyweight professional boxer. Biography He was born in Blue Rapids, Kansas on April 19, 1891. Fulton made his professional debut in 1 ...
68 * Earnie Shavers 68 * George Foreman 68 * Joe Jeanette 68 *
Bill Brennan (boxer) Bill Brennan (June 23, 1893 – June 15, 1924) was an American boxer who fought and lost to World Heavyweight Champion Jack Dempsey in a well attended title fight that ended in a twelfth-round knockout on December 14, 1920, in Madison Square Gar ...
68 * Lou Brouillard 67 * Tommy Gomez 67 * Pedro Carrasco 66 *
Billy Petrolle William Michael Petrolle (January 10, 1905 – May 14, 1983) was a world lightweight boxing title contender. Boxing ran in the Petrolle family as his brothers Pete and Frank also shared his occupation.
66 * Marcel Cerdan 66 * Jack Dillon 66 * Lee Savold 65 * Willie Pep 65 * Elmer Ray 64 * George Chuvalo 63 * Carlos Zárate Serna 63 * Frank Moody 63 *
Eduardo Lausse Eduardo Jorge Lausse (November 27, 1927 – May 8, 1995) was an Argentinian middleweight contender, known for his knockout punch, who boxed from 1947 to 1960. He was a southpaw who fought mainly in South America. His career record was 75 w ...
62 * Alexis Argüello 62 *
Jack Kid Berg Judah Bergman, known as Jack Kid Berg or Jackie Kid Berg (28 June 1909 – 22 April 1991), was an English boxer born in the East End of London, who became the World Light Welterweight Champion in 1930. Biography Judah Bergman was born in Rom ...
61 * Barbados Joe Walcott 61 * Larry Gains 61 * Adilson Rodrigues 61 * Mickey Walker (boxer) 60 * Freddie Steele 60 * Ike Williams 60 * Cleveland Williams 60 *
Gregorio Peralta Gregorio Manuel Peralta (May 8, 1935 – October 3, 2001), better known as Gregorio "Goyo" Peralta, was a top Argentine boxer. Peralta enjoyed success as both a light heavyweight and a heavyweight, one of a select group Latin American Heavywei ...
60 *
Tami Mauriello Stefano "Tami" Mauriello (May 24, 1923 – December 3, 1999) was an American professional boxer and actor of Italian descent who was world ranked in two divisions during the 1940s. He thrice challenged for world titles, fighting Gus Lesnevich (t ...
60 *
Max Baer (boxer) Maximilian Adelbert Baer (February 11, 1909 – November 21, 1959) was an American professional boxer who was the world heavyweight champion from June 14, 1934, to June 13, 1935. Two of his fights (a 1933 win over Max Schmeling and a 1935 loss ...
59 * Young Peter Jackson 59 * Carlos Monzon 59 * Joe Knight (boxer) 59 * Ricardo Moreno 59 *
Panama Al Brown Alfonso Teofilo Brown (July 5, 1902 – April 11, 1951), better known as Panama Al Brown, was a Panamanian professional boxer. He made history by becoming boxing's first Latin American world champion, and is widely regarded as one of the greate ...
59 * Kid Pascualito 59 * James Red Herring 58 * Eric Esch 58 * Tony Galento 57 * John Henry Lewis 57 * Pascual Perez (boxer) 57 * Charley White 57 *
Kid Williams John Gutenko (December 1, 1893 – October 18, 1963) was a Ukrainian-born American boxer of Danish and Polish heritage who fought under the name Kid Williams and was known as the Baltimore Tiger, he knocked out Johnny Coulon in Vernon, Californi ...
57 *
Len Harvey Leonard Austen Harvey (11 July 1907 – 28 November 1976) was a British boxer. A great defensive boxer, he boxed at every weight division available at the time, from flyweight to heavyweight. He became the light-heavyweight and heavyweight cha ...
57 * Jose Luis Castillo 57 * Bob Fitzsimmons 57 * Tiger Flowers 56 *
Georges Carpentier Georges Carpentier (; 12 January 1894 – 28 October 1975) was a French boxer, actor and World War I pilot. He fought mainly as a light heavyweight and heavyweight in a career lasting from 1908 to 1926. Nicknamed the "Orchid Man", he stood and h ...
56 * Pedro Montanez 56 * Irish Bob Murphy 56 * Charles Kid McCoy 55 * Dixie Kid 55 * Gorilla Jones 55 * Freddie Mills 55 *
Manuel Ortiz (boxer) Manuel Ortiz (July 2, 1916 – May 31, 1970) was an American professional boxer in the bantamweight division and one of the very best boxers of the 1940s, and was named to Ring Magazine's list of the 80 Best Fighters of the Last 80 Years. In 1 ...
54 * Marcel Thil 54 * Solly Krieger 54 *
Jose Napoles Jose is the English transliteration of the Hebrew and Aramaic name ''Yose'', which is etymologically linked to ''Yosef'' or Joseph. The name was popular during the Mishnaic and Talmudic periods. *Jose ben Abin *Jose ben Akabya *Jose the Gali ...
54 * Bennie Briscoe 53 *
Obie Walker Obie Walker (September 19, 1911 - May 23, 1989), born Obie Dia Walker in Cochran, Georgia, was a professional boxer. Walker was the penultimate World Colored Heavyweight Champion from 9 October 1933, when he out-decisioned title holder George Go ...
53 *
Peter Kane Peter Kane (28 February 1918 – 23 July 1991) was an English flyweight boxer and a world champion in the 1930s. Kane was born in Heywood, Lancashire, on 28 February 1918, but grew up in the town of Golborne, Lancashire, after his family move ...
53 * Wladimir Klitschko 53 * Shannon Briggs 53 *
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Philadelphia Jack O'Brien Joseph Francis Hagan (better known as Philadelphia Jack O'Brien) (January 17, 1878 – November 12, 1942) was the world light heavyweight boxing champion in 1905 when he defeated Bob Fitzsimmons for the universal world title. Rather than defendi ...
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Lew Jenkins Lew Jenkins (December 4, 1916 – October 30, 1981) was an American boxer and NYSAC and ''The Ring'' lightweight champion from 1940-1941. He was born in Milburn, Texas and was raised during the Great Depression. He began fighting in carnivals an ...
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Packey McFarland Patrick "Packey" McFarland (November 1, 1888 – September 22, 1936) was an American boxer in the lightweight and welterweight divisions. Despite an extraordinary winning record, he was unable to secure a match for either world title. The ' ...
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Jorge Vaca Jorge Vaca (born 14 December 1959) is a Mexican former professional boxer who held the World Welterweight Championship. Professional career Vaca turned pro in 1978 and captured the WBC and Lineal welterweight title by beating Lloyd Honeygh ...
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Jorge Paez Jorge is a Spanish and Portuguese given name. It is derived from the Greek name Γεώργιος (''Georgios'') via Latin ''Georgius''; the former is derived from (''georgos''), meaning "farmer" or "earth-worker". The Latin form ''Georgius'' ...
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Jose Legra Jose is the English transliteration of the Hebrew and Aramaic name ''Yose'', which is etymologically linked to ''Yosef'' or Joseph. The name was popular during the Mishnaic and Talmudic periods. * Jose ben Abin *Jose ben Akabya *Jose the Gal ...
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See also

* Boxing styles and technique * Chin (combat sports) * Full contact karate * Punch (combat) *
Punching power Punching power is the amount of kinetic energy in a person's punches. Knockout power is a similar concept relating to the probability of any strike to the head to cause unconsciousness or a strike to the body that renders an opponent unable to c ...
* Taekwondo


References


External links


KO statistics of Mike Tyson, Wladimir Klitschko, Earnie Shavers, George Foreman and other heavyweight boxers

All famous MMA knockouts

The differences between knockouts and concussions; a simple discussion for beginning boxers
* https://archive.today/20130505222319/http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/cbzforum/showthread.php?1450-Most-Knockouts-Career {{Boxing Martial arts terminology Boxing rules and regulations