“The talkSPORT portal released an interesting rating”, — write: sport.ua
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The first place on the list was taken by the knockout of Buster Douglas against Mike Tyson in 1990. Then Buster created one of the main sensations in the history of boxing.
In second place is the iconic fight between Joe Frazier, who was defending the title of world champion at the time, and George Foreman. Young George outclassed Frazier, sending him to the canvas several times. Foreman knocked Frazier out in the second round.
The fight between Lennox Lewis and Hashim Rahman took place on the third step. Then Hasim inflicted the second and last defeat in his career on Lennox with a spectacular knockout in the fifth round.
There is also a Ukrainian footprint in the rating. TalkSPORT recalled Wladimir Klitschko’s sensational 2003 loss to Corrie Sanders, who knocked out the Ukrainian in the second round and stripped him of his WBO belt.
TalkSPORT’s top ten most shocking knockouts in heavyweight history
- 10. Tyson Fury knocked out Deontay Wilder (2nd fight, 2020)
- 9. Corrie Sanders knocked out Wladimir Klitschko (2003)
- 8. Mike Tyson knocked out Michael Spinks (1988)
- 7. Andy Ruiz knocked out Anthony Joshua (2019)
- 6. George Foreman knocked out Michael Moorer (1994)
- 5. Joe Louis knocked out Max Schmeling (1938)
- 4. Muhammad Ali knocked out George Foreman (1974)
- 3. Hasim Rahman knocked out Lennox Lewis (2001)
- 2. George Foreman knocked out Joe Frazier (1973)
- 1. Buster Douglas knocked out Mike Tyson (1990)