KO is better than a TKO???

[gopi11]

I remember Vic Darchinyan made a big fuzz about the "TKO" win he got on his record against Nonito's brother, Glenn Donaire. He even promised to KO Nonito as a payback because his bro quit and got a TKO instead of a KO.

So KO is better than a TKO, right?

Which brings me to this...

Michael Buffer said that Pacman won via a 2nd round TKO against Ricky Hatton. Ref Bayless didn't even bother to count and waived off the bout. Was it really a TKO win for Pacman? Or a KO win like what BoxRec says?

[ACHlLLES]

It was clearly a KO, ricky hatton was knocked out cold and looked like a dying fish on the mat.

[andrew14]

what is her name, on your sig?

[gopi11]

It was clearly a KO, ricky hatton was knocked out cold and looked like a dying fish on the mat.

Then Buffer made a mistake?

If that is a TKO, I would rather be KOed! lol

[araindon]

I actually think it was a TKO. KO is when you go down for the 10 count and TKO is when the ringside dr or the ref stop the fight out of worry for a boxers safety. Kenny Bayless stopped the fight the moment Hatton hit the canvas because he thought he was in bad shape and probably thought counting to 10 would endanger him more (ie. swallow his tongue). So I think it was a TKO! Might be wrong though!

[gopi11]

I actually think it was a TKO. KO is when you go down for the 10 count and TKO is when the ringside dr or the ref stop the fight out of worry for a boxers safety. Kenny Bayless stopped the fight the moment Hatton hit the canvas because he thought he was in bad shape and probably thought counting to 10 would endanger him more (ie. swallow his tongue). So I think it was a TKO! Might be wrong though!

That's how I understand it too. If a boxer can't beat the 10 count, that's a KO, while if the ref didn't even bother to count, it's TKO..

[TheGreatA]

It doesn't really matter because most referees don't bother to count to 10 anymore.

[araindon]

Yeah. I mean it stands for Technical Knock Out and the ref could have probably counted to 100,000 and Ricky would have still been out of it! It was a TKO by the rule book, but boxrec etc have it down as a KO for some reason or another!

[dog1dog2]

I actually think it was a TKO. KO is when you go down for the 10 count and TKO is when the ringside dr or the ref stop the fight out of worry for a boxers safety. Kenny Bayless stopped the fight the moment Hatton hit the canvas because he thought he was in bad shape and probably thought counting to 10 would endanger him more (ie. swallow his tongue). So I think it was a TKO! Might be wrong though!

This is correct. The Pac / Hatton fight end was unquestionably ended via TKO and not by KO in the semantic, official scoring sense. A "KO" only officially occurs when you are given and fail to rise for a full 10-count.

As stated above, neither are really any better than the other. They are equally meaningful.

[MANGLER]

You'd think a KO is better, just cuz it can't be disputed. As for Pac-Hatton, it don't matter. Pac will have Hatton's name on his 'wins by KO' list, and we saw him truly knock him the **** out.