2011 is almost at a close, and my favourite award each year is always knockout of the year! Here we are looking for brutal, nonstop, vicious knockouts.
Please take some time and watch the videos embedded in this thread, then vote on what you feel was the Best KO of 2011!
Some great KOs from 2011:
Lucian Bute KO 4 Jean Paul Mendy, July 2011 from Bucharest, Romania
Undefeated IBF Super Middleweight Chamion Lucian Bute KOs undefeated African/Frenchman with one swift left hand, Mendy falls face first to the canvas unconscious.
Denis Lebedev KO 10 Roy Jones Jr., May 2011 from Moscow, Russia
Russian Cruiserweight Lebedev fights Jones Jr. in a Russian superfight. Round 10 saw a methodical Lebedev brutally assault Jones, knocking Jones unconcsious against the ropes and still punching him while unconcsious dropping him brutally to the floor. Roy Jones needed several minutes to get to his feet and Russian commentators called it "the worst KO theyve ever seen".
Alexander Povetkin KO 8 Cedric Boswell, December 2011 from Helsinki, Finland
American heavyweight hasnt lost a fight in about 10 years, and promised to put American heavyweight boxing back on the map gets absolutely annihilated, brutally knocked unconscious by Russian Alex Povetkin in Finland. Knocked the Fcuk Out, totally.
Robert Helenius KO 9 Sam Peter, April 2011 from Halle, Germany
Finnish heavyweight hopeful Robert Helenius absolutely destroys African veteran and onetime thought of as heavyweight saviour, Sam Peter, dropping Peter numerous times and brutally KOing him with jab, right, hook combo.
Adrien Broner KO 1 Jason Litzau, June 2011 from Jalisco, Mexico
Betting underdog Adrien Broner knocks out Jason Litzau with a series of punches in round 1 on the undercard of Saul Alvarez/Ryan Rhodes.
Robert Helenius KO 9 Siarhei Liakhovich, August 2011 from Erfurt, Germany
Helenius breaks Liakhovich's nose, and drops him numerous times en route to this brutal, devastating series of punches which KOs the Belarussian in round 9 of a punishing fight.
Nonito Donaire KO 2 Fernando Montiel, February 2011 from Las Vegas, NV, USA
Super bantamweight superfight sees Filipino Donaire score an explosive KO over veteran Mexican Fernando Montiel. Montiel at one point seemed to be flailing his arms while he was knocked down on the canvas.
Marco Huck KO 6 Rogelio Rossi, October 2011 from Ludwigsburg, Germany
Argentinean challenger comes to Germany to challenge for Huck's WBO title and is absolutely splattered in this brutal beatdown by Bosnian/German tough guy Marco Huck a.k.a. Muamer Hukic!
Andy Lee KO 10 Craig McEwan, March 2011 from Ledyard, CT, USA
Andy Lee, behind on the cards after having been outboxed for the majority of the fight, comes back to KO a noticeably fatigued Craig McEwan in the final round. McEwan was a virtual unknown entering this fight and surrisingly was able to largely outbox Lee for most of the fight.
Please take some time and watch the videos embedded in this thread, then vote on what you feel was the Best KO of 2011!
Some great KOs from 2011:
Lucian Bute KO 4 Jean Paul Mendy, July 2011 from Bucharest, Romania
Undefeated IBF Super Middleweight Chamion Lucian Bute KOs undefeated African/Frenchman with one swift left hand, Mendy falls face first to the canvas unconscious.
Denis Lebedev KO 10 Roy Jones Jr., May 2011 from Moscow, Russia
Russian Cruiserweight Lebedev fights Jones Jr. in a Russian superfight. Round 10 saw a methodical Lebedev brutally assault Jones, knocking Jones unconcsious against the ropes and still punching him while unconcsious dropping him brutally to the floor. Roy Jones needed several minutes to get to his feet and Russian commentators called it "the worst KO theyve ever seen".
Alexander Povetkin KO 8 Cedric Boswell, December 2011 from Helsinki, Finland
American heavyweight hasnt lost a fight in about 10 years, and promised to put American heavyweight boxing back on the map gets absolutely annihilated, brutally knocked unconscious by Russian Alex Povetkin in Finland. Knocked the Fcuk Out, totally.
Robert Helenius KO 9 Sam Peter, April 2011 from Halle, Germany
Finnish heavyweight hopeful Robert Helenius absolutely destroys African veteran and onetime thought of as heavyweight saviour, Sam Peter, dropping Peter numerous times and brutally KOing him with jab, right, hook combo.
Adrien Broner KO 1 Jason Litzau, June 2011 from Jalisco, Mexico
Betting underdog Adrien Broner knocks out Jason Litzau with a series of punches in round 1 on the undercard of Saul Alvarez/Ryan Rhodes.
Robert Helenius KO 9 Siarhei Liakhovich, August 2011 from Erfurt, Germany
Helenius breaks Liakhovich's nose, and drops him numerous times en route to this brutal, devastating series of punches which KOs the Belarussian in round 9 of a punishing fight.
Nonito Donaire KO 2 Fernando Montiel, February 2011 from Las Vegas, NV, USA
Super bantamweight superfight sees Filipino Donaire score an explosive KO over veteran Mexican Fernando Montiel. Montiel at one point seemed to be flailing his arms while he was knocked down on the canvas.
Marco Huck KO 6 Rogelio Rossi, October 2011 from Ludwigsburg, Germany
Argentinean challenger comes to Germany to challenge for Huck's WBO title and is absolutely splattered in this brutal beatdown by Bosnian/German tough guy Marco Huck a.k.a. Muamer Hukic!
Andy Lee KO 10 Craig McEwan, March 2011 from Ledyard, CT, USA
Andy Lee, behind on the cards after having been outboxed for the majority of the fight, comes back to KO a noticeably fatigued Craig McEwan in the final round. McEwan was a virtual unknown entering this fight and surrisingly was able to largely outbox Lee for most of the fight.
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