Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome back to The Fight Game.
The sport of boxing, the numero uno of the combat world, is home to numerous world-famous
superstars right now.
But what's more important is that those superstars are merely beginning their
journeys.
One of the oldest sports in the world remains forever young.
In our last video we took a look at 15 of the best knockouts, to truly appreciate the
power a perfectly placed punch really holds.
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Canelo Alvarez, Teofimo Lopez, Errol Spence, Terence Crawford, Ryan Garcia, Devin Haney,
Anthony Joshua, Tyson Fury, and that doesn't even scratch the surface.
From top to bottom, boxing is back.
With destroyers like Inoue, Golovkin and Wilder, the sport is home to all sorts of talent,
devastating knockout artists included.
That's without mentioning perhaps the most devastating of them all, Gervonta Davis.
Commentator: "Here's a guy with over 2 million followers on social media, he's rubbing shoulders
with rap royalty like Drake, and just like Atlantis Migos - Davis came from
nothing to something and if he continues to deliver like Santa, more and more people are
likely to pay to view the Tank experience."
Commentator: "Oh and down goes...
Oh and there is a lethal left uppercut!"
[MUSIC PLAYING] Knockouts, masterclasses, slugfests, drama,
confidence, destruction, whatever you want, boxing's got it.
Just like knockouts, nothing gets fans jumping out of their seats like an eye-catching perfect
shot.
And in this video we take a look at 25 punches that are just epic.
Keith Thurman is a hard punching welterweight.
This punch makes our list not only for landing, but for the staredown Thurman gives his opponent
as he falls to the floor.
This gazelle punch from Shawn Porter lands perfectly.
Commentator: "Oh!
Porter with the hook."
Porter springs off the floor in a leaping hook landing clean.
Adrien Broner is a very talented boxer.
Commentator: "Oh!
Down goes Porter!"
This left hook lands perfectly as Broner jumps in to knock Porter down.
John Riel Casimero is a boxer from the Philippines, watch him land a bizarre uppercut to end the
fight.
This punch defies all conventional rules of boxing.
A lead uppercut thrown while jumping in, then rolling his opponents hook and turning
his back as his opponent subdues to fatigue.
This is a Matrix-like sequence.
This uppercut from Joshua is one of his most picture-perfect.
Commentator: "Oh!!
Anthony Joshua!"
As Joshua pulls Klitschko's head down, he throws a massive right uppercut to launch
Klitschko's chin sky-high.
The uppercut is a strong punch Joshua holds.
The fights between Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin were just epic. Canelo is a great
counter-puncher when pushed to the ropes.
Commentator: "Oh good shot!" Canelo gets down low and then lands a counter
right-uppercut on Golovkin.
The rematch turned out to be an even better fight showing the whole world what boxing
is capable of.
Here Golovkin lands a crushing right hand to side of Canelo's face, snapping his head
to the side.
Canelo is hard to land clean on as he often rolls his head with the punches, but this
wasn't the case here.
Teofimo Lopez is the king of the lightweight division.
Commentator: "Oh and a big shot...!"
This epic right hand knocks his opponent down.
Both boxers throw the same punch, but Lopez lands by being more accurate.
Errol Spence is an excellent fighter on the inside.
Spence lands a short left hook to Porter's chin knocking him down.
Watch how Spence controls Porter with his lead hand to set up for the hook.
Andre Ward was the person to deal Sergey Kovalev his first loss.
Commentator: "Oh hard right hand..."
This crushing right-hand lands perfectly on the chin.
Ward is a boxer of pure precision.
This sequence from Ward is the ultimate showcase of his boxing ability.
Ward manages to parry Barrera's jab, then lands a right of his own from the opening
he makes with the parry, then blocks the following left
hook from Barrera.
All of this done in under 300 milliseconds.
Sor Rungvisai is a boxer from Thailand with thunderous power.
Commentator: "Oh down goes chocolatito on a collossal right hook!"
This right-hook on Roman Gonzales is savage, as Gonzales comes forward on a counter attack
Sor Rungvisai swings a crushing right hook to the chin with the compounded momentum
of himself, and his opponent.
Adrien Broner brings life to the party, but Marcos Maidana brings power to the ring.
Commentator: "Broner goes down for the first time in his career!"
A looping left-hook on the chin drops Broner, sending him to the ropes.
Marcos Maidana remains the only person to ever drop Adrien Broner.
Naoya Inoue has great balance and stability in his legs.
Commentator: "He's got him with a left hand!"
Inoue drops his opponent with a monster left-hook.
He would go on to win the world boxing super series with this victory under his belt.
Daniel Jacobs arguably had punch of the night when he fought Canelo Alvarez.
Jacobs lands a crazy left hand, Canelo manages to utilize a headroll to deflect the damage,
but nonetheless a very impressive shot from Jacobs.
Back to the Golovkin fight.
Canelo lands his deceptive left hook.
Only a few boxers have been able to score on Gennady Golovkin as clean as this.
Canelo's fight against Smith on DAZN was home to this beautiful uppercut.
This is of course a common move from Canelo, flicking the right hand up as a feint, then
coming up from down low to land clean.
The liver-punch is the pound-for-pound best body-punch.
Commentator: "And down goes Maidana!"
Here Khan lands a crushing left hand to Marcos Maidana's liver.
Next up we have this knockdown from Israil Madrimov.
Commentator: "Good hook and down he goes!"
Madrimov steps and slips to the outside, then jumps in with a massive left hook.
Generally when a boxer moves to the outside a punch from the outside is
expected, which would be a right-hand in this case.
This resulted in his opponent moving back to [the] right to avoid that, but Madrimov
actually comes up with a left-hook instead, landing clean.
This hook from Manny Pacquiao is very unique.
Landing while rolling is a very hard thing to do and requires insane boxing technicality.
Gervonta Davis is a ruthless power-puncher.
Commentator: "Gamboa and Davis now in the final 15 seconds and Davis lands a left hand
dropping Gamboa again!"
Here Gamboa tries to initiate a clinch with Davis, but Davis pushes him off and lands
a crushing left hook.
The ability to control your opponent like this
at world level is very important.
Jaron Ennis is one of the best prospects the sport has today.
Ennis is a fast boxer, throwing a right-hand over a lazy jab knocks his opponent down.
Mayweather's win over Oscar De La Hoya catapulted him to superstardom.
Here Mayweather lands a clean right hand just at the end of the round.
This punch from Golovkin is very impressive.
Golovkin lands a punch immediately after getting hit.
Golovkin keeps his balance and momentum moving forward with a punch despite getting hit flush.
Golovkin's power and chin is much greater than his opponents, and therefor knocks him
down.
Mayweather is a perfectionist when it comes to counter-punching.
Here Mayweather leans back to avoid Maidana's jab then lands a straight counter right-hand.
That was 25 epic punches, we hope you enjoyed this video.
We'll see you in the next one here on The Fight Game.