Essentially the most rewarding comeback knockouts in boxing historical past, together with Rocky Marciano and Carl Froch, after Leigh Wooden’s sensational closing spherical KO of Michael Conlan

A couple of weeks in the past, Leigh Wooden and Michael Conlan met in Nottingham and battled it out in a Combat of the 12 months contender, with an ending that no-one anticipated.

Conlan regarded in management for almost all of the struggle regardless of a valiant effort from Wooden and it appeared as if the Irishman simply wanted to outlive to the ultimate bell to assert victory.

Wooden and Conlan placed on an all-time classicMark Robinson/Matchroom

However midway by the Twelfth spherical, Wooden knocked Conlan out chilly, sending him by the ropes to upset the percentages and defend his WBA featherweight world title.

As soon as it was established that Conlan was OK, hypothesis rapidly turned to Wooden’s subsequent opponent, because the Brit may now discover himself in a profitable unification bout all off the again of that one punch.

Wooden, nonetheless, is just not the one man in boxing historical past to take such large rewards from only one punch late on in a struggle.

Right here’s another memorable comeback moments in boxing…

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Julio Cesar Chavez Sr

By 1990, Julio Cesar Chavez Sr had already amassed a report of 68-0 and a popularity as among the finest fighters within the sport of boxing – and he had an enormous Mexican fanbase behind him.

On March 17 in 1990, Chavez met an thrilling younger American, Meldrick Taylor, within the ring for a struggle that was billed as ‘Thunder meets Lightning’ and it went onto win The Ring Journal’s ‘Combat of the 12 months’ and ‘Combat of the Decade’ awards.

Taylor dominated by the midway level of the struggle utilizing his fast palms and evasive reflexes to frustrate his Mexican opponent and construct himself a cushty lead on the scorecards.

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Within the latter rounds, Chavez’s relentless strain started to inform and within the closing few seconds of the struggle, effectively behind on two of the three judges scorecards, Chavez dropped Taylor with a clear proper hand to the chin and the referee waved off the struggle with two seconds left on the clock.

This knockout helped preserve Chavez’s unbeaten report and catapulted him to being broadly considered the perfect fighter on the earth within the coming years.

Chavez additionally went on to safe profitable fights with the likes of Hector Camacho, Pernell Whitaker and Oscar De La Hoya to call a couple of, in addition to a struggle with Greg Haugen on the Estadio Azteca, which was attended by 132,247 spectators.

In a very memorable, dramatic and unbelievable struggle, Julio Cesar Chavez, stopped Meldrick Taylor within the closing seconds of the Twelfth and closing spherical!

The Ring Journal from New York thought-about this bout to be the perfect of the 12 months, after which the best of the last decade! pic.twitter.com/kPz4CNpEyI

— World Boxing Council (@WBCBoxing) March 17, 2022

GettyChavez and Taylor fought once more in 1994 and Chavez stopped Taylor within the eighth spherical[/caption]

Carl Froch

We’ve all heard Carl Froch repeatedly name-drop the truth that he knocked George Groves in entrance of 80,000 followers at Wembley Stadium, however was there an opportunity that struggle by no means occurred within the first place?

5 years earlier, as Froch was starting to make a reputation for himself, having simply turn into a world champion by beating Jean Pascal, he was then set to tackle Jermain Taylor in his first title defence.

Going into the ultimate spherical of the struggle, Froch was down on two of the three judges scorecards and he wanted a knockout to win.

Inside the ultimate minute of spherical 12, Froch landed a crushing proper cross to drop Taylor, who managed to get again to his toes, however Froch adopted up with a barrage of punches and the referee had no alternative however to cease the struggle with 15 seconds left on the clock.

This win established Froch as a respectable world champion at 168 lbs and he went on to have a streak of ten straight world title bouts, together with large cash fights with Andre Ward, Mikkel Kessler and naturally his fiercest rival, George Groves.

Froch’s Twelfth-round overcome Taylor was as dramatic as they comeGetty Pictures – Getty

What a comeback! @Carl_Froch stops Jermain Taylor within the nick of time to finish a sensational win State Facet, on the spherical clock! pic.twitter.com/ODucWNGeit

— BBTV Boxing (@britishboxers) Could 14, 2020

Rocky Marciano

Rocky Marciano is known for being the one heavyweight world champion to complete his profession unbeaten, however he virtually didn’t turn into a world champion in any respect.

The ‘Brockton Blockbuster’ obtained his first shot on the heavyweight world title in 1952 in opposition to the formidable however ageing champion, Jersey Joe Walcott.

Walcott was the favorite going into the bout and because the motion unfolded it appeared as if the bookies had it bought proper, after Marciano was dropped within the first spherical and he was struggling to become familiar with Walcott’s energy and calculated aggression.

It appeared to all be going the champion’s method till the thirteenth spherical.

Marciano was trailing by a number of rounds on all three judges scorecards, however he by some means managed to drag a miraculous one-punch knockout from nowhere to see himself topped the brand new heavyweight champion.

This struggle meant Marciano maintained his unbeaten report and he went on to defend his world title six occasions, knocking out each opponent he confronted and writing himself into the historical past books.

Rocky Marciano retired with a report of 49-0

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