5 Best One Punch Knockouts

The 5 best one punch knockouts in boxing are an array of face smashing, heart dropping highlight reel shots that were heard around the boxing world. From the shocking Hasim Rahman to the violence of Mike Tyson, you are sure to feel every jaw shattering punch.

1. Paul McCloskey defeated Giuseppe Lauri. From Belfast, Ireland, June 2010, come one of the five best one punch knockouts in boxing history. McCloskey decimated Lauri with unanswered punches until the 11^th round when he drops Lauri with a right hook that sent him to the canvas. The referee did not even bother counting as he waved off the fight.

2. Iran “The Blade” Barkley defeated Thomas “Hitman” Hearns, 1988. Hearns was beating Barkley going into the third and minutes into the round the an assault was being given as Hearns had Barkley in dire straights, were both going for the kill. Hearns bounced Barkley into the ropes for a blitzkrieg of punches when Barkley launched a right hand that knocked Hearns down and out with one of five best one punch knockouts in boxing.

3. Hasim Rahman defeated Lennox Lewis, 2001. In boxing, not taking your opponent seriously will get you laid out on the canvas, looking at the lights. Lewis was a monster going into this fight and the odds were 15-to-1 that Lewis would steamroll “ The Rock” and meet Mike Tyson for the World Championship. Rahman had other plans as he sent a huge right at the minute and a half mark of the fifth round to Lewis' jaw that sent him to the canvas, arms straight out above his head, knocked out from one solid punch.

4. Antonio Tarver defeated Roy Jones, Jr., 2004. With a previous 12 round decision win over Tarver that many thought Tarver had won, Jones threw out excuse after excuse and wanted a rematch to show he could beat Tarver by knockout the next time they met. The fight was signed and Jones was pumped to take his revenge. Tarver had other ideas as mid-way through the second round Tarver countered with a left that put Jones to sleep. Tarver's win was unexpected and becomes one of the five best one punch knockouts in boxing history.

5. Mike Tyson defeated Michael Spinks. In Atlantic City, 1988 a still ypung and vicious Mike Tyson destroys Michael Spinks in one of the most violent and one of the five best one punch knockouts in boxing. Tyson plowed through Spinks within the first round, and some say that Tyson scared Spinks into losing even before the fight started.