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18 unusual facts about Knockout


Alexander Dimitrenko

The fight was stopped in the fifth round, giving Dimitrenko his fourth consecutive victory by T.K.O. and was the sixth title defense of his WBO Inter-Continental Heavyweight belt.

Bobby Rodriguez

Rodriguez won his first 20 professional fights, losing for the first time by TKO on January 16 of 1969, when he was stopped due to cuts in the sixth round of a fight with Pete Gonzalez at Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles.

Bradley Davies

Within the first minute of the game, All Blacks hooker Andrew Hore swung his right arm, hitting Davies hard in the jaw from behind and knocking him unconscious.

Bunny Sterling

Managed by George Francis, he won the British and Commonwealth middleweight titles on September 8, 1970 at Wembley Stadium in London, knocking out Mark Rowe in the fourth round.

CCR1

Knockout studies of the mouse homolog suggested the roles of this gene in host protection from inflammatory response, and susceptibility to virus and parasite.

Dean Pithie

Pithie claimed the WBC International title in his next fight however, avenging his loss at the hands of Matabola by 2nd round TKO.

Derric Rossy

The fight was stopped in the fifth round, giving Dimitrenko his fourth consecutive victory by TKO and the fight was for Dimitrenko's WBO Inter-Continental Heavyweight belt.

Giampaolo Faelli

Among his most talented trainees are two Italian professional champions, Simone Desirelli, who beat Stefano Stradella, and Marco Chiesa, a young super-heavyweight talent with an impressive KO record.

Gil Castillo

Castillo fought on May 21, 2004 at WEC 10 against future IFL Lightweight Champion Ryan Schultz and lost via TKO.

Jermaine Woods

His second professional fight was his first professional fight outside Phoenix: On February 1, 1997, he knocked out Gene Jones in the first round at Chula Vista, California.

Joey Roach

Three fights later he would lose via TKO to Mauro Diaz, who was previously 1–7–1 before the fight with Roach.

Jordan Watson

After outpointing Killy Guelladrss in the quarter-finals and knocking out Harvey Harra in the semis, he suffered the first loss of his professional career at the hands of Sophiane Allouche in the tournament final.

Nick Mamalis

He defeated Rios via TKO due to strikes 4:40 into the first round, securing his place in the tournament.

Tam Khan

Tam made his professional debut as a fighter in 2006 when faced and defeated Jon Gafney in the first round at the UWC 1 event by TKO.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Melee

Knock Out challenges the player to KO the most players in a set time or to reach a set amount of KO first.

Tom Erikson

Following this, he won the Brazil Open '97 heavyweight tournament on June 15, 1997 by knocking out fellow American wrestler Kevin Randleman in the final.

Valdrin Vatnikaj

After knocking out Antony Plouvier at the tournament's opening round in Genk, Belgium on March 10, he then outpointed Mansour Yaqubi in the second round in Eindhoven, Netherlands on April 7 to book his place at the finals, featuring the eight remaining fighters and held in Eindhoven on September 22.

Vladine Biosse

During the first round Knockout win over Jeffery Osborne Jr., Biosse had broken his hand meaning he would not able to fight as soon as he would like.


1956–57 in English football

They began on a high note by eliminating Belgian champions Anderlecht, confirming qualification for the first knockout round by beating the Belgian side 10-0 in the premilinary round second leg at Old Trafford.

1983–84 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship

The 1983–84 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship was the 14th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, an inter-county knockout competition for Ireland's top championship clubs representing each county.

1984–85 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship

The 1984–85 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship was the 15th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, an inter-county knockout competition for Ireland's top championship clubs representing each county.

1996 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone

The top two teams of each pool play-off in a two-round knockout stage to decide which nation progresses to World Group II play-offs.

AJ Banal

Despite leading in all three judges' scorecards, he lost by knockout to Panama's Rafael Concepción.

Allocation money

# Teams playing in the CONCACAF Champions League Group Stages or Knockout Round (with additional money being given for each of those a team is in for a given season)

Arnold Taylor

After two non title wins, he lost the title, and suffered his first career defeat, when he was knocked out in the first round by Dennis Adams on 1 July of the same year.

Boxing in the 1980s

March 10- Marvin Hagler retains his undisputed world Middleweight title with an eleventh round knockout of John Mugabi, Thomas Hearns wins the NABF Middleweight title with a first round knockout of James Shuler, and Gaby Canizales wins the WBA world Bantamweight title with a seventh round knockout of Richie Sandoval, who was critically injured and almost died in the days after the fight.

September 6- Don King's Heavyweight tournament continues as Michael Spinks defeats Steffen Tangstad by a knockout in round four to retain his IBF belt, in Las Vegas.

Brazil at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Isabel Clark Ribeiro qualified for the knockout rounds in the women's snowboard cross with the 5th fastest time, but a third place finish in her quarterfinal left her battling for 9th place.

Duilio Spagnolo

He scored his only three career knockout wins during this streak, beating Mike Fisher in five, Louis Clark in three and Jim Lake in five.

Duke McKenzie

Both titles were relinquished when McKenzie won the IBF flyweight Title on 5 October 1988 with an 11th round knockout over Rolando Bohol.

Eddie Campagnuolo

It was then that he met the great Willie Pep in a bout for the world featherweight championship and lost by TKO in the 7th round.

Eusebio Pedroza

Pedroza won three fights in 1977, two by knockout, and then, on April 1978, the WBA featherweight champion, Cecilio Lastra of Spain, travelled to Panama to defend his title on April 18 against Pedroza, who knocked him out in round 13 to become world featherweight champion.

FA Cup Final

It is the culmination of a knockout competition among clubs belonging to The Football Association in England, although Scottish and Irish teams competed in the early years and Welsh teams regularly compete, with Cardiff City winning the Cup in 1927 and reaching the final in 2008.

Football in South Korea

They then qualified for the knockout stages of the 2010 World Cup Group B with 4 points, winning 2–0 against Greece, losing 4–1 to Argentina and drawing 2–2 with Nigeria.

Forrest Hill Milford

Forrest Hill Milford reached the Quarter-Final of the 2009 Chatham Cup (New Zealand's premier club knockout competition), where they were beaten by eventual champions Wellington Olympic 4-3.

Frederik Klokker

He was released by Derbyshire following the 2009 season, but continued to feature in Minor counties cricket with Suffolk, making five Minor Counties Championship and four MCCA Knockout Trophy appearances.

George Foreman vs. Shannon Briggs

However, despite his impressive record, his one loss had been a third round knockout against Darroll "Doin' Damage" Wilson on HBO the previous year which halted his momentum and hurt his status as one of the premier up-and-coming heavyweights.

Grubby Hands Limited

David Haye’s Knockout was made in association with David Haye, the former heavy weight and undisputed cruiser weight champion of the world, the game was released in conjunction with Haye's heavyweight unification title fight with Wladimir Klitschko in Hamburg.

Gurty Calambé

On August 9, 2011, Calambé finally scored his first official goal for Mauritius in their 2 – 0 win in the group stage of the 2011 Indian Ocean Island Games football tournament over Comoros to help secure Club M's place in the knockout stage.

How Steeple Sinderby Wanderers Won the F.A. Cup

In 1930 as an unqualified 18-year old teacher he played a season for South Milford White Rose when they won a football knockout tournament.

Howard Davis, Jr.

He retired for good after a second-round knockout loss to Dana Rosenblatt.

Hugo Corro

On September 16 of '88 he lost to another famous Argentine boxer, Juan Roldán, by knockout in round one.

Ignacio Scocco

"El Tucán", was a regular fixture in the Newell's Old Boys setup, and during the Clausura 2006 season he scored 9 goals in 18 games, but better was to come in the 2006 edition of the Libertadores where Newell's reached the knockout stage.

Johnny Saxton

He lost the title the following year via technical knockout against Tony DeMarco.

Jorge Páez

On August 7, 1997, he lost by a knockout in eight to Angel Manfredy for the WBU Super Featherweight title.

Koki Eto

He would then lose the title to Yodmongkol Vor Saengthep on November 29, 2013 in his first title defense in Chonburi via twelfth-round knockout.

Microsoft International Soccer 2000

Friendly games are non-competitive, leagues provide round-robin and knockout events, while the competitions category contains a variety of competitions such as the FIFA World Cup or UEFA European Football Championship.

Miguel Cotto vs. DeMarcus Corley

According to El Vocero, the newspaper that interviewed the former world champion on arrival at Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport, Corley showed confidence and kept smiling, but predicted a unanimous decision win, which is somewhat uncommon among boxers, as they usually predict knockout wins.

Miguel Santana

On July 25, 1987, Santana faced Pernell Whitaker, who defeated Santana by a sixth round knockout for the NABF and USBA lightweight titles in Norfolk, Virginia.

Newcastle Emlyn RFC

The Geraint Howells Knockout Cup for local teams was won by Emlyn in the 1987/88 season.

Nigel Benn

In 1991, he beat Marvin Hagler's half brother, Robbie Sims, by a knockout in round seven, followed by a close, disputed decision win against Thulani Malinga, and a one-punch KO victory against Dan Sherry.

Ogenyi Onazi

Notably, Onazi played every minute of all Nigeria's games in the knockout phase, including the final.

Oratia United

The team's best performance in the Chatham Cup, the nation's leading knockout football competition, came in 19891998 when the team reached the last 16 stage of the competition.

Orlando Romero

On October 22, he had his first bout outside Lima, when he knocked out Carlos Soriano in the second round at Trujillo.

Riddick Bowe vs. Michael Dokes

In 1990 though, his comeback was haulted after he was dominated by Donovan "Razor" Ruddock and lost by fourth round technical knockout after being hit with a vicious combination that knocked him unconscious.

Ryan Rhodes

Rhodes lost his WBC light middleweight challenge bout against Saúl Álvarez with a technical knockout in the twelfth round on 18 June 2011 in Guadalajara, Mexico.

Taça de Macau em futebol

Taça de Macau em futebol is the top football knockout tournament in Macau.

Tadashi Mihara

In June 1981, he won via a fifth round knockout, in the undercard of Ayub Kalule vs. Sugar Ray Leonard, at the Reliant Astrodome, Houston.

Ted Bami

In April, 2003, Bami won the vacant WBF light welterweight title with a 9th round knockout of Vasile 'Laszlo' Herteg.

Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa

Between 1959 and 1964 the winner of the Taça Brasil, a knockout competition which was contended in Brazil between 1959 and 1968, provided the Brazilian entrant for the following season's Copa Libertadores.

Transformers: The Veiled Threat

After an extended chase where Knockout proves he has what it takes, and Starscream challenges Prime to single combat inside Rome's Colosseum.

Trinidad and Tobago League Cup

The knockout tournament was inaugurated in 2000 and is currently sponsored by First Citizens Bank.

UFC 76

The main event was anticipated to be Chuck Liddell versus Wanderlei Silva, a long-awaited match between the two popular former champions of the UFC and PRIDE, respectively; however, the main event featured a fight between former Light Heavyweight Champion Chuck Liddell and The Ultimate Fighter 2 alum Keith Jardine, with both fighters returning from knockout losses at UFC 71.