Curtis Stevens ‘redeemed’ with quick KO of Patrick Majewski
Middleweight Curtis Stevens put November’s loss to Gennady Golovkin behind him with a first-round blitzing of Patrick Majewski, who offered little resistance on the way to a 46-second knockout.
read more2013 Knockout of the Year, readers poll: Adonis Stevenson KO 1 Chad Dawson
It came down to two main choices, but readers went with Adonis Stevenson’s career-defining win over light heavyweight champ Chad Dawson as the best KO of the year. [Editor’s note: this is not THE RING magazine’s official choice for Knockout of the Year. The magazine’s official year-end awards for 2013 will be announced in the March edition.]
read morePhoto gallery: Yamanaka vs. Guevara Tokyo card
Photographer Naoki Fukuda’s shots from Tokyo, where WBC bantamweight titlist Shinsuke Yamanaka, former titleholders Roman Gonzalez and Takahiro Ao, and Jorge Linares all won by knockout.
read moreYamanaka, Gonzalez score KOs in Japan
Shinsuke Yamanaka showed why he is regarded as the hardest hitting bantamweight in the world today, knocking out Alberto Guevara in the ninth round to retain his WBC bantamweight title on Sunday afternoon in Tokyo.
read moreSegura stops Marquez in Mexico firefight
The flyweight battle between former titleholders Giovani Segura and Hernan Marquez lived up to the expectations of hardcore fans, with Segura scoring the KO in the waning moments of the 12th round.
read moreOrtiz-Mayweather fight
Victor Ortiz vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr. Photos by Naoki Fukuda.
read moreBogere vs. Contreras
Sharif Bogere scores a third-round KO of Francisco Contreras. Photos by Naoki Fukuda.
read morePhoto gallery: Salido vs. Cruz
Action shots from Orlando Salido’s seventh-round knockout of Orlando Cruz to win the WBO featherweight title. Photos by Jeff Bottari-Gettyimages.
read moreArreola KOs Mitchell in one
Chris Arreola returned to the heavyweight picture with a first-round knockout of Seth Mitchell, while on the Showtime undercard Mexican veteran Rafael Marquez succumbed in the ninth to Efrain Esquivias.
read morePhoto gallery: Gonzalez vs. Mares, Santa Cruz vs. Terrazas
Action shots from two title-winning knockouts in Carson, Calif.: Jhonny Gonzalez’s first-round KO of Abner Mares and Leo Santa Cruz’s third-round stoppage of Victor Terrazas. Photos by Naoki Fukuda.
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