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“All Monsters”: Nine Highest Knockout Percentages in Boxing Leave Fans Floored

ByJaideep R Unnithan

Mar 1, 2023 | 7:15 AM EST

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Let’s admit it for once. Your average, middle-of-the-road fan enters the arena to cheer for his favorite boxer. Of course, there is nothing sweeter than a win. But a knockout win acts as the icing on the cake. When two fighters match each other evenly in terms of physicality and skills, in all likelihood, it drags the bout to the last round. Finally, it lands at the desk of the judges for a decision. The one who stood better in terms of strikes landed, aggression, ring control, and effective defense would be declared the winner, provided all or most of the judges agreed.

However, a perfectly legal method has been effective in settling the question since time immemorial. Knockout is the fastest and sure-shot way to end a fight. On a given day, a fan, despite having perennial favorites, wouldn’t miss an opportunity to see brutal knockout craftsmen like Mike Tyson and George Foreman in the past or Deontay Wilder and Gervonta Davis in the current era. Such is the magnetism a knockout holds over each boxing fan and follower. Of course, sheer technical brilliance, ring IQ, and distance-positional movement still have value and respect. But the knockout gets a viewer to jump on his seat.

Nine highest KO percentages in boxing today

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Questions on who is the greatest knockout artist of all time and the top ten boxers with the highest knockout-to-win percentage bounce from one forum to another. The hotly contested debate has been going on since cataloging boxing stats and records became a mandatory practice.

Dan Canobbio, a host with Jomboy Media which runs a YouTube-based podcast called Inside Boxing Live, tweeted a message. It had the pics of nine currently active boxers with their knock-out-win rate, in descending order. The caption on the post read, “The 9 highest knockout percentages in boxing today.”

The 9 highest knockout percentages in boxing today pic.twitter.com/GTfP2myNYo
— Dan Canobbio (@DanCanobbio) February 28, 2023

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Even since it came out, the tweet has received more than 100k views and more than a hundred retweets. In addition, some fans and followers joined in to voice their opinions and standpoint on what is obviously a touchy issue.

Some interesting takeaways on the list

@JibOzilBusquets contended that any boxer who has fought less than thirty professional fights shouldn’t be considered on the list. If this criterion is considered, Deontay Wilder will remain at the top.

Whoever has 30 fights and below should be not appear on the list. Wilder is their boss.
— Tity Boi 🇺🇬 (@JibOzilBusquets) February 28, 2023

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@qasimasad10352 mentioned that with knock-out-to-win rates of 100%, 93%, and 88%, respectively, he understands why Artur Betrbiev, Joe Joyce, and Naoya Inoue find a mention on the list. But for the remaining, he seems to wonder about the kind of opponents they faced. Especially the likes of Deontay Wilder, Gervonta Davis, and David Benavidez barely came across noteworthy boxers in their careers.

I got Beterbiev, Inoue and Joyce at top 3, the rest of them fall in the same category don’t really know who they have knocked out tbh especially Benavidez and Gervanta Davis and Wilder we all know was matched against tomato cans and a 50 year old Luis Ortiz is his best KO win.
— qasimasad103@gmail.com (@qasimasad10352) February 28, 2023

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@BernieBahrmasel would like Ukrainian Super Welterweight Serhii Bohachuk’s name to be included. All his twenty-two wins out of twenty-three professional bouts came through knockouts lending a knock-out-to-win rate of 95.65%.

Serhii Bohachuk, 22-1 with 22 knockouts / 95.6%
— Bernie Bahrmasel (@BernieBahrmasel) February 28, 2023

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Read More: “Boxing Is Really Being Taken Over by MMA”: Fans Sound Off After Eddie Hearn’s Remarks About Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol’ Money Fight’@AlfonsoDatu seems to find it unbelievable that Naoya Inoue won 88% of his fights through knockouts, despite weighing 118 lbs.!

88% KO rate weighing 118 pounds is insane
— a l f o n s o d a t u (@AlfonsoDatu) February 28, 2023

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@deeconnectdots reminded everyone that Gervonta Davis’s name appeared in all the lists published previously besides the latest one. So how is it possible for anyone to doubt his skills?

Mind you… Tank has been in all three of these you’ve posted… HOW CAN PEOPLE HATE THAT 🔥🔥🔥
— D.Woods / Coach Dee (@deeconnectdots) February 28, 2023

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@castergunx referred to all the luminaries in the list as “monsters.”

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ALL MONSTERS 😤 https://t.co/QNXeKYQUg0
— ᶜᵃˢᵗᵉʳ ˢʰᵉˡˡ (@castergunx) February 28, 2023

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Just so it registers, the knockout artists, as listed by @DanCanobbio, include (1) Artur Beterbiev, Light Heavyweight (2) Vergill Ortiz Jr., Welterweight (3) Gary Antuanne Russell, Bantamweight (4) Subriel Matias, Super Lightweight (5) Gervonta Davis, Lightweight (6) Joe Joyce, Heavyweight (7) Deontay Wilder, Heavyweight (8) David Benavidez, Super Middleweight and (9) Naoya Inoue, Super Bantamweight.

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What is your take on the list? Do you agree with it? Do share your views and opinions with us in the comments below.

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