Top 10 Boxing Knockouts Of 2024

The thrill of the fight was alive and well in 2024 with the biggest names in the sport all the way down to little-known prospects bringing the pain in phenomenal fashion.

There’s nothing quite like a knockout, and these were the 10 best we were treated to in 2024:  

10: Wrong Turn

Chinese giant Zhilei Zhang, representing team Queensbury Promotions, sent team Matchroom Boxing captain Deontay Wilder for a loop with one right hand and finished him off with another in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in June.

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9: Stormin’ Norman

Brian Norman Jr busted up hometown hero and No. 1-rated Giovanni Santillan badly in their slugfest in San Diego in May and sealed the deal with a destructive left uppercut in the 10th round to win the vacant WBO interim welterweight title.

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8: What A Monster

Naoya Inoue lived up to his “Monster” moniker at the Tokyo Dome in May when he recovered from being dropped for the first time and punished Luis Nery before finally finishing him off in the sixth round to remain the undisputed super bantamweight champion.

👀🔊 Así se vio y oyó desde ringside el KO 💣💥 de Naoya Inoue 🇯🇵 a Luis Nery

🎥 @trboxeo #ESPNKnockOut #InoueNery pic.twitter.com/kx1lASKz5t

— ESPN KnockOut (@ESPNKnockOut) May 6, 2024

7: Uppercut From Hell

Two-time Olympic gold medallist Robeisy Ramirez nearly knocked Brandon Leon Benitez’s block off with an uppercut from hell in the seventh round of their featherweight fight in Miami in June.

https://twitter.com/trboxing/status/1807253417909157946

6: Face First

Lucas Bahdi looked on his way to losing for the first time in his career against Ashton Sylve in Tampa in July. However, “The Prince” produced something special in the sixth round as he face-planted his foe with three lightning-fast punches.

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5: Boom Goes The Dynamite

IBF heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois delivered one of the most shocking upsets of the year when he dismantled Anthony Joshua in front of 96,000 fans at Wembley Stadium in September, with “Dynamite” finishing the demolition job in the fifth round.

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— DAZN Boxing (@DAZNBoxing) September 21, 2024

4: Ghostbuster

Undefeated three-division champion Gervonta “Tank” Davis retained his WBA lightweight championship and handed Frank Martin his first loss when he knocked out “The Ghost” with a left down the pipe in the eighth round in Las Vegas in June.

TANK KO! Gervonta Davis brutally knocks out Frank Martin in the 8th round 🦍 #TankMartin

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— BOXRAW (@BOXRAW) June 16, 2024

3: Back From The Dead

Proving that it’s never over till it’s over, Tyson Koki looked on his way out after being dropped by Deok No Yun only to fire back under pressure to stiffen his opponent and seize the WBO Asia-Pacific super middleweight strap in Tokyo in June.

💣KO OF THE YEAR CONTENDER!!

In a wild 1 round fight at the Korakuen Hall, Tyson Koki 王杉康輝 is dropped early by Deok No Yun and barely makes the count.

Deok rushes in and tries to finish Koki, but he lands the perfect counter to win the WBO AP Super Middleweight Title! pic.twitter.com/Rn4EtqqcjF

— Tokkerū (@ATokkers5) June 25, 2024

2: What Dreams Are Made Of

Angelo Leo became a two-division champion in a dream scenario as he starched Luis Alberto Lopez with a stunning left hook to secure the IBF featherweight title as a big underdog in front of his home fans in Albuquerque in August.

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1: Knockout Chaos

The colossal crossover fight between former unified heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua and ex-UFC champion Francis Ngannou in Riyadh in March lived up to its billing of Knockout Chaos as “AJ” decimated the mixed martial arts star, dropping him twice before landing a destructive right hand to flatline “The Predator” in frightening fashion.

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