{"id":1162430,"date":"2020-05-09T08:04:36","date_gmt":"2020-05-09T12:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1162430"},"modified":"2020-05-09T08:10:01","modified_gmt":"2020-05-09T12:10:01","slug":"the-fastest-knockout-in-boxing-history-took-less-than-5-seconds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/the-fastest-knockout-in-boxing-history-took-less-than-5-seconds\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fastest Knockout in Boxing History Took Less Than 5 Seconds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By now, many combat sports fans have heard about Jorge Masvidal's<\/a> record-breaking 5-second knockout win over Ben Askren. That was the record in the UFC, but there have been faster knockouts in other combat sports<\/a>. Here's a look at what we know about some of the fastest knockouts in boxing history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fastest boxing knockout took just 4 seconds<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Some boxing fans may think that the fastest boxing knockout ever came from a heavyweight great like Muhammad Ali or Mike Tyson<\/a>, but that isn't so. In fact, the fastest boxing knockout didn't even come from a professional fight. Instead, it came from a Golden Gloves tournament held in 1947.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UPI reported<\/a> that, during a Golden Gloves tournament in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1947, a boxer named Mike Collins knocked out his opponent, Pat Brownson, with the very first punch of the fight. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was one of those early boxing fights where the rules were very different<\/a> from modern-day boxing. As a result, the referee never gave Brownson the 10-count, and the fight was called off after just 4 seconds.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Little else is known about this fight or the boxers involved with this fight. That said, since it wasn't a professional fight, there are other fights that are fighting for the title of having the fastest knockout in boxing history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other claims for the fastest boxing knockout throne<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

UPI reported that Ricky Parkey, in 1984, knocked out Broderick Mason in just 8 seconds. Both men were fighting in the cruiserweight division and neither men were really notable. Parkey, for instance, lost to Evander Holyfield<\/a> early in his career. That said, this 8-second knockout may very well still be the fastest knockout in professional boxing history. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But, a problem with talking about the fastest knockouts in boxing is that the competition may not always be up to par. It's one thing to talk about the fastest boxing knockouts among boxing's greatest fighters, but it's another thing to include boxers who may be fighting in unfair fights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In boxing, there are many journeymen fighters<\/a> whose only job is to, essentially, lose to better boxers so that those boxers can have better records. As a result, many boxing matches, such as the fight between Parkey and Mason, don't exactly showcase a high level of boxing skill. That's why it may be better to look at the fastest knockouts in a boxing title fight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fastest knockout in a boxing title fight<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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