Top 10 Boxing Knockouts Of 2025

Bones were broken and systems were shut down in phenomenal fashion as fighters fought for honour and glory inside the squared circle, while the most loathed figure in the sport also finally got what was coming to him.

Without further ado, these were the 10 finest and most vicious finishes of 2025:

10: April Fool

As if Anauel Ngamissengue didn’t look it already with his half-bleached beard, unified middleweight champion Janibek Alimkhanuly made him look foolish as he systematically broke him down until a double dose of left hands in the fifth round completed a happy homecoming for the Kazakh in April.

9: Paulverised

Jake Paul received a reality check courtesy of Anthony Joshua, with the former two-time unified heavyweight champion stopping the YouTuber and breaking his jaw with a powerful right hand in the sixth round in Miami in December. For many, it was the most satisfying KO of the year, in addition to the most viewed, as 33 million people watched the fight on Netflix.

8: Like Father, Like Son

Emiliano Vargas, one of former junior middleweight champion Fernando Vargas’ three boxing sons, viciously knocked out veteran Giovannie Gonzalez with a left hook in the second round in Las Vegas in March to pick up his fourth straight stoppage win.

7: Saving Grace

Down on the scorecards, Fabio Wardley pulled his fight against Justis Huni in Ipswich in June out of the fire with a big right hand in the 10th round to capture the interim WBA heavyweight title.

6: And New

Keyshawn Davis dominated the clash of Olympic silver medallists and was crowned the new WBO lightweight champion after shutting down Denys Berinchyk with a body shot in the fourth round at Madison Square Garden in February.

5: Tough Love

Jesse Rodriguez reminded fans of the sacrifices fighters have to make and showcased his extraordinary ability to focus on the task at hand with his masterful mauling of Fernando Martinez in Riyadh in November.

Missing the birth of his son, “Bam” put a beating on “Puma” and finished him off with a beautiful counter left in the 10th round to become the unified WBA, WBC, and WBO super flyweight champion.

4: Time Out

Former world champion Masataka Taniguchi showed that timing is everything when he slept Condor Inaba in stunning style in the third round in Tokyo in May.

3: Over and Out

Pedro Da Silva Conceicao put himself on the map when he landed a picture-perfect overhand right in the second round to face-plant Renny Viamonte in Orlando in August.

2: Destruction Down Under

Local favourite Jai Opetaia obliterated Huseyin Cinkara in the eighth round with a brutal left bomb that bounced the Turkish-German’s lifeless body off the ropes to retain his IBF and Ring cruiserweight titles in Queensland in December. The challenger was out for several minutes before he thankfully regained consciousness.

1: Hands of Time

WBO welterweight champion Brian Norman beat the brakes off of Jin Sasaki and left him out cold in the middle of the ring with a thunderous left hand in the fifth round of their clash in Tokyo in June.

The beatdown and final blow were so severe that Sasaki couldn’t remember the six weeks leading up to the fight in the immediate aftermath of his loss. Fortunately, he regained some memory of the fight, telling supporters in a video update that he could recall up to the third round.