After that, he concentrated once again on defending the world Welterweight title, and made eight defenses in a row, the last of which was a nine round knockout win over Puerto Rico's Pedro Montañez.

He won his first sixteen bouts by knockout, all before the fifth round, and nine before the first round was over.

Marciano was knocked down for a four count in the second round, but recovered and retained his title by way of a knockout in round nine.

Watanabe's remaining fights of 1982 were title defenses against former world champions, Gustavo Ballas of Argentina, knocked out in nine rounds, and Shoji Oguma ( former two time world Flyweght champion ), beaten by a knockout in 12.

He also boxed Guillermo Giminez there twice, first beating him by knockout in eight, and then by knockout in nine.

Basilio said of losing his title to the referees ' decision, “ It was like being robbed in a dark alley .” In an immediate rematch that was fought in Syracuse, Basilio regained the crown with a nine round knockout, and then, in a rubber match, Basilio kept the belt, by a knockout in two.

He won his first nine bouts there, five by knockout, and 12 of his first 13 fights in his new hometown.

He beat Chase by a knockout in nine, Sheppard by a decision in ten and Bivins by a knockout in nine.

He fought a solid 14 fights in 1948, losing again to Charles by a knockout in nine, losing to Leonard Morrow by a knockout in the first, to Henry Hall by a decision in ten and to Lloyd Gibson by a disqualification in four.

Moore beat Rademacher by a knockout in nine.

However, after losing to Joe Bugner by a knockout in three in England, Wepner won nine of his next eleven fights, including victories over Charlie Polite and former WBA Heavyweight champion Ernie Terrell.

The referee counted to nine before calling a technical knockout.

He won his first 14 bouts, nine of them by knockout.

The fight produced Velasquez's eighth knockout or technical knockout in his first nine MMA fights.

He lost to Candido Tellez but also beat former world champion Guty Espadas, by a knockout in nine during that span.

He beat future world title challenger Alonzo Gonzalez by a decision, but lost to future world title challenger German Torres by a knockout in nine, to future world champion Raul Jibaro Perez by a decision in twelve, and to former world Bantamweight champion Alberto Davila by a knockout in six.

He started 1979 with a fight against Ramon Perez in Puerto Rico, winning by a knockout in nine.

If all of the rounds expire with no knockout then the fight is scored by a team of 3 judges.

After the time trial, the fastest 32 skiers ( fastest 16 if not 32 competitors ) compete in a knockout ( KO )- style series in rounds of four.

Johnson, although having won almost every round, began to tire after the 20th round, and was visibly hurt by heavy body punches from Willard in rounds preceding the 26th round knockout.

He defeated future world champion Fulgencio Obelmejias of Venezuela by a knockout in eight rounds and then former world champ Antuofermo in a rematch by TKO in four rounds.

He scored big knockout wins over Young Ezzard Charles and Edwin Viruet, the former in 3 rounds on the Holmes-Cooney undercard.

Monzón then scored a win over tough Philadelphian Bennie Briscoe, over-coming a shakey 9th round, in which Briscoe almost scored a knockout ; a knockout in five rounds over European Champion Tom Bogs, a knockout in seven rounds over Mexican José Mantequilla Nápoles in Paris, France and a 10 round knockout of tough Tony Licata of New Orleans at the Madison Square Garden, in what would turn out to be Monzón's only fight in the United States.

She won by a knockout in seven rounds, in what was the first all women's boxing undercard held at the Aladdin Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.

He inflicted prospect Dana Rosenblatt's only loss ( a knockout in 4 rounds ) and lost a 12-round decision to Rosenblatt in a rematch during this period also.

In 1996, he stepped up to the heavyweight division, but lost by knockout in five rounds to Evander Holyfield and quickly retired.

The first time, it was declared a no-contest after 9 rounds, but in the second, Carlos prevailed, by a knockout in 9.

A knockout win in 14 rounds over another hall of famer, Gabriel Elorde, Flash in the Philippines followed, and then a remach with Lane, this time Ortiz retaining his world Lightweight title with a 15 round decision in San Juan.

Ortiz retained the title by a knockout in 4 rounds, and this time the bout went without any controversies.

He retired after losing at the Madison Square Garden by a knockout in 6 rounds to Ken Buchanan.

He tried to regain his former status and, three fights later, beat Don Cockell in 11 rounds by a knockout to win the British Commonwealth light-heavyweight title.

In Kansas City, she drew after six rounds with Stacy Prestage After the rematch with Johnson, she obtained her first knockout in the first round, beating Jane McGhee.

Attempting to become the first Hispanic to win the world Heavyweight championship, Ocasio was badly outclassed and lost to Holmes by a knockout in seven rounds.

He attempted to regain his world championship against Evander Holyfield in Marseille, France, but lost by a knockout in 11 rounds.

In the 2005 – 06 season, Manchester United failed to qualify for the knockout phase of the UEFA Champions League for the first time in over a decade, but recovered to secure a second-place league finish and victory over Wigan Athletic in the 2006 Football League Cup Final.

A mercy rule, also well known by the slightly less polite term slaughter rule ( or, less commonly, knockout rule and skunk rule ), brings a sports event to an early end when one team has a very large and presumably insurmountable lead over the other team.

The inaugural Diamond Belt was awarded on November 14, 2009 to Manny Pacquiao who won his seventh world title ( in seven different divisions ) via 12th round technical knockout over Miguel Ángel Cotto at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

After his knockout win over Fitz Vanderpool on July 26, 2003, he stood in a corner and yelled " I love you guys!

Ortiz defended with a 5 round knockout of Teruo Kosaka in Tokyo before making his Puerto Rican debut, with a 13 round knockout win over Doug Valiant to retain his title on April 7, 1963 in San Juan.

Two more wins followed this defeat, including a six round knockout of the top contender Carol Brown and a first round knockout win over Missy Buchanan.

On February 1, 2005 in Atlanta, Ali scored a commanding and decisive eighth-round technical knockout over Cassandra Geigger in a ten-round fight.

Robinson made his professional debut on October 4, 1940, winning via second-round knockout over Joe Echevarria.