The 26-year-old received a whopping 56% of the total votes cast, putting him a mile ahead of No. 2 Tyson's Fury and convincing just 37.3% of voters that he deserved a knockout this year.
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Jake Paul shocked the world when he viciously knocked out former UFC welterweight champion Tyrone Woodley in a rematch. The “problem child” fought Tyron Woodley the first time he fought in August 2021, and after fighting again four months later, in the sixth round of his second fight, he went on to put the MMA icon to sleep. He landed one hell of a right hand. Paul’s spectacular KO victory quickly spread on his social media, but due to the low level of the match and the low number of opponents, he was not expected to qualify for Best of the Year this year. However, he ended up winning ESPN’s KO of the Year, winning more than half of his 68,000-plus votes cast in the sports company’s social media polls.
The 26-year-old received a whopping 56% of the total votes cast, putting him a mile ahead of No. 2 Tyson’s Fury and convincing just 37.3% of voters that he deserved a knockout this year. rice field. In October 2021, Gipsy King Deontay brutally ended his rivalry with Wilder. After drawing with ‘The Bronze Bomber’ in 2018 and forcing his corner to throw in the towel during a 2020 rematch – Fury knocked his rival out cold to prove he is the better man.
The British boxer earned an early knockdown and appeared to be on the brink of taking Wilder out before he was dropped twice by the powerful American in round four. Fury regained his composure and began to beat up Wilder through the remaining rounds, dropping him in round ten before landing a knockout blow that left the former WBC heavyweight champion sleeping on the canvas in the following frame.
Oscar Valdez got 5.3 percent of the votes for his epic 10th-round knockout win over Miguel Berchelt in their February 2021 WBC super-featherweight title fight. Gabe Rosado’s one-punch upset win over the previously undefeated Bektemir Melikuziev earned him just 1.5 percent of the vote and fourth place in ESPN’s best knockout competition.
After beating Fury to KO of the Year in 2021, Paul is hoping to go 2-0 against the famous fighting family this weekend when he takes on Tommy Fury at the Diriyah Arena in Saudi Arabia. The undefeated boxing prospects will finally settle their beef on Sunday evening following a two-year rivalry that has included lots of trash talk and a couple of canceled fights. His 6-0 record in professional boxing was built on fighting people with no sports background, but Paul enters the fight as a favorite.
Despite being an underdog, Tommy is very confident and predicts he will beat his rival with his first clean punch. Tyson shares his brother’s trust and recently revealed that TNT has a “huge” amount of money to “bang Jake Paul in the face.” He also confirmed to talkSPORT that he could earn even more if his little brother wins thanks to his bet, an interesting double or nothing. Meanwhile, Paul hopes to add another Knockout of the Year contender to his tally, impressed by brutal wins over Woodley and NBA star Nate Robinson.
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