#5. Beterbiev KO1 Billy Bailey
Quantity 5 on our checklist is our earliest knockout within the profession of Beterbiev.
In simply his third combat, Beterbiev would make fast work of unheralded journeyman Billy Bailey, bludgeoning him across the ring for the opening two-and-a-half minutes of the spherical earlier than a fast counter-right hand despatched Bailey to the canvas.
Whereas the best was removed from the heaviest Beterbiev has thrown in his profession, the pace and fluidity of the shot gave a glimpse into the good Russian’s technical and tactical capability.
#4. Beterbiev TKO9 Marcus Browne
Though the combat is remembered extra for the horrific gash on Beterbiev’s brow, the Russian’s ninth-round beatdown of former WBA belt holder Marcus Browne again in December 2021 was one other massively spectacular show of stress preventing.
After looking at Browne for the primary couple of rounds, Beterbiev started upping the tempo on the finish of the third, forcing his fleet-footed opponent to face and commerce. Following an unintended conflict of heads within the fourth, the tempo would improve once more, with Beterbiev suffocating Browne towards the ropes and overwhelming him with hurtful mixtures to go and physique.
A seventh-round knockdown signalled the tip was nigh, however it wasn’t till two rounds later that Beterbiev discovered the ending touches. A straight proper hand staggered Browne within the ninth, sending him again to the ropes the place Beterbiev would uncork a savage left hook to the physique, adopted by a left uppercut to the top that closed the present.
Bernard Brault of Group Yvon Michel.
#3. Beterbiev KO2 Tavoris Cloud (4 knockdowns)
Whereas not the cleanest knockout on his ledger, Beterbiev’s September 2014 demolition of the previous IBF champion is arguably essentially the most spectacular of his profession.
A match-up towards Cloud, who on the time had misplaced simply two of 26 bouts, to Bernard Hopkins and Adonis Stevenson, was seen by many to be a sizeable set-up for the then-29-year-old Beterbiev, who himself was simply 5-0.
The combat itself could be something however a step up, with Beterbiev flooring the Floridian 3 times within the opening spherical in a surprising show of punching energy and predatory intuition.
After being saved by the bell within the first, Cloud was despatched out to the gallows within the second spherical. Beterbiev, sometimes, dispatched of his foe in swift style, swarming Cloud with a volley of unanswered pictures within the nook earlier than sending him to the canvas for a fourth time.
The referee would wave off the competition at simply 38 seconds into the second, securing a press release victory for Beterbiev that despatched shockwaves all through the light-heavyweight division.
2. Beterbiev TKO10 Adam Deines
In March 2021, Beterbiev defended his WBC/IBF titles towards Russian-born German Adam Deines in his first bout after changing into unified champion with a bruising victory over Oleksandr Gvozdyk.
Regardless of a knockdown for Beterbiev on the finish of the opening spherical, the plucky challenger confirmed loads of coronary heart and talent to hold robust and take the combat into the late rounds. Finally, nonetheless, the systematic, calculated stress of Beterbiev lastly took its toll, with a crunching left hook catching Deines clear on the chin within the tenth, knocking him down for a second time.
After virtually thirty minutes of punishment, Deines sat out the depend, handing Beterbiev the sixteenth consecutive knockout of his profession.
Bernard Brault of Group Yvon Michel.
#1. Beterbiev KO4 Gabriel Campillo
Primary on our checklist comes from Beterbiev’s eight skilled bout towards former WBA titleholder Gabriel Campillo again in April 2015.
After scoring a knockdown lower than one minute into the combat, a spiteful mixture from Beterbiev within the fourth spherical despatched Campillo reeling again to the ropes. With the Spaniard a sitting duck and the referee unable to spare him in time, Beterbiev would unleash a monstrous right-uppercut by means of Campillo’s guard, sending his limp physique crashing to the canvas.
Such is the facility of Beterbiev, he typically solely must clip or graze an opponent to harm them. Sadly for Campillo, this was one of many few instances Beterbiev has landed flush: and the outcome was full and utter devastation.
