Has there ever been a simultaneous knockout in boxing?
Yes, though they’re rare. Rule books from Utah to Arizona score a double knockout as a technical draw, so this point of contention must have had a precedent. One synchronized canvas-kiss happened in a 1985 cruiserweight fight, when the two bruisers got the same idea to throw a right cross. The result was more a double knockdown than a knockout, since one managed to get to his feet before the count and won. Ten years later in Canada, light heavyweights Merqui Sosa and Prince Charles Williams conked each other out, resulting in a draw. Not all double knockouts land with a thud. Sechew Powell hooked a left, Cornelius Bundrage hooked a right. They w