The place was a knockout - visually stunning, with specially designed menus and place settings, theatrical lighting, live jazz - and so were the food and the wine list.

A loss to Marvin Hagler in 1983 and a stunning knockout by Thomas Hearns in 1984 sent Duran into a depression for 18 months.

So was his eight-month reign, which began with a stunning knockout of Mike Tyson in Tokyo last February.

Last week the story was James (Buster) Douglas's stunning knockout of Mike Tyson in Tokyo.

The network's mandate is to bring the best battles, fiercest fights and stunning knockouts to America.

Barkley, from the Bronx, won the title with a stunning third-round knockout of Thomas Hearns last June.

Douglas (36-5-1) made his mark on the heavyweight division with a stunning knockout of Mike Tyson in 1990 to become the undisputed heavyweight champion.

Almost 27 years ago, in the Rumble in the Jungle, Muhammad Ali regained the heavyweight title with a stunning knockout of George Foreman in Zaire.

He avenged the loss with a stunning first-round knockout of Griffin five months later here at Foxwoods.

George Foreman, then 45, took the title away with a stunning knockout later that year.