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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 went down and back up so quickly, the ref didn't call it. Perhaps the fight that got the double knockout in the books was the 1912 classic between Mexican Joe Rivers (or the Lethal Latin) and Hall of Famer Ad Wolgast. The welterweight title probably should've gone to Mexican Joe: He got off a powerful right-left to Wolgast's jaw, while Wolgast aimed true with a groin shot. Wolgast landed on
top of him, and got dragged off by the referee to make the count. In mixed martial arts, double knockdowns seem more likely, thanks to all the limbs. Fans talk about how Carlos Newton choked out Matt Hughes, but got knocked unconscious when Hughes slammed him on his head as he fell. Matt recovered first and won the bout. Now that's a sweet science.
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