During a WBO global cruiserweight title fight last night, referee Jose Hiram Rivera was hit flush with a big left hand by veteran Mario Aguilar, but remained standing ...

The referee jumped in as the two got pushed into the corner and he took a hard left hand across the chin, which snapped his head back and made the intervention even more challenging.

It took middleweight contender Hassan N'Dam only 22 seconds to defeat Alfonso Blanco -- and that gave him the 2016 ESPN KO of the year.

Nonito Donaire announced his superstardom in February with a smashing left hook that finished Fernando Montiel, pilfered a pair of bantamweight belts and earned ESPN.com's 2011 knockout of the year.

Canelo Alvarez's clash with Edgar Berlanga was filled with several memorable moments, including the referee falling to the canvas after separating the fighters during Round 5.

Christian Mbilli (29-0, 24 KOs)  scored a first-round stoppage over Maciej Sulecki (33-4, 13 KOs) for the vacant WBC interim ...

Adesanya (24-5) suffered a TKO loss to Nassourdine Imavov (16-4) at 30 seconds of the second round. Imavov rocked Adesanya with a right hand to the chin and followed with a strong left to his chin ...

It took middleweight contender Hassan N'Dam only 22 seconds to defeat Alfonso Blanco -- and that gave him the 2016 ESPN KO of the year.