How to Use technical knockout in a Sentence

technical knockout

noun

• He won by technical knockout.
• He has 10 knockouts and 6 technical knockouts.
• Cotto was one of the best boxers in the world, and won the fight by technical knockout in the ninth round.
  — Ben Sales, sun-sentinel.com, 8 Dec. 2021
• Stipe’s prediction came true, of course, with a technical knockout of Cormier, the man who took the belt from him 13 months ago.
  — cleveland.com, 19 Aug. 2019
• He’s won all three by VSU, wrestling’s version of a technical knockout.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 4 Aug. 2021
• Paul scored a first-round technical knockout against Askren.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland, 15 July 2021
• The referee jumped in to stop the action and declare a win by technical knockout.
  — Stan Parish, WSJ, 7 July 2017
• He's won all of his fights via knockout or technical knockout.
  — José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 17 May 2022
• Seven of the 10 bouts were decided by a knockout or technical knockout, and only three of the fights went more than three rounds.
  — Josh Peter, USA TODAY, 4 June 2018
• Saturday's bout was the first time the two heavyweights met since Ruiz won a technical knockout during the seventh round in New York in June.
  — Amir Vera, CNN, 7 Dec. 2019
• The previous year, in the first fight between the legendary boxers, Holyfield won by technical knockout in the 11th round.
  — Josh Peter, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2021
• Chalermpol lost by technical knockout, but his problems didn’t end there.
  — Maxim Babenko, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2017
• Pacquiao won with a technical knockout and has never looked back.
  — Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2021
• Spinks challenged him that June, losing on a third-round technical knockout.
  — New York Times, 6 Feb. 2021
• Fury beat Wilder in their last bout this past February by technical knockout.
  — Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 25 Sep. 2021
• Haynes was clobbering Ray Gun throughout the fight, causing the referee to step in and stop the match in the second round, giving Haynes the win via technical knockout.
  — Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 16 Apr. 2023
• He’s won his last 10 fights by either knockout or technical knockout, which can disprove a lack of power among his skills.
  — Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 6 June 2023
• At other shops, however, the odds shorten to -135 by betting on Golovkin to win by KO or technical knockout.
  — Lance Pugmire, USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2022
• If there were such a thing as a technical knockout in tennis, the umpire would have given Federer one on Sunday.
  — Matthew Futterman, WSJ, 17 July 2017
• Dillon Cleckler knocked down Joshua Burns twice in a matter of seconds and won in his boxing debut by technical knockout at 1:20 of the first round of a match scheduled for six.
  — Dave Kallmann, Journal Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2023
• The onetime retiree defeated the mixed martial arts star by technical knockout, earning a $100-million purse in the process.
  — Neal J. Leitereg and Lauren Beale, latimes.com, 23 Sep. 2017
• About halfway through the fifth round, Nunes won again by technical knockout, after raining blows down on her beleaguered foe.
  — Des Bieler, chicagotribune.com, 14 May 2018
• Anders won by a technical knockout with left 2:45 in the second round, when referee Keith Peterson stopped the match.
  — Mark Inabinett | [e-mail], al, 3 Dec. 2022
• Anders won by a technical knockout with 2:45 left in the second round, when referee Keith Peterson stopped the match.
  — Mark Inabinett | [e-mail], al, 10 June 2023
• Lapicus lost to Christian Lee in a welterweight title fight in October 2020 in the first round via technical knockout.
  — Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 20 Mar. 2023
• Ali bested Cooper, a European heavyweight champion, for a second time by technical knockout; the fight was stopped in the sixth round due to a cut over Cooper's eye.
  — The Courier-Journal, 27 July 2022
• Björnsson swapped opponents on the original date to fight armwrestling champ Devon Larratt instead, besting the sub in the first round via technical knockout.
  — Brett Williams, Men's Health, 9 Feb. 2022
• Andy Ruiz stepped in for Miller and scored a seventh-round win by technical knockout. Joshua regained his titles in a rematch six months later, but said the Ruiz loss had taught him the value of a reset and a full training camp.
  — New York Times, 24 Sep. 2021
• David scored a second-round technical knockout of Ricardo Campillo on the undercard that night.
  — José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 13 Nov. 2021
• But this will be his first title fight since losing to Aldo by technical knockout in 2013 after injuring his shoulder.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 9 Apr. 2022

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024