Deontay Wilder has bizarrely included his bout against Tyson Fury nearly three years ago among his top three knockouts, despite only managing a controversial draw on that occasion.
The Gypsy King - who was successful in the middle rounds - was floored in the ninth round by the Bronze Bomber, and then brutally dropped in the 12th in Los Angeles in their December 2018 bout.
It was however not enough to finish off Fury, who regained his feet to survive the final two minutes, before the fight was scored 115-111 for Wilder, 114-112 for Fury and 113-113 by the judges.
Deontay Wilder has bizarrely included his bout against Tyson Fury in his top three knockouts
Wilder brutally dropped the Gypsy King in the 12th round of their nearly bout three years ago
But despite the result, Wilder has named it among his top three knockouts, along with his first-round obliteration of Canadian Bermane Stiverne in 2017 and right-hand knockout of Artur Szpilka the year before to make a successful third defence of his then WBC heavyweight title.
When asked to name his best KOs, Wilder told Marcus Watson on Instagram Live: 'Coldest knockouts? There's so many.
'Bermane Stiverne II – I transformed, I had an outer experience with him. It was so crazy. Artur Szpilka, Szpilka was another one.
'And the 12th round knockout of Fury, because I definitely knocked his ass out…I won that fight hands down.
But Fury regained his feet and the bout was controversially adjudged a stalemate
But Wilder to this day insists he should have won the first of their two fights to date
'Not only with me knocking him out and the ref giving him more time because he felt like it would be the right thing to do because of the type of fight that it was.
'It was a highly anticipated fight, had a lot on the line and sometimes
