K.O.W. - The One You Don't See

Haven't had a Knockout of the Week in a while, so I wanted to get us back in the game with a dandy. This here is from Friday Night Fights in 2002, a huge upset in which Juan Valenzuela stopped Julio Diaz in the first round. Diaz was a legitimate lightweight contender at the time with only one loss on his record, a tight split-decision loss to Angel Manfredy in an IBF title-shot eliminator two bouts prior. Valenzuela (nickname, Pollo - bad nickname) was just another one of those hordes of young badass Mexicans out there in the world waiting for their shot to beat the shit out of someone on TV. Ill-advisedly, Diaz got a little sloppy with this kid, and paid the price dearly with a left-hook out of nowhere that completely sleep-ified his ass. As Diaz did the unconscious bobblehead, Valenzuela laid another overhand right on him just to emphasize the visit from Mr. Sandman, and the ref got in there quick, thank Christ, cause this one had Benny Paret written all over it.