Knockouts and Re-match

After his sensational knockout win over Ricky Hatton, Manny Pacquiao is now waiting on the sidelines to see who’ll emerge winner in the Mayweather Jr. vs. Juan Marquez fight scheduled in July, and then, maybe take whoever will win, or even fight with Miguel Cotto.

In boxing, a knockout is usually awarded when one participant is unable to rise from the canvas within a specified period of time, typically because of fatigue, injury, loss of balance, or unconsciousness.

A TKO, technical knockout, on the other hand, is often declared when the referee or other judges (such as official ring physician, the fighter, or the fighter's cornermen) decide that a fighter cannot continue the match, even though he did not fail the count, or, in many regions, a fighter has been knocked down three times in one round.

A knock out as a slang, means, "s/he's a 10" if you're judging the physical attributes of a man or a woman, as in "she's a knock out" beauty.

Knock yourself out means "feel free to try." Or go ahead, indulge yourself.

Another usage is , to knock it out of someone, which means to take away their energy or enthusiasm.

Or, if you're talking about investing in stocks, a knock out could mean knock- out option, an option with a built in mechanism to expire worthless should a specified price level be exceeded.

Or maybe, in today's investment climate wherein a lot of the stocks plunged in value, a new meaning of knock out could be "rendered worthless."

Back to boxing. If an opponent has been defeated, sometimes a re-match could take place.

In the first Roberto Duran vs. Sugar Ray Leonard fight in Montreal, on June 20, 1980, Duran captured the WBC welterweight title by defeating Leonard via a 15-round unanimous decision. The fight would become known as "The Brawl in Montreal". In the November re-match, however, Durán shockingly quit.

Remember the famous words, “No mas, no mas,” uttered by Roberto Duran. That was a TKO, big time.
For people who've been knocked out before, and are looking for employment, business opportunities, beautiful relationships, or more secured financial investments, the winning phrase could be, "Mas mas mas para mi. " More chances for me please.

Or, " otra oportunidad para mí, por favor." Another chance for me, please.