Everybody likes to talk about the guys who have quit in fights. I say lets talk about the guys that never stop fighting for nothin'. Top 5 list.Rockin'

Ali

the man foguht when he was a disease ridden corpse agaisnt larry holems and lasted 11 rounds

i was thinking guys like gatti, morales, remember tex cobb (thats one tough son of a *****) mancini and such. alis a good one though aswell..............Rockin'

morales, gatti, trinidad, barrera, ward

Chuck Wepner, Evander Holyfield, Marciano had been down and got back up and won them all too.

Ward, Chi, Morales, Holyfield (10 yrs ago), Holmes

Ali(parkinsons)
Chavez (nothing can keep him from what he loves)
Meldrick Taylor (he never gave up)

not really a big name but a tgh kid micheal brodi at feather weight his first fight with injin chi was amzing it got fight of the year i think 2003
la motta was unbelivable cast iron chin would neva go down or stop coming

Nigel benn. Love him or hate him but if you hit him he just kept coming back giving as good as he got.

Lol :D

All the top dogs at the 130 and 140 pound divisions make the list.

Lots of good mentions in this thread...but I gotta give it to Arturo Gatti above all else. He's the toughest bastard of my generation by far and not putting him at the top of my list would be a robbery. There's a good reason why they call him the ultimate blood & guts champion...gotta love it baby.

BB

Benn was mentioned, but how about Gerald McClellan. You hear fighters saying they would rather die in the ring then go out a loser, but in the case of McClellan he just about brought those words to life.

A never say die warrior in the truest sense, as he fights for ability to live life each and every day.

tito trinidad

how many times he'd been knocked down in a fight, and fought back and win those fights?

Benn was mentioned, but how about Gerald McClellan. You hear fighters saying they would rather die in the ring then go out a loser, but in the case of McClellan he just about brought those words to life.
dude, your avatar speaks of a great warrior who never say die also.... i'm a big fan of gatti and trinidad, of course pacman, :D

Tito kinda gave up in the Hopkins fight after being floored in the 12th. I swear i saw his lips motion "No Mas" to the ref!

Tito kinda gave up in the Hopkins fight after being floored in the 12th. I swear i saw his lips motion "No Mas" to the ref!
was it the infamous line of duran?

well i am surprised no one mentioned joe frazier, ali was had to be hospitalized after the first ali fight) and just kept on coming, as someone said in some other post in the foreman fight he would have kept getting up until the ref stopped the fight.

Juan Manuel Marquez, He went down three times in the first and finished the match against pacquio.

Gatti
Mosley
Jirov
Morales
MAB

Thing is Mclellan did quit, he swallowed it and that's a fact. he voluntarily took a knee and quit the fight. Just when you think Benn was down and finished out he'd come as mad and dangerous as before.

Lol

Johnny "The Matchstick Man" Owen
From his humble beginnings as a sick, frail infant to his meteoric rise through the ranks of boxing. The man fought and died in the ring

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gotta go with gatti mann... straight up the ultimateblood and guts warrior...

:biggthump then ~ Jake LaMotta :boxing: now ~ Arturo Gatti :biggthump

i had just begun boxing when a friend of mine brought over a video. We were kids and he put it in the vcr and said, This is faces of Death, you'll love it. I didnt like the thing at all. When it showed Johnny owen it freaked me out. Some things in this world are not meant to be exploited for money. I realize that boxers roll the dice with their lives at stake everytime that they step up to throw but I found it extremely distatefull and unsettling to watch the clips of the bout. a silent ten count for Johnny. He fought to the end.........Rockin'

I just watched the video from the giant wang, it was very good. Seeing the clips in that video gave me a different feeling than watching it on the f.o.d video. This was done with class, in the memorie of Johnny were the other video was pure garbage. Thanks for putting that video clip up. As johnny did, it has heart........Rockin'

Marciano,frazier, ali, holyfield and dempsey were all true warriors.

A few are:

Morales, M. Taylor, Cesar Bazan, Juan Manuel Marquez.

In my opinion Barrera should not be included.

Holyfield
Chavez
Lamon Brewster
Gatti
Ali/Frazier

[QUOTE=rightuppercut]Ali(parkinsons)
Chavez (nothing can keep him from what he loves)


not even a Kostya Tszyu right hand or DeLaHoya jab?

hmmmmmmm.

morales, gatti, trinidad, barrera, ward
no offense to neither, but wasnt it Trinidad who all but quit against Hopkins....and Barrera who pretty much looked for a way out against Pacquaio?

hmmmmmmmm.

[QUOTE=rightuppercut]Ali(parkinsons)
Chavez (nothing can keep him from what he loves)


not even a Kostya Tszyu right hand or DeLaHoya jab?

hmmmmmmm.

Chavaz was ending his career when he fought them, he would have beat both of them badly in his prime.

Chavez in his prime was a never say die warrior, but he kept fighting past his prime so we must include that into the equation...and honestly Oscar woulda beat him in any era, jus too big and hit too hard, Chavez could take shots from fighters his size, imagine if Oscar hit Chavez wit those punches Taylor landed for 11.25 rounds...Chavez woulda looked like Rocky Dennis.

good post dc. Chavez was a never say die warrior, I agree with 100% of your reply. Especially the rocky part........Rockin'

Never Say Die:

Mickey Ward (the guy thrives on pain, never forget hearing him say he wanted to continue after the low blow from Gatti. Same left hook that ended the fight against Dorin, Ward took on the pelvis)

Evander Holyfield (who else but Evander would fight his heart out literally, against Bowe with hepatitis...several fights were finished with bodily injuries that other fighters quit from.)

Chavez in his prime was a never say die warrior, but he kept fighting past his prime so we must include that into the equation...and honestly Oscar woulda beat him in any era, jus too big and hit too hard, Chavez could take shots from fighters his size, imagine if Oscar hit Chavez wit those punches Taylor landed for 11.25 rounds...Chavez woulda looked like Rocky Dennis.

don't forget Taylor alot of shoot that fight too, that landed him in the hospital with internal bleeding. Could DLH have taken those shots?

Question is, "would De La Hoya have taken those shots?"...Oscar's 5'10 and had equal overall speed to Taylor with much more power.

Question is, "would De La Hoya have taken those shots?"...Oscar's 5'10 and had equal overall speed to Taylor with much more power.

Oscar is quick, but not equal to taylor. JCC was a great fighter and would have been able to land, i really think JCC could have taken DLH's shots, but i don't know if that goes both ways, i would go with JCC by late KO

wow...Oscar's handspeed as a young fighter was brilliant, Chavez was tough no doubt, but with that much skill and such a heavy left hand i think Oscar would have spelled trouble for Chavez in any era...and we have come to find out that Oscar can hit and run for 12 rounds.

1.)Holyfield
2.)Trinidad
3.)Ali
4.)Gatti

Meldrick Taylor - HIS NUMBER ONE!!!
JC Chavez
Evander Holyfield
Arturo Gatti
Micky Ward
Marvelous Marvin Hagler
Jake LaMotta
Nigel Benn
Gerald McClellan
Thomas Hearns-u gotta put this guy in there, he may have got knocked out a few times, but did u see the way he tried to get up against Marvin Hagler, he was doin it while he was out cold
Muhammad Ali
Ricardo "El Matador" Mayorga
Marco Antonio Barrera

ward-gatti fights are the showcases of never-say-die attitude

ward-gatti fights are the showcases of never-say-die attitude

what he said.

was it the infamous line of duran?

"No Mas" (No More).

Marvin Hagler for sure

Also
JC Chavez
Evander Holyfield
Arturo Gatti

Nigel benn. Love him or hate him but if you hit him he just kept coming back giving as good as he got.

Lol :D

Didn't he quit, in his last fight?!

morales, gatti, trinidad, barrera, ward



trinidad retired for 2
years after he got beat.
he is a quitter.

trinidad retired for 2
years after he got beat.
he is a quitter.
Did he not come back?!!

Didn't he quit, in his last fight?!

Probably, but after the war he went into with Mclellan he was allowed such a luxury ;) I think after his last fight, against Steve Collins I think, he pretty much said "the spirits willing, but the old body just can't hack it any more"

Lol :D