Originally posted by Redd Foxx
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Bigger quits? Can you think of any?
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Even Ortiz hit the canvas before he quit in his fights. To just walk away like that, man. It wasn't as bad as No Mas because Duran was competitive and Walters wasn't, but you can't just give up like that.
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If Walters had at least given it one round where he went balls to the wall trying to land on Lomachenko, then I would have been okay with quitting. He never did that. He meekly accepted getting his ass kicked for 7 rounds and then walked away.
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Originally posted by bojangles1987 View PostIf Walters had at least given it one round where he went balls to the wall trying to land on Lomachenko, then I would have been okay with quitting. He never did that. He meekly accepted getting his ass kicked for 7 rounds and then walked away.
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The biggest one I know of was the No Mas fight, regarding Roberto Duran in his rematch with Sugar Ray Leonard. To me or at least in my opinion, that was the biggest quit job ever.
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Originally posted by BennyST View Post
You can always turn a fight around, especially if you have power.
It just isn't for us to decide whether he should have continued. I was disappointed he called it quits too but there's no reason to throw the word 'coward' around as the OP did.
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Originally posted by Redd Foxx View PostI generally defend guys who are damaged and at risk. I'm not one of these who call Matthysee or Ortiz cowards. I don't believe that a guy must physically be rendered unconscious for the other to win (which is something that saddens me about mma).
However, Nick didn't even try to weather the storm. Being hurt is one thing, being frustrated is another entirely.
The fans deserve better, as did Loma.
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Originally posted by Weltschmerz View PostOh, he tried, for 7 rounds. I don't know what you'd imagine he should have done. Lomachenko was taking over and he was actually just stepping it up further. Walters was left without any real response to what he was doing and he would have been KO'd, that's just what the evidence suggested from what we saw.
Literally all he had to do was give one more round where he put his caution aside and gave a good go of it. If that doesn't work no one blames him for quitting. Instead he gave up after the very first round where Lomachenko really put it on him. Considering everything that can and has happened in boxing, I don't think this quit job is defensible. He never went out there and really tried to grab hold of the fight.
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Shocking quits:
Obviously Duran quitting with Leonard.
Also Liston quitting against Ali.
Roger Mayweather quitting against Chavez Sr.
Morales quitting against Pacquiao.
DLH against Pacquiao.
And while not technically a fight I say Kessler quitting the super 6 tournament claiming he was having double vision after the Froch fight. All while he was driving to the conference to announce he quit.Last edited by JJRod; 11-27-2016, 09:29 AM.
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Tor Hamer vs Andy Ruiz, Hamer quits
IIRC Hamer quits after the 3rd round on his stool for no reason and he was up on the cards
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