All boxers are tough men. Let's never forget that. However, we've all seen one or two matches where it was painfully obvious that one fighter was only in it for the money. What are your picks for the biggest wuss out in boxing history?
I'm going with Bruce Seldon's performance against Tyson. Mike barely grazed him and he went down.
Cassius Clay ducked George Foreman!!!!!!!!!4 yeaaaaaaarssss
He gave Frazier 2 rematches
Norton 2 rematches
Spinks a rematch
how come no rematch for Foreman
Because it was a shamefull display of cowardice.
Foreman Knocked Joe Frazier out in 2 rounds
Knocked Norton out in like 3 rounds.
The greatest cowardice is to avoid fighting someone, and then say bad cruel and mean words about the fighter they are avoiding. I feel to avoid fighting someone and then still say they can always beat that fighter they are avoiding is the greatest cowardice.
Well spoken!Lewis is a fucking pussy!!!
Who cares? He chose this profession.. he's a boxer, a fighter and a warrior! How do you turn your back and walk out of a ring in a middle of a round???? Even when you're hurt.. take a punch and go down like a man... have your corner stop the round.. finish the round and call it quits.. I don't know… But don't leave like PUSSY in a middle of a fight! That's still a TKO loss and the most coward way of going into a fight and leaving!
This is not some corporate job that you can walk away from if you don't like it.. You have fan obligations and fans paid to see you fight and this is how you get you paycheck.
Now because of his coward way, Golota didn’t get paid and that’s 100% right!
Luckily for him, they reversed a decision to a ‘no contest’ for stupid “Tyson was found to have marijuana in his blood that evening” reason. Who can blame him after a fight like this.
Yes, I think this was the most coward fight I’ve ever seen
who are you to say that? i dont think youve ever been in the ring with mike tyson, much less with the extraodinary pain a damaged vertebrae causes, and an injured shoulder to boot. Shit, your probably some skinny loser whos never even been in a fight. You could use your same logic as to why that garbage champ vitali quit against chris byrd. In a fight he was winning.
i wasnt aware you had ever fought mike tyson. who are you to call someone a coward? your probably some fucking skinny loser whos never even been in a fight.
I agree with alot of these but not Duran VS Sugar and not Jones Vs Tarver. In the Duran fight SRL was beating ass all over the place and Duran said" fuck it live to fight another day. And RJJ took a bomb on the chin and got up on wobbled legs that is not being a coward.
Yeah that was either a fix or etienne decided to take the $ and a nap.
Taking out your mouthpiece after supposedly being KO'd? Hah.
eh, no.
i'd have to say clifford etienne vs. mike tyson.
I'll tell you, all of the examples on page 1 were terrible, save for Bruce Seldon. The criteria I use are the importance of a bout, the reason, and the flow of the bout. I feel anyone who quits in a big bout, unless the injury is life or career threatening, is a quitter. Vitali retired against Byrd because he felt his shoulder injust was career threatening, although I would have fought on given the lack of pop to Chris Byrd. If a fighter quits because he has mental issues, I genarally give them a bye on that one as well. Oliver McCall in the Lennox Lewis rematch didn't really quit, he just had real issues going on in his life. When a guy quits or tries to get out of his commitment because the bout isn't going his way, that is cowardly. Hector Camacho Jr. comes to mind. Here are some candidates, in no particular order:
1. Genaro Hernandez, against Oscar De La Hoya. it's a hurt sport, so your nose is broken. How about if Marquez quit in the second round against Pacquiao, would that be nice?
2. Hector Camacho Jr., against Jesse James Leija. Aww, poor baby is cut and the old man is putting too much pressure on me. What ever will I do?
3. Julio Cesar Chavez, against Frankie Randall II. See above.
4. Julio Cesar Chavez, against Oscar De La Hoya II. I don't care how old you are. If you are a Ring Warrior, you behave like one.
5. Buster Douglas, against Evander Holyfield. You should've just given up the title. You don't waste other peoples money and disgrace the heavyweight title and it's honor by fighting like that.
6. Acelino Freitas, against Diego Corrales. I would never pull some shit like that unless I felt my life was seriously in danger, and well before that Lucky would've thrown in the towel. Freitas has the balls to quit and walk back to his corner on steady legs?
7. Derrick Gainer, against Juan Manuel Marquez. That was just disgusting. I don't recall him making one serious attempt at hitting Marquez, and then he more or less quits through a technical decision. If I was Juan Manuel, I wouldn't have shaken his hand after the bout. I don't shake the hands of men without integrity.
Orlin Norris against Vitali and Fabio Moli against Wladimir.Jameel Mccline vs Wladimir Klitschko man Mccline wasnt even getting hit that hard and wasnt even hurt bad and kept going down, and also Eliseo Castillo vs Wladimir Klitschko, Castillo didint even wana fight just layed back against the ropes and took a lot of pounding then finally went down from a solid right hand that a lot of HW's now wouldnt go down from..
yes i agree with that one, that was disgusting, butler should have been banned for life for that
Isn't that the same guy that killed Kellerman's brother?
biggest cowardly and shamefull act was james butler vs. richard grant this fight was on espn fnf butler lost a decision to grant after the decision was announced butler started to walk towards grant, grant goes to give him a hug and say good fight when butler laid him out with a punch gloves off to say the least grant was knocked the f$%%^@ out !!!
yes i agree with that one, that was disgusting, butler should have been banned for life for that
I've read your posts, & you have the boxing insight of a professional wrestling fan. Meaning- uh, about ZERO..
The opinion of a bonafide idiot
All this.....because I rightfully told that catskills kid to cut it.
Um no, because all you ever do is attack others' opinions, that's all you have ever brought to this forum. I don't kiss ass, I get along with those who get along with me and make an effort to have some sort of intelligent debate about boxing without name-calling or attacking someone else's opinion. So shut your dick-nibbler calling me a kiss-ass, bitch.
i'll have to say, luis santana's two wins vs Terry Norris, that were won via DQ. i forget exactly how santana did it, I think in one fight he took a knee and Norris punched him, and santana faked being KO'd. then they rematched, norris hit him after the bell, and he fell down ,(acting unconscious, they were soft, soft punches)
pretty sure thats how it went.
biggest cowardly and shamefull act was james butler vs. richard grant this fight was on espn fnf butler lost a decision to grant after the decision was announced butler started to walk towards grant, grant goes to give him a hug and say good fight when butler laid him out with a punch gloves off to say the least grant was knocked the f$%%^@ out !!!
The greatest cowardice is to avoid fighting someone, and then say bad cruel and mean words about the fighter they are avoiding. I feel to avoid fighting someone and then still say they can always beat that fighter they are avoiding is the greatest cowardice.