Double standards with regards to Alvarado?

WTF are you talking about? Do you mean Ortiz quitting against Lopez or the Maidana fight? LOL typo, I meant maidana but the same could also be said for the Lopez fight

Most on here agree that Alvarado showed a lot of heart and what not and I agree. I also agree and understand why he didn't want to continue. But a lot the same posters who sympathise with Alvarado are the ones who vilified Ortiz for quitting against Alvarado. Both quit for the same reasons, because they "did not want to be taking that much punishment". I know Alvarado took more punishment and had virtually nothing left, but Ortiz still had taken punishment and at the end of the day we aren't the ones in the ring. I just think there's some double standards. I think a better comparison is Cotto and Alvarado. Ortiz still had more to give vs Maidana but he quit. Cotto and Alvarado both gave it their all and got the fight beat out of them. I know it's hard to tell but there's a difference.

Ortiz quit like a b1tch. Alvarado and Cotto are similar but guess what???! It's 2013 and I still get sh1t from fans about him, even after tony got caught cheating in his next fight and probably do so in their fight. Alvarado quits last night and all I see is oh he had nothing left, it's ok, gotta look out for his health etc... And I agree but why slay my boy Cotto and then others get a pass??? That's the problem. Guys who go out there and give their heart and soul are warriors but for some reason certain fighters get slayed and others get a pass. Think it's bullsh1t.

I don't criticize any fighter for ending the fight on their own terms, but I don't think the circumstances are the same. Alvarado has shown his strength of character from Prescott to Provodnikov, and he was getting badly beaten last night. Ortiz gave in the first time he was met with strong resistance and has only shown strength and grit against Berto. Ortiz just has a lower breaking point than Alvarado.

Ortiz would have stopped after the first knockdown.

yup if this was ortiz it would be a sh*tstorm on here

LOL at even comparing Ortiz quitting against Maidana to Alvarado giving everything he had. A more fitting comparison is Cotto taking the knee against Margarito. Both Cotto and Alvarado fought their hearts and bodies to the limit and had nothing left to give.