If YOU were Rigo's trainer, what would you have done when he wanted to QUIT??

a fighter has to be allowed to quit. if he says he's done, he's done. are you going to send him out there defenseless against one of the very best fighters on the planet? what about after the next round. and the next? when he's got no shot of winning and has taken several rounds of extra punishment do you now say, "ok, you can quit now?" he had no shot of winning. he knew it. his coach knew it. i knew it and i was watching a garbage feed, because f#ck ESPN. it probably didn't have much to do with his hand, he never threw his left hand hard anyway. dude quit. you have to let him. maybe you say, "are you sure" or try and give him advice and see if he comes around, but you don't say "no, you cannot quit, i will not let you." that's dangerous and asking for trouble. is this f#cking arthur mercante hour? fighters can't quit any more?

remind him what the **** he actually defected for and why he got his gold medals made into a mother ****ing grill. slapped him in his face and recited back the tweet where he said he wouldnt quit like walters did. First, he never had gold medals in his mouth, that was some joke made by Rigo, he said he sold these medals to feed his family in some other interview Second, some other guy was running that Twitter account, it's already confirmed So that wouldn't help

I would have got right in his face with one of these... https://s18.postimg.org/v5hfoeovt/tumblr_noxw6ob_MF71teklt7o6_500.gif Just to remind him of what he doesn't have. :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: lmfaooooooooooooooooooooooo

I guess my unkind response goes back to my childhood. I remember playing basketball at 8 y/o and the ball slammed me in the nose hard enough to knock me over. My mom happened to be there talking to other parents and instead of comforting me she told me I better stop crying and get back out there or the other kids would never respect me. I didn't listen and, sure enough, I was teased for weeks until I started getting in fights to earn my rep back and I never again showed mental weakness. I think Rigo did himself a major disservice. He was going to take an ass beating one way or the other. But, in quitting he got an ass beating + lost his fans + became unmarketable + tarnished what legacy he might have had + ruined his rep as being a real dog ("The Jackal" in fact). The thing he escaped wasn't nearly as bad as the thing he created by quitting so early. If he was in danger, ok. But, I did not see his health being at risk, or even coming close yet. Sergey comes to mind. He was deemed to be the Krusher. Yet you saw how much he complained and whined as he lost and yet he still had some dignity left to his name because he was able to say look at how much i was fouled. Still it took a backseat. I enjoy reading peoples POV on Rigo, the good posters i mean and to see him go out like that was wack. Just absolutely wack.

He's from the old school, thats how it was. To see it now is a pretty sharp contrast. Boxing is safer place than it used to be. :+1: agreed...accept in the case of magomed abdulsalamov. if ever the signs were there that a fight needed to be stopped...

I guess my unkind response goes back to my childhood. I remember playing basketball at 8 y/o and the ball slammed me in the nose hard enough to knock me over. My mom happened to be there talking to other parents and instead of comforting me she told me I better stop crying and get back out there or the other kids would never respect me. I didn't listen and, sure enough, I was teased for weeks until I started getting in fights to earn my rep back and I never again showed mental weakness. I think Rigo did himself a major disservice. He was going to take an ass beating one way or the other. But, in quitting he got an ass beating + lost his fans + became unmarketable + tarnished what legacy he might have had + ruined his rep as being a real dog ("The Jackal" in fact). The thing he escaped wasn't nearly as bad as the thing he created by quitting so early. If he was in danger, ok. But, I did not see his health being at risk, or even coming close yet.

remind him what the **** he actually defected for and why he got his gold medals made into a mother ****ing grill. slapped him in his face and recited back the tweet where he said he wouldnt quit like walters did.

dayum...you know I recall that now...I had completely forgotten about it tho. in his defence, I'm sure he had no idea about all that and golota was know to be a mental midget, but in retrospect it looks pretty bad. He's from the old school, thats how it was. To see it now is a pretty sharp contrast. Boxing is safer place than it used to be. Pull him the f*ck out. This isnt a game. :+1:

Pull him the f*ck out. This isnt a game.

He was an animal that should have had whatever licenses he had pulled for life. Piece of shít. Dr. Wesley Yapor, a neurosurgeon treating Golota, said the fighter sustained a concussion, a fractured left cheekbone and a herniated disc between the fourth and fifth cervical vertebrae. http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/golota-has-multiple-injuries-after-tyson-fight-636895.html http://articles.latimes.com/2000/oct/24/sports/sp-41142 dayum...you know I recall that now...I had completely forgotten about it tho. in his defence, I'm sure he had no idea about all that and golota was know to be a mental midget, but in retrospect it looks pretty bad.

poor certo did about all anyone can do in that situation. He was an animal that should have had whatever licenses he had pulled for life. Piece of shít. Dr. Wesley Yapor, a neurosurgeon treating Golota, said the fighter sustained a concussion, a fractured left cheekbone and a herniated disc between the fourth and fifth cervical vertebrae. http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/golota-has-multiple-injuries-after-tyson-fight-636895.html http://articles.latimes.com/2000/oct/24/sports/sp-41142

Slap him silly, like segarra used to to Cuban amateurs

I would tell him to go out on his shield and after the loss i would book daniel powter to sing him a song to cheer him up

so even if his injury was legit (he really did broke his hand), you're still gonna send him out there? what kinda robert garcia type trainer are you?? lol Why not Vasyl did it too against Piriyapinho for six rounds and more fighters did that, also Mayweather,he quit because he had no answers and his trainer had no answers either to solve the puzzle that was Lomachenko that night

How I'd handle it is I'd step out towards center ring and point at Rigo while yelling that motha****a wants to quit.. He's a POS quitter! repeatedly..

Once a fighter thinks about it ...he subconsciously quit already. And do we really want another awkward Victor Ortiz/Garcia moment

Tell him to get back in there and fight like his life depended on it. If he quits now, this will forever be all that he's remembered for.

poor certo did about all anyone can do in that situation.

Remind him that Lomachenko is a fire that he, as a firefighter, can extinguish :lol1: :lol1: The wording of this made it so funny

You complain and cry for years so hard and then finally get the fight you claim to want and just quit because your outclassed? Even if his hand was a tiny bit sore (I think that was an excuse by him and his trainer) at least try and do something. I'd have told him the consequences real quick and whatever decision he makes tells me about his character. I'm surprised he gave up so easily. I knew he'd be outclassed the whole way but figured there was more fight in him.