Where is Lamon Brewster?

[!!Captain]

I'm not hating on Vitali. I was just taking a swipe at the thread starter, who of course is a Wladimir fan, by pointing out that quitting isn't necessarily a bad thing. If he wanted to deride the end result of the Wladimir-Brewster rematch, I said it would invite comparisons to Vitali-Byrd. And when he pulled up Vitali's arm hanging off, I pulled up Danny Williams kayoing some guy despite an arm injury.

Just playing devil's advocate.

A lot of world's finest quit on their stool. Kostya Tszyu not answering the bell in the 12th is still a painful memory for me. I still don't think it's the right thing to do, you come to fight, not give up. Giving up means you're just there for the money, not the sport. That day was when I stopped being Tszyu's fan, and he was my favorite boxer.

As for Brewster, I don't think that it was the eye injury that "killed" him. He took a terrible beating in that fight, I think he was affected mentally more than anything.

[Mike Tyson77]

A lot of world's finest quit on their stool. Kostya Tszyu not answering the bell in the 12th is still a painful memory for me. I still don't think it's the right thing to do, you come to fight, not give up. Giving up means you're just there for the money, not the sport. That day was when I stopped being Tszyu's fan, and he was my favorite boxer..

You and I know boxing is the hardest sport. No "real" shame in quitting. It's tough, no dought............................................ ............................

[al caPWN]

A lot of world's finest quit on their stool. Kostya Tszyu not answering the bell in the 12th is still a painful memory for me. I still don't think it's the right thing to do, you come to fight, not give up. Giving up means you're just there for the money, not the sport. That day was when I stopped being Tszyu's fan, and he was my favorite boxer.

As for Brewster, I don't think that it was the eye injury that "killed" him. He took a terrible beating in that fight, I think he was affected mentally more than anything.

I agree with your last comment. Brewster just didn't have the fire in him, and I think much of that has to do with all the beatings he had taken in the past and was taking that night. He just didn't have what it took to go through fire and brimstone once again in order to pull out the victory.

I can understand many instances of quitting. Abdullaev called it a night against Cotto while Vargas wanted to keep going with Mosley in their first outing. I think that says more positive about Vargas than it does negative about Abdullaev. Arturo Gatti was upset when McGirt stopped things against Mayweather while Brewster was okay with what the trainer was doing.

I was surprised when Tszyu remained on his stool. I can't clearly remember whether it was his decision or his trainer's. But it says a lot about how much Hatton and a long career took out of Tszyu, considering Tszyu hasn't returned to boxing since.