..Win Like A COWARD, Or Lose Like A Man?........

[THe TRiNiTY]

How does it make you more of a man to lose, if you can fight a different way and win. Is SRL a ***** for not standing against Haggler? You put the argument this way and this is how it is talked about on the forum so I think you worded it fine.

Also please clear up one thing for me are we talking about a single fight were you migiht just want to escape with a W and move on. Or what you base your whole career on, because if you base your whole career on a non crowd pleasing style your really not going to have a good careeer unless your among the best in the sport and even then it will take you years longer to get recognition.

The hypothetical situation is that this question comes up in your biggest fight.

[TommyGunn.]

Nope. Not a dig at anyone. I was listening to a rap song, and the lyrics came up as 'I'd rather die like a man, then live like a coward' so I converted the song to a question about boxing, with the fight being life, obviously. I just thought it would be an interesting conversation peice.

Ok sounds good.

I hate to lose at anything so i voted win regardless.

[The Gambler1981]

You win like SRL against Hagler and not give a **** about what others say. Besides if you win a close disputed decision like that you will basically go down in history because people will always agrue the fight and who they thought won without doing anything else in your career.

If you lose like Hearns to Leonard or Hagler that also works out for you but that should not be your preference to get your ass whipped and kayoed.

[BattlingNelson]

What would you rather do?

True, no one is a coward if they step in the ring. But, it's more for dramatic effect and lack of a better term.

Would you rather win like a coward, or lose like a man?

To make it an even tougher question, imagine that this is gonna be (whether you know it or not) the biggest fight of your entire career.

Vote. Discuss.

Winning isn't everything. It's the ONLY thing.

[KnockoutTheFat]

The hypothetical situation is that this question comes up in your biggest fight.

Holyfield-Bowe I comes to mind.

[TommyGunn.]

Winning isn't everything. It's the ONLY thing.

M sentiments exactly.

[Sin City]

It's called being smart buddy. If I know that I can't knock the guy out, I'm not gonna be ****** and just go and brawl with him.

it's not about brawling.. you can box and win with dignity.. he didn't box that night though, he pot shotted like a ***** and ran.

[Fox McCloud]

Losing like a man doesn't have to mean takin shots, it can mean comin forward and dictatin policy in the ring! and if I have to lose, then I'd rather lose being the boss! if thats ******, I hate to see what you consider SMART!

Losing like a man doesn't necessarily mean you get your butt kicked for the duration of the fight.

But you two do realize that scoring in boxing is counted on punches landed right? So the rounds that you lose, you are going to be taking damage, correct?

So STILL... The two choices are:

1. Win, move up in the eyes of the boxing world, because you won, and have taken a small and limited amount of damage.

OR

2. Take more damage than option 1, and lose your ranking because you lost.

WHY in the **** would ANYONE choose option #2?

When was Taylor considered a better fighter? When he won like a coward backing up against Ouma, or when he got knocked unconscious by Kelly Pavlik after the first fight?

[Jim Jeffries]

Depends on whether, in losing like a man, you end up eating through a straw for the rest of your life. I'll take that kind of beating for my family, but not for a few bucks in the ring against someone that has never wronged me.

[jadagod]

i'd rather be a winner then a loser full stop