When was the last time you saw a Fighter make NO EXCUSES after Losing???

[Kball15]

everybody I watched it with was saying he wanted out too. seeing him look to his corner made me sad too like kayjay says. something about it all was very sad at the time. he knew he was finished and he wanted out.

he CLEARLY wanted out but he didnt quit. What im saying is, he didnt take a knee with the intention of having the fight stopped.

He wanted to try and survive the fight, but he also knew it was over. It was like a sad realization, but i personally would not call it quitting

[2quick2slick]

For high profile fight, I would say Juan Diaz or Michael Katsidis. They took their lost pretty descent.

[jack_the_rippuh]

Seriously. What ****ing excuse could Cotto make?

The second knockdown was just a case of him going down to avoid punishment.

If I remember correctly, he kept backpeddling and when he got in the corner, he just went down.

What excuse can a guy who does something like that make?

[Point Blank]

juan manuel marquez is the fighter that doesn't make excuses.

[KESSLER]

Kessler made no excuses after his Calzaghe loss. He said he ruined his dream and that Calzaghe is the perfect match spoiler.

[MANGLER]

shane mosely... after the close fight with cotto.

Co-sign. SSM coulda bitched and gotten away wit it cuz that fight was close but he just gave props to the winner and left it at that.

[DIOS DOMINICANO]

Because his corner stopped it. Champions are only allowed to lose by being brutalized now? What is this with this backward idea today? I'd think that a smart fella like you could realize that Cotto, after taking 200+ power shots from one of the hardest punching Welterweights around, after being seriously hurt in the 11th round of a brutal fight, did not need to take anymore punishment. He had it, his corner saw that, they stopped the fight. In light of Oscar Diaz and Leavander Johnson, I'd think you'd realize that. Brain ijuries are the best way for fighters to go out now though...excellent.

A champion should go out with grace. Cotto certainly did. He went right over to Margarito and embraced him and made no excuses after the fight. He acknowledged he was the lesser man on that night.

Guys... when Arturo Gatti is on the verge of being KO'd and pulls out a stunning victory, we call him a warrior.

When Holt shocks Torres, we say that is great stuff.

You can't flip the script and defend Cotto choosing to bail himself out and giving "save me" puppy eyes to his corner.

[Scoooter]

This "quitter" talk is nonsense. Cotto got beaten to mush for our entertainment. He was going to lose at that point; he was going to get KO'd. Boxing isn't important enough to risk any more damage than is necessary.

[Zocalo]

Shane... in any loss he has had. He has always given the other fighter his props. Every fighter should take a note from him when it comes to conducting themselves before and after a fight.

[Mr. Ryan]

The first knee he took was for a breather; the second he wasn't even under fire. That was surrender.

I'm not saying he's a "coward" or anything ****** like that, but it was a heartbreaking moment to see him mentally crack.

The second time was nothing unlike the first one in that he was trying to find respite because he knew he wasn't in any shape to continue getting hit the way he was.

As for Rizo, yeah man I give Margarito all the respect in the world after a performance like that. Until now, Margarito had come up on the short end in his last two step up fights but he came all the way back last night with that exceptional performance.