So if Suger Ray Robinson quit then whats the big deal about other fighters quitting?

[T-97]

He's referring to the Joey Maxim fight at 175 lbs. I believe it was for Maxim's LWH title and SRR could not continue due to the sweltering heat in the ring. I think they had to switch out the referee at one point because the referee had collapsed from exhaustion.

Correct...

It was around 100 degrees in the audience, under the lights in the ring...it was probably even hotter. Robinson had to quit, he collapsed of heat exhaustion and almost died...

[pistol whip]

Which Robinson fight are you referring to?

He quit against Joey Maxim when he tried to win the Light HW Title.

[Thread Stealer]

I really only have a problem with quitting unless a fighter doesn't give an honest effort and is ripping off the fans with his non-effort.

[Dynamite Kid]

Correct...

It was around 100 degrees in the audience, under the lights in the ring...it was probably even hotter. Robinson had to quit, he collapsed of heat exhaustion and almost died...

Nice sig T. I see you got it off Reed. How much did he charge you? 1 billion trillion E points ?

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I really only have a problem with quitting unless a fighter doesn't give an honest effort and is ripping off the fans with his non-effort.

Thats kind of objective don't you think?

[T-97]

Nice sig T. I see you got it off Reed. How much did he charge you? 1 billion trillion E points ?

I think it was about 270 K, I won it in an auction.

[KnockoutTheFat]

Here's some footage of the fight

[KILLA RIGHT]

THERES A DIFFRENCE!!!!If you go out like a ***** like oscar thats a completly diffrent thing then what Cotto or izzy did busting there ass giving it there all then just quitting like oscar did

[Dapperdon70]

Correct...

It was around 100 degrees in the audience, under the lights in the ring...it was probably even hotter. Robinson had to quit, he collapsed of heat exhaustion and almost died...

In the HBO Documentary about SRR's life, I believe they stated that he almost died and that his body was not the same for months after this fight. Robinson would have won had the fight gone the distance, but he was smaller than Maxim and couldn't sustain the heat.

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THERES A DIFFRENCE!!!!If you go out like a ***** like oscar thats a completly diffrent thing then what Cotto or izzy did busting there ass giving it there all then just quitting like oscar did

Whats the diffrence? In fact the oscar-pac man fight was a hundred times more lopsided than Cotto-Margarito or Izzy-Marquez.


So if anything Oscar had more of a reason to quit than Izzy or cotto.