I applaud Victor Ortiz for quitting.

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  • Drgamma
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    #241
    We live to fight another days. IMO its harder to say you had enough then to dance around a ring or to say down. Some times you need to take the risk and in this next fight he needs to take that risk.

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    • yuppie
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      #242
      When people critise boxers for quitting i always think of nigel benn/gerald mcclellan..and what happened after.

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      • SpitBalla
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        #243
        What horse ****. If you are afraid of getting hurt, afraid of getting koed, pick a different career.

        Ortiz only has you respect because he decided to fight till the last second. He even said he imagined he would have two black eyes and cuts everywhere.

        So stop rationalizing and justifying Ortiz being a coward against Maidana, when the only reason you respect him is because he acted the opposite against Berto.

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        • PRINCE O' PROSE
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          #244
          Originally posted by SpitBalla
          What horse ****. If you are afraid of getting hurt, afraid of getting koed, pick a different career.

          Ortiz only has you respect because he decided to fight till the last second. He even said he imagined he would have two black eyes and cuts everywhere.

          So stop rationalizing and justifying Ortiz being a coward against Maidana, when the only reason you respect him is because he acted the opposite against Berto.
          You realize this thread was made 2 years ago, right?


          That's twice in two days you've made a raving idiot out of yourself, well done.


          -golfclap-

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          • fitefanSHO
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            #245
            Despite their many differences, one major difference between UFC/MMA and boxing is that in boxing it is unacceptable in almost all circumstances to quit. Fighters who do it are labelled and criticized. In UFC/MMA, quitting is not only OK, its part of the sport in terms of tapping out. "Oh, my arm is going to snap, let me tap" is the same as..."oh, my brain is bleeding, let me 'quit' the fight." Why is it so hard to imagine it being OK for a boxer to "tap out" so to speak, by voluntarily ending the fight? If Gerald McClellan had been less of "warrior", he'd probably be more of a whole man today.
            Last edited by fitefanSHO; 06-13-2011, 02:23 PM.

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            • IronDanHamza
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              #246
              Originally posted by PRINCE O' PROSE
              You realize this thread was made 2 years ago, right?


              That's twice in two days you've made a raving idiot out of yourself, well done.


              -golfclap-

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              • junior gong
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                #247
                Its not what most people want to see as it kind of goes against the qualities most people associate boxing with, but if a fighter feels that he should do that when he is getting beaten, then who are we to argue? Only the fighter knows how he feels and I am pretty certain that all boxers know the consequences of doing that, it could well ruin their image and their reputation.

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                • jtiger777
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                  #248
                  Originally posted by PRINCE O' PROSE
                  You realize this thread was made 2 years ago, right?


                  That's twice in two days you've made a raving idiot out of yourself, well done.


                  -golfclap-
                  hahahahahahah!!!!!!!!

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                  • TruthMatters
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                    #249
                    Let this remind people, and dont foget about the other fight against Lamont Peterson

                    Ortiz is being praised by his win against an overrated Berto, which he gets a credit in my book. But still untested IMHO

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                    • STRUGG
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                      #250
                      quitting or no quitting....................Ortiz was a cherry pick by team mayweather...........

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