lets say ur favorite fighter quit.....

[gingeralbino]

depends on the circumstance. I dont like quitters, and it depends on your definition of the word. In a perfect world, the corner should stop it. If the corner and the ref and doctor thinks u can continue, and you dont, then thats bad. Some people call fighters quitters when the corner stops it, thats just wrong.

[Silkstone]

I think it's more or less unanimous here that it would depend entirely upon the circumstances. What it depends upon more is the reasons or excuses that follow, how the fighter conducts himself in the post-fight interview. I would like to think that I would never turn on my favourite fighter unless he did something awful like cheating in the ring or sexually assaulted a woman. A real fan is a fan through and through

But if you think any professional boxer is a *****.... say it to his face. :-)

[BoxingChaos]

I think the fact that Ortiz was clobbered in the back of the head just before he went down might have something to do with it, he did not quit on his stool and he came out trying even when he knew that he might get knocked out. Just tap yourself with your fist on the back of the head and see if you dont get a little dizzy. Any one? Try it and you will see what I mean. I am glad he quit and or the fight was stopped.

[El Chicano]

How many **** thread are you gonna make today?

[cottothechamp]

Na any boxer who steps in the ring deserves respect, however a quitter doesnt deserve to be a champ. With that said victor ortiz is nothing but a journeyman.

and will never be a champ

[Khalid X]

anyone else wanna give their opinion?

I was the main guy defending him after he lost. I mean he was hurt bad...I dont give a **** what anyone says and with his closed eye he was just target practices for Maidana. Maidana has 24 kos for 25 wins and can crack at 140. He hit ortiz with repeated flush power shots and ortiz took a lot of them before he went down.

Only thing Ortiz did wrong in my book was fight a dumb fight. Any boxer that gets hit flush like that will go down. As to the question of did he quit...yes he did, but here is my opinion on this:

I think it was a smart move. No sense in taking a beating when he was defenseless against that onslaught. He has a family that depends on him and he is right...no need to take a beating when you can live to fight another day

He is not a pu$$y for that. Im tired of these B!tch ass dudes , who dont even have the balls to step in the ring, call boxers pvssies just because they give in. How many Ali, Freddie Roaches, Gerald McClennons do we have to see before the so called machismo **** gets put to rest

Also While Cotto is not my favorite fighter I applaud him for accepting his defeating and quiting. Why? because he could have gotten severly ****ed up if he would have tried to fight through the 11th and 12th round. Ill take that anyday especially knowing he has a family to take care of. Also he lives to fight another day and we get to see Cotto/Pac and maybe Cotto vs Mosley or PBF. I would rather see these guys come back another day so we can see more of them.

Lastly, Ortiz will be back. Most fans will knock him for it but while an immediant rematch wont happen, He will face Maidana again, beat him and all will be forgotten. I just hope he is headstrong and continues his career as a boxer.

[cottothechamp]

ortiz kept going backwards, u never do that, look at miguel cotto, when an opponent chases cotto down cotto gives them angles by moving side to side. Making it hard for the opponent to land anything.

[713832281]

as people have said before, any fighter is not a *****, but at the same time in the manner he quit turned alot of people off. he wanted to quit before the doc stopped it, he turned away and shook his hand. so he is a quitter, the going got tough and he couldnt take it. i cant help but think of the greatest warrior, chico, on the verge of tears after his corner stopped it after pbf was beating his ass. i never was a fan of ortiz, so this isnt just hating or me turning my back on him. my 2 cents.

[KennyWeldon]

Tony didn't quit because he wanted to go out like a man not a little quitting *****.

Tony is the biggest coward in boxing! You're right he didn't quit, he didn't even have time to quit, Mosley ****d him and took his soul since the opening bell.

[ACHlLLES]

Learn defense and you wouldn't have to quit. Corrales and Katsidis have big balls they go out and give their best any never quit.