Would you or wouldn't you?

**Swoosh** · 08-02-2009, 05:16 PM

Cat's got a lot of tongues.

**catalinul** · 08-02-2009, 05:22 PM

It generally depends on the situation and the type of wound.

For example I think Vitali Klitschko had a good chance of having permanent damage in the Lennox Lewis fight if he continued.That cut was terrible.

On the other hand Jorge Barrios and Arturo Gatti fought on with horrendous cuts themselves in the Freitas and Hutchinson fights respectively and didn't.Barrios even had a busted ear drum.
And in the case of McClellan I doubt he made the decision.His sisters said he wanted to stop it after 6 but Stan Johnson didn't wanna hear it.

**TEDetc** · 08-02-2009, 05:24 PM

If I though I was permanently going to lose my vision? I'd just walk out the arena and drive my ass to a hospital I wouldn't even say ****, I'd just hop out the ****ing ropes and be gone.

**Bushbaby** · 08-02-2009, 05:27 PM

Nate is 37 fighting a fast strong young fighter,boom,headbutt,can't see,it happened before the end of 4,he made the right choice,that's what people need to understand!!The ref is supposed to protect fighters,not hang em out to dry!!Nate was obviously bothered by the cut when Bradly was firing away,did the ref do anything right??

**UnDeniable** · 08-02-2009, 05:52 PM

If i thought i'd lose my vision, i'd quit without hesitation, live to fight another day and make more money in the future

**DiegoFuego** · 08-02-2009, 05:56 PM

It's not that Nate didn't want to fight, guys. It's that he SAID to stop the fight even before the doctor looked at him. All he had to do was wait until the doctor looked at him to say he was seeing spots and no one would have had a problem with the stoppage. But instead, he was getting his ass beat and said to stop the fight. The cameras caught him saying it.

**F l i c k e r** · 08-02-2009, 05:57 PM

lol, if the damage is bad enough to cause me to lose vision. Then yeah.

But just a cut, nah. Do you know how big you can boost your career if you fight with an obvious injury? Everyone loves the guy who keeps on fighting through adversity = big monayyyy.

But would I keep fighting like SRL did against Hearns? Detatched retina... hell nah. If I started seeing the floating dot/mosquito that wont go away from my field of vision. I'm taking a knee and gtfo of there.

**Swoosh** · 08-02-2009, 05:59 PM

Originally posted by catalinul

It generally depends on the situation and the type of wound.

For example I think Vitali Klitschko had a good chance of having permanent damage in the Lennox Lewis fight if he continued.That cut was terrible.

On the other hand Jorge Barrios and Arturo Gatti fought on with horrendous cuts themselves in the Freitas and Hutchinson fights respectively and didn't.Barrios even had a busted ear drum.
And in the case of McClellan I doubt he made the decision.His sisters said he wanted to stop it after 6 but Stan Johnson didn't wanna hear it.

Nobody truly knows but the fighter himself. Nate's trainers seemed to want him to continue based on the first view of the cut. That's their job....to fix the cut and get back to work. Nate obviously thought something was wrong. This is an instance when knowing the rules played against him. I don't know what was in Nate's head at the time, but i'm guessing he knew that living and fighting another day would go down as a ND.

I remember thinking back when Jesse James Leija seemed to ***** out of a fight only to find out he had a busted ear drum.

Things aren't always what they seem.

**Klitschko2010** · 08-02-2009, 06:01 PM

I get patches in my sight (like when you look at a really bright light or the sun) when I get hit with a good shot. The guy hit me with a big right hand on the break in my last fight and all the colour drained from my sight - everything went all brown. I finished the fight (lost a decision) but it's time to call it quits on my amatuer career.

Would you or wouldn't you?