Would you or wouldn't you?

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    #11
    i don't beleive that campbell really wanted the fight stopped to avoid serious injury, though. i think his plan was to try and grab a nd since it was early, and rematch without anything affecting him in the fight.

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    • Swoosh
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      #12
      Originally posted by F l i c k e r
      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.
      I don't know if i agree. Fighting through adversity makes you a fight fans fighter, as Nate seems to be, but it wasn't until Arturo met Micky when they started making some cash.

      Some of the biggest cash cows of the business don't fight with the heart that we'd like them to.

      And again, i don't think Nate's cut was the issue he was having which is why he emphatically told his corner he couldn't see.

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      • MonsieurGeorges
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        #13
        keep in mind that Nate screwed himself a bit because he acts like such a badass all the time. you would think a guy like that would keep fighting.

        if his injury was really severe and in the end it turns out quitting was in the best interests of his health, then that's fine. he will have to deal with it, we won't. the record will say loss via tko.

        from my own personal perspective I believe i was screwed out of watching a good fight because of an unfortunate accident that sometimes happens in boxing, it's a physical game. i'm also mature enough to know pointing fingers will do no good. why get on here and call either guy a *****?

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        • JACK D. RIPPER
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          #14
          Originally posted by Swoosh
          A lot of people on here being real brave sitting behind their firewalls, but would you or wouldn't you continue fighting if you feared losing vision in one eye?

          This isn't about a cut, this is about seeing spots in your eye.

          Does anyone think that Gerald McClellan made the right decision to show his heart and fight through his injury? How bout Leavander Johnson?

          If you would have continued to fight, give an example of what you have done in your past where your health was risked.
          Without thinking twice. Thats what ***ING CUTMEN ARE FOR!!!

          You behave like a fighter. Like a goddamn professional, not like a ***ing chump.

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          • AssasinKing
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            #15
            Originally posted by Real OG
            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
            What he said....

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            • Swoosh
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              #16
              No doubt that Nate made a premature decision. I think he assumed (being clear as day) that the headbutt was ruled.

              If Nate was a quitter, he would have quit against Funeka when he had nothing to gain by fighting. I've always told Nate that his fight with Funeka was as important as his fight with Diaz. He already lost his belts on the scale, was ****** dry from trying to make weight, was clearly overpowered by a much bigger guy and still dug down deep to pull out a W. If he was a quitter, that was the time to do it.

              Oh and Bradley (nor anyone else for that matter) doesn't want any part of a guy like Funeka.

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              • Swoosh
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                #17
                Originally posted by JACK D. RIPPER
                Without thinking twice. Thats what ***ING CUTMEN ARE FOR!!!

                You behave like a fighter. Like a goddamn professional, not like a ***ing chump.
                Cutmen are cutmen. Not neurologists or opthamologists.

                Nate is a passionate guy. As he's stated, he had his belts stripped and $400,000 taken out of his pocket in his past two fights.

                Would you sit back and listen to them declare a TKO on you if you just got butted? Would that have made him a bigger man?

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