Since when is it OK to QUIT?!?!

[Bad Intentions]

our respect is THE ONLY THING that matters, because we're the ones who pay $50 on TV and $500 for ringside tix to see the fights (or am I the only one???)....

basically the new breed of fighter, in general, wnats to have their cake & eat it too, they want the $$$ and glory but aren't willing to pay a big price to get it.....Ali, Holmes, Frazier, Hearns, Leonard, all of those guys have visible physical damage, and obvious speech impediments, from their boxing careers, but guess what? That's the price you pay to become a LEGEND. You can't get there by repeatedly quitting and letting the fans down who pay big $$$ to watch fights....once again, just one man's opinion, everyone feel free to passionately disagree and voice your opinions on how quitting is perfectly OK

i agree but there are no fighters like in the old days

[Tha Greatest]

....Abdullaev could not see anything out of his eye. That was the most legitimate quit I have seen. Tyson should be in his own league for quitting more than once. He quit when he bit Evander, he tried to quit when Botha was beating him(see attempt to break Botha's arm many times), He quit mentaly when Lewis whipped his ass, He quit against Williams, and he certainly quit when that big goofy dork whipped his sorry ass. Tyson is the most heartless of the bunch by far. The others shouldn't be judged by one quit. Have you ever put your sorry Cali ass in the ring before? I suspect you would be a curl up in a ball type of dude anyway. Probably a silk shirt wearing half a cali ***. WTF do you know about anything???

What you got against us Cali people LOL

Not that we're not cool or anything LOL

[ricecrispi]

QUITTERS: Tyson, Tszyu, Abdullaev, both Quitschko's, Freitas, Golota

I say good riddance to quitters

Golota's a quitter. I loathe him like food poisioning. This guy should be banned from putting on the leather

Zoo shouldn't of quit. Your job is fight 12 rounds. That means as fighter you have to offer it you can continue fighting. This will lower his legacy a lot. I think a lot less of him now.

Abdu had his eye closed and was getting popped left and right. A ref would've stopped it in the next round. That eye was getting really bad and was getting worse. That corner was 2nd rate since they couldn't stop the swelling for a handful of rounds... I think the corner ineptitude hurt his morale and his chances.. I wouldn't be surprised if the corner stopped him from getting up. That eye was just sick BTW. That was a completly closed eyes, not the type were you getcan kinda get a peep oput of. All that amateur boxing skill, he should've learn to grab and hold like macho camacho or Ruiz. Either way his career is over but he decided it by quitting and not the oher way around.

Tyson is quitter because of his act. He can't fight and thats been since 1990. His in it for the money and hopes to win trying to intimidate and get an early KO otherwise he fouls and quits. I stop watching his fixed fights or sideshows since the McNeelly incident because i think it was on purpose.

Popo is no quitter. He got up from crazy knockdowns and got up. I don't think he could've continued and he would've been out in a minute anyways. He could've stayed down after the first one like a lot of boxers do if thats what you prefer.

Vlad klitskho with the shoulder injury. He has a PHD in physiology and I think he made a decision to save his career.
I don't know about you but I had shoulder injuries from boxing. I don't know what he had but it feels like a hot poker was stuck in the whole arm, not the should, the arm is on fire. You can't move the arm up. Move it up and it literally feels like it's gonna fall of your body. The most sensitive part on your body after the face is the hands, feet, and arm. The face goes numb but the arm doesn't.

[Fallout]

Well then he shouldn't have entered the ring in the 1st place, if he wasn't determined to fight hard for 10 rounds....personally I can never justify somebody quitting, for any reason, up to and including death, boxing is the hurt business, fight back or don't bother showin' up!

Gatti had 2 swollen eyes vs. Wilson Rodriguez, golly what kind of moron would fight thru that? Oh yeah, a WARRIOR would, because that's his job

Fighting thru pain because you know you can win is being a warrior. Getting beat on for no reason at all is ******. Tyson knew he was done. In the fight and in the sport.

He should fight in k-1 for 20 million, pay off his debts, and then retire from fighting for good. He will get beat in K-1 but 20 million dollars is worth a kick to the head.

[Fallout]

After reading all of this thread, I got a good laugh out of it. I am original of fan of MMA and my sport not only lets fighters quit, but its a common way of finishing a fight (the tapout). Some people here would like to see broken bones, or concussions or someone losing an eye rather than see a fighter quit.

Come on guys, get a grip on reality.

p.s Joe Frazier quit on his stool. Ali might of done the same if Joe hadn't. Remember that.

[Tha Greatest]

After reading all of this thread, I got a good laugh out of it. I am original of fan of MMA and my sport not only lets fighters quit, but its a common way of finishing a fight (the tapout). Some people here would like to see broken bones, or concussions or someone losing an eye rather than see a fighter quit.

Come on guys, get a grip on reality.

p.s Joe Frazier quit on his stool. Ali might of done the same if Joe hadn't. Remember that.

I'm gettin tired of everyone bein called a quitter cuz of 1 lil quit LOL

Frazier is a warrior..

[xKillingJokex]

Once a quitter..always a quitter..legitimate reason for quitting..if you cant defend or mount an offense because of..injury..or severe swelling...and..a cut that could be dangerous

[ricecrispi]

After reading all of this thread, I got a good laugh out of it. I am original of fan of MMA and my sport not only lets fighters quit, but its a common way of finishing a fight (the tapout). Some people here would like to see broken bones, or concussions or someone losing an eye rather than see a fighter quit.

MMa wasn't always like that... They had to because of the government on there back and the gracie sidewhow of BJJ. No one tap except against Royce. UFC and Vale Tudo was about blood, guts and broken bones. It just got modern to survive. Some japanese guys wont quit and Don Fyre (amateur boxer) broken ankles and wouldn't quit.

Boxing is different from MMA. Hard to compare the two. I done both and I would never quit in the ring but I would tap out all the time.

[solo1bc]

I think the point that's being made though is that people never used to quit... It should be up to the corner to throw in the towel if they think there fighter is getting hurt..

I agree that it's not a nice trend in boxing lately..

I don't want anyone to get hurt and your right that they have families etc. but they should fight until they get stopped or until the corner/ref stops it...

In Tyson's case I think he did the right thing, he knew he wasn't going to win at that point and didn't want to get pumbled by Mcbride

How would you feel if this applied to other sports as well then? What about if one team is winning the Superbowl by a huge margin but then the other team just walks off because they know they can't win?!

You gotta play till the end.. That's the rules.. Anyone who does otherwise ain't got heart.. This applies to Zoo as well, if he was that badly hurt then let the corner stop it... Thats there job...

[Shaolin Bushido]

It's not okay to quit in boxing. Unless there's really something wrong with you.