Is it OK to quit during a fight?

[USA4LIFE]

I personally dont like it when fighter quite but it is a smart move if your getting hurt pretty bad, you dont want to lose your prime in one fight.

[kapersky]

I personally dont like it when fighter quite but it is a smart move if your getting hurt pretty bad, you dont want to lose your prime in one fight.

yep, like chavez vs taylor he lost everything in that fight. but the worst beaten was in late round and taylor could win if he could stand up for few minutes so its ok to quite?, it depend. like golota-tyson i dont think its ok,golota could easily go on but didnt. but if you fight for money of course you should quit when you know you cant win or got beaten badly with no dignitic or repect for the fans

[Red_Menace]

If I had a choice between protecting my pride and preventing brain damage, I'd definitely choose preventing brain damage. I know when boxers quit, they take a lot of flak. Sometimes fights go on WAY longer than they should. The first time a fighter goes down to a head punch, they're probably be ok. But once you've been knocked down like that, and get back up, that's when the brain damage starts to accumulate. You see these fights that go through three of four knockdowns, and I can't understand why the refs would let that happen. I know it makes the fights more exciting, but it's really not in the best interest of the boxers, whom they should be trying to protect. If a fighter doesn't want to slur his speech for the rest of his life, and he knows the beating he's taking is going to get him there pretty fast, there's no shame in admitting defeat.

[Zn1]

i think if i was gonna quit id do it like ricardo mayorga did
against felix trinidad or like how michael brodie did against
in jin chi. take a knee when the shots start coming my way
again instead of just shaking my head & quitting. let the ref stop it

[Hunna]

quiting occurs when a boxer is totally outclassed. for example, Clinton Woods should have quit before his corner threw the towel in against RJJ, that was almost murder.Taking a DIVE is unacceptable. A few of Mike Tyson's opponents took dives didnt they, like the punch clipped him, put he fell over like ten pin balling ball. i think a few guys did it, cos they didnt wanna take anymore of a beating.

[The Troll]

quiting occurs when a boxer is totally outclassed. for example, Clinton Woods should have quit before his corner threw the towel in against RJJ, that was almost murder.Taking a DIVE is unacceptable. A few of Mike Tyson's opponents took dives didnt they, like the punch clipped him, put he fell over like ten pin balling ball. i think a few guys did it, cos they didnt wanna take anymore of a beating.

Buster Douglas could have gotten up if he wanted from the shot HOlyfield landed on him but he did not, that is crap way of quitting he should just vacated the belts instead of basically taking a dive against Holyfield.

[Tha Greatest]

I dunno why people critisize other for quitting

if theres NO chance u can win and ur gettin outgunned quit

if u just take more ****s it will take more out of u in the long run

[leff]

Quitting is never honorable. I'd rather get knocked out than quit. That might be pride screwing with me, but yeah, I'm going out on my shield. Just my mentality. Though, damn getting hit in the stomach can f'n hurt like hell.

agree, its better to go down with pride than standing in shame.

there is allways a chanche to turn the fight.........no matter how small it is

[Living Legend]

Is it OK to quit during a fight?

I think it all depends on the time and place...but when you know that you have no chance of winning, I would have to saying quitting is better than dying...Boxing is a sport isn't it..?

[Red_Menace]

agree, its better to go down with pride than standing in shame.

there is allways a chanche to turn the fight.........no matter how small it is

I dunno. It's not a game. You go down with pride, you could end up with early senility like Ray Robinson. Is your pride worth it? Probably not. Sure, people who don't know you will talk about how you're a "warrior" on the internet/radio/tv, but your friends in family will know you as the "warrior" who can't talk without slurring. I guess that's why I can't be a boxer. But really, who wants to see their favourite boxer end their career with their brains totally scrambled, just to prove how tough they are?