Is it OK to quit during a fight?

[Tha Greatest]

COME ON BRO DURAN WILL ALWAYS BE ASSOCIATED WITH "NO MAS"

Your a DeLaHoya fan...he quit against Hopkins

Chavez quit in his corner...

Duran said no mas...

They have accomplished so much in their careers that it doesnt mean nothing..

Have you not seen Durans fights when he was younger?
He could not have been stopped...

[Memorex]

Your a DeLaHoya fan...he quit against Hopkins

Chavez quit in his corner...

Duran said no mas...

They have accomplished so much in their careers that it doesnt mean nothing..

Have you not seen Durans fights when he was younger?
He could not have been stopped...

OSCAR WAS KNOCKEDOUT HE DIDNT QUIT. CHAVEZ WAS OLD AND SHOULDT HAVE FOUGHT DLH. DURAN WAS IN HIS PRIME AGAINST RAY. IM NOT SAYING BY NO MEANS THAT DURAN WASNT A GREAT CHAMP BUT IM SAYING THE "NO MAS" IS THE MOST MEMORABLE QUIT OF ALL TIME.

[Boxerdog]

I am surprised that in all of these "Quiting" threads nobody has mentioned Jesse James Leija quitting against Zu!

I went round and round about this with some idiotic armchair warriors at another site. They were all calling Jesse everything but a baby ****r!
Jesse, of course, quit with a busted eardrum. This is something that is diferent case by case. Sometimes the pain is very mild but I had an ear infection and busted eardrum one time that caused me to miss the only performance of my music career. Excrutiating pain, no balance, blood and puss pouring from my ear.....I can't believe anybody could have fought under the conditions I experienced!

[SonnyG8R]

Is it OK to quit during a fight?

If you mean in a professional boxing match the answer is absolutely not under any circumstances.

[Tha Greatest]

OSCAR WAS KNOCKEDOUT HE DIDNT QUIT. CHAVEZ WAS OLD AND SHOULDT HAVE FOUGHT DLH. DURAN WAS IN HIS PRIME AGAINST RAY. IM NOT SAYING BY NO MEANS THAT DURAN WASNT A GREAT CHAMP BUT IM SAYING THE "NO MAS" IS THE MOST MEMORABLE QUIT OF ALL TIME.

Ok one thing....

Duran was not in his prime when he fought leonard the 2nd time..

[Boxerdog]

Is it OK to quit during a fight?

If you mean in a professional boxing match the answer is absolutely not under any circumstances.

So a young man with a bright future and a family counting on him should die in the ring for the viewing pleasure of some fat slob watching HBO or Showtime?
Thanks for your insight.

[Tha Greatest]

So a young man with a bright future and a family counting on him should die in the ring for the viewing pleasure of some fat slob watching HBO or Showtime?
Thanks for your insight.

I agree with you..

If you CANT win and your risking your life...then QUIT!



I rememeber another fight where someone quit..

Arguello against Pryor in the rematch but Arguellos a warrior and like he said he didnt wanna get ****ed up...

Arguello is one of the greatest fighters ever

[SonnyG8R]

So a young man with a bright future and a family counting on him should die in the ring for the viewing pleasure of some fat slob watching HBO or Showtime?
Thanks for your insight.

Who said anything about dying?

Has it happened on a few rare occassions...yes.

But far more often you are going to go down for the count, not simply stop breathing. Quiting is for cowards, and yes it is tantamount to robbing the fans. My feeling is if a fighter quits he shouldn't get paid for the fight. If your band was hired to play a 2 set, concert and you quit after the second song would you get paid? How would the people who paid to see the show feel. Ripped off maybe?

Quiting is for chumps. It's hardly surprising you support it.

[Boxerdog]

And it's not at all surprising that you feel as you do....being the slob in front of the T.V. and all.
Go verbally abuse some women, Son!

[NiGe2011]

I really don't get all too pissed at fighters who quit the fight. I may not always understand it (in instances where they dont come out for the last round for example) but I don't fault them for it either. The way I look at is they are in there taking the punishment and probably know better then I do how much more they can or cannot take. If they have had enough then they have had enough, in a sport like boxing nobody needs to prove their manhood- they already have just by putting on the gloves and getting into the ring as far as I am concerned.