Retiring in the corner, quitting or not?

[Tugboat]

This has always been a topic of contention for many fans that see ending the fight as a beaten man on your stool as quitting. But realistically these men are trying to earn as much as they can while they can and getting potentially getting hurt and putting your career in jeopardy seems illogical. In the case of Oscar versus Manny it made more sense for him to retire when he did rather than sustain a beating that could have damaged his sight permanently. That said this sport is all about toughness and many fighters talk about being ready to die in the ring. With that attitude being the overarching theme in boxing to proponents the act of retiring on the stool might be perceived as quitting.

How do you feel about this, is retiring in the corner quitting or not?

[jri9d0]

Of course it is only if you aren't Mexican.

Thus double standards...

[deanrw]

This has always been a topic of contention for many fans that see ending the fight as a beaten man on your stool as quitting. But realistically these men are trying to earn as much as they can while they can and getting potentially getting hurt and putting your career in jeopardy seems illogical. In the case of Oscar versus Manny it made more sense for him to retire when he did rather than sustain a beating that could have damaged his sight permanently. That said this sport is all about toughness and many fighters talk about being ready to die in the ring. With that attitude being the overarching theme in boxing to proponents the act of retiring on the stool might be perceived as quitting.

How do you feel about this, is retiring in the corner quitting or not?

Regardless of how one sees it, sometimes packing it in during a fight if you are in hopeless peril is a good thing. A fighter only has a short window of time for their career. They have to make best of what they have. Some will have off nights, take a bad beating, broken bones etc. In their hearts they may want to continue, but sometimes they might run into an impossible situation and have to call it a night. If they do not, their corner should.

They deserve to get another chance without suffering a career ending injury. They deserve to make a living and they do deserve a second chance. All the Machismo in the world cannot save a fighter who suffers an injury that will stop putting bread on the table. I have no issue with Perro saying he had enough for instance. It got to the point where he was probably worried about his vision in that eye. Totally understandable to me and all is forgiven. Pride does not put money in your bank. Everyone deserves to have the ability to earn another paycheck.

[GrandpaBernard]

It depends on whether his trainer asked for his input or not. If his trainer goes full maverick and waves it off, then the fighter had no say in it