Most (Un)Justifiable Quitter: Alvarado, Ortiz, Vitali, Alexander, Arce

[bojangles1987]

I wanted to say Ortiz, but the Alexander one was just pathetic... I mean, at least Maidana is a big puncher

Alexander even told on himself after the fight when he said "I thought I was ahead..."

Alexander knew he couldn't go another 2 1/2 rounds cause the fight was "close" in his mind, and if it continued the way it was going in the 10th, Bradley would have pulled away...

BITCH MOVE

If Alexander thought he was ahead then he's an idiot. Bradley was clearly winning.

I don't remember him saying that. If that's true, it does give him away. I'd say that's just as bad or worse than Ortiz quitting against Maidana.

[Derranged]

Peterson resorting to low blows to get disqualified against Rios was pretty bad.

McCline quitting against Wladimir was also not so great. He wasn't getting beat that badly, he just didn't want to be in there. Then years later he tried to say he over trained for the fight

[Doctor_Tenma]

Quitting is met with so much negativity in this sport that even though someone like Cotto who was well within his right to quit against Margarito, as was Alvarado against Provodnikov people don't want to hear that they quit. There are different forms of quitting, when you don't have anything else to offer and your taking substantial punishment your well within your right. Now what Duran did or Ortiz against Maidana (Ortiz was ahead in a very winnable fight) that can't be justified. So I didn't like what the ref did to Alvarado, then again it's more because of how ruthless boxing fans can be.

[PiXelElite]

What was the most justifiable and understandable situation where a boxer quit a fight? And to reverse the question, what was the most unjustifiable, inexplicable and absurd situation where a boxer quit?

Some examples of fights where boxers have quit / retired (RTD) :

Vitali Klitschko quits against Chris Byrd
Devon Alexander quits against Bradley
Alvarado quits against Provodnikov
Jorge Arce quits against Rogas
Ortiz quits against Maidana & Lopez

You forgot Kermit the frog cintron when he jumped off the ring against Paul Williams & made it look like he got hit by a truck.

[baya]

What was the guys name, Puerto rican, who went across the pond and gave a great account of himself to quit in the late rounds? Dark skin dude.

That was the most egregious instance of quiting I've ever witnessed.

[F!x]

What was the guys name, Puerto rican, who went across the pond and gave a great account of himself to quit in the late rounds? Dark skin dude.

That was the most egregious instance of quiting I've ever witnessed.

Ah talking about Jose A Gonzalez? He went over to Scotland and fought Ricky Burns, he was well ahead on the cards but he quit with a hand injury in the 9th round

[TheMexHurricane]

1) Sugar Ray Robinson vs Joey Maxim was the ATW(All Time Worst). He was winning and was experiencing the same heat as his opponent and pretended to not be able to continue even though he was the one beating the other dude up.

2) Camacho quitting vs Rosario from just one punch and running the rest of the fight was 2nd worst. Camacho quit vs Trinidad too and resorted to hugging to avoid a fight when he felt Tito's punch.

3) Duran vs Leonard was 3rd worst because he hadn't taken punishment vs a guy who could never hurt him.

[Ham Porter]

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You've clearly never seen the Robinson-Maxim fight. If you had, you'd know exactly why Robinson was completely drained and why Maxim was still fresh by comparison.

[oc9979]

You forgot Kermit the frog cintron when he jumped off the ring against Paul Williams & made it look like he got hit by a truck.

I thought Cintron was winning that fight before the leap of frog.

[WilkinsOlajuwon]

What was the most justifiable and understandable situation where a boxer quit a fight? And to reverse the question, what was the most unjustifiable, inexplicable and absurd situation where a boxer quit?

Some examples of fights where boxers have quit / retired (RTD) :

Vitali Klitschko quits against Chris Byrd
Devon Alexander quits against Bradley
Alvarado quits against Provodnikov
Jorge Arce quits against Rogas
Ortiz quits against Maidana & Lopez

I'm not sure you know what quitting means. The only clear quit job on this list is Ortiz and MAYBE Arce--but Travieso is all warrior so I dont buy it.