Why cant they quit ?

[Cuauhtémoc1520]

It's the job of the fighter to fight, it's the job of the commission, referee and trainer to protect the fighter. What we need to have is more corner men being more responsible and stopping fights.

Robert Garcia should have stopped the Marg vs Pac fight, the Russian that's in a comma, his trainers should have done the same thing.

A fighter should fight though until the end because that's the sport. It's brutal and it's a battle of attrition.

[Furn]

He was Puerto Rican, I think he had a fractured wrist. He carried on for a bit but clearly didn't feel right fighting one-handed.

Burns on the other hand continued v Beltran and may now have suffered permanent nerve damage.

I think boxing fans need to drop the whole 'quitter' thing, lives are on the line.

Absolutely!!

Sometimes you have a off day. Sometimes it just doesnt feel right.

I know all you guys on here and you're real fans, you're not about bloodlust.

All fighters have courage, much more than you or I.

Lets not pressure them, let them quit!!!

No fighter takes it lightly but its thier life/brain not yours.

[AL_Camino]

Imo, if your judging someones courage from the comfort of your couch, just stfu, unless u are actually a participant in the sport of boxing.

[junior gong]

because once you quit ppl will forever tag you as the guy that can't overcome adversity.

look at ortiz he had a chance to beat maidana he was in that fight knocked him down just like he got knocked down quitting in that fight and his comments afterwards were shameful.

him deciding to quit against lopez was different and i have no problem with that but quiting against maidana was shameful.

Yes indeed, completely agree with you about Ortiz. The manner he quit in those were night and day.

[MBE]

Can anyone see in a couple of decades if boxing is still around fighters being allowed to carry on with grotesque swelling or broken jaws? I think it's not long off before judges will be implored to stop fights if they suspect or notice injuries requiring medical attention

[jtcs1981]

He was Puerto Rican, I think he had a fractured wrist. He carried on for a bit but clearly didn't feel right fighting one-handed.

Burns on the other hand continued v Beltran and may now have suffered permanent nerve damage.

I think boxing fans need to drop the whole 'quitter' thing, lives are on the line.

The only thing that Chelo had fractured was his heart. X-rays were negative.

[PiXelElite]

Ive never got this!

Im not a *****, im born English raised Aussie.

We play the most unforgiving game in the world here.



But sometimes you just know.

When JCC quit against De La Hoya, he said " I just didnt feel right, I felt death"

These guys, risk their lives for our entertainment yet we seem to think we have the right to question thier courage from our couches.

Now i'ved played Aussie rules.

What have you done to earn your stripes?

I agree with you... Most people here that say this & that Quit are more or less mexican/latin american boxing fans... they have this machismo Ego & think that boxers should die in the ring for their entertainment... bet if most keyboard warrios here step on one, they'd quit if put on a life threatening situation.

[microMXL]

No shame in quitting if you think your health is in jeopardy.
These guys are putting his life in there.

[Spray_resistant]

It is the roughest sport no doubt and even just sparring on a regular basis is tough but these are grown men and they know what they signed up for, I just hated to see Angulo pack it in against Lara because he still could have won and maybe even stopped Lara in their fight.

[boliodogs]

Fighters have the right to quit whenever they want for whatever reasons they choose. Fight fans have the right to think poorly of them for quiting. The fact that 99% of the fight fans could not and would not endure what pro fighters endure is meaningless. Nobody with common sense expects fight fans to be any where near as tough and courageous as pro fighters. They are judged by completely different standards. Pro fighters are vastly tougher and more courageous than the average fight fan and that's part of the reason they chose to fight for a living and are payed sometimes millions of dollars to do so. Nobody expects car racing fans to drive as skillfully as the men driving the cars on the track. Nobody expects tennis fans to play tennis like the pros they are fans of. It's unreasonable to expect most fight fans to have the same courage as pro fighters. As for this game you play in Australia being the most dangerous sport in the world and requiring the most courage to play of any sport in the world I have only your word on that and I know nothing about this game. I was a boxer in the army and that's not the same as being a pro boxer. It did give me knowledge of what it's like to hit and get hit with boxing gloves on for a few 3 minute rounds.