Did Y'all want Lucas to continue and end up like Margarito?

[MDPopescu]

He quit, he said he quit... The guy admits it.

[Craveman]

"As a keyboard warrior, I think Lucas is a coward for quiting. I think he should have went blind, warrior style!"

[Gonzalez_Boxing]

"As a keyboard warrior, I think Lucas is a coward for quiting. I think he should have went blind, warrior style!"

Thinking is not enough, you should demand that he goes blind.

[dan_cov]

Disappointing but if you get smacked like that, hear a pop and suddenly can't see out of one eye, you are going to panic. He was also massively frustrated and shipped a lot of punishment for the last 3 rounds non stop. He couldn't even get off anymore.

He has had bad eye issues before and fought through. Its easy to sit, laugh and mock him for quitting but how many serious eye injuries does he have to go through? If he felt his eyesight was at risk, I ain't holding it against the guy. That is almost as serious of an injury you can have in boxing.

He isn't a machine, he is a human being with emotions, feelings like everyone else.
Its not like he is Tor Hamer or Ortiz who seemingly quit the moment they get hit back, those sort deserve to be mocked, they open themselves up to ridicule, they're in the wrong sport.

[Spacey1991]

A boxer's body is what pays their bills and provides them with financial security for their family, if Lucas does have a broken orbital bone as suspected and continued, he would most likely have gotten beaten up for the last two rounds in a fight where he admittedly lost his head and composure. Would you have preferred him to get up and take more punches and potentially have permanent damage to the eye forcing retirement? At least this way he gets to decide if he wants to fight again. Postol was just all wrong for him and is his kryptonite. No shame losing to the number 1 guy who even DSG didn't want to fight. Postol may just be the next big thing. Very slick and extremely difficult for anyone.

I fully understand if you feel that in essence he "quit" as boxing in some peoples eyes is fight until you stop breathing. I can only imagine how much stick Duran got.

Couldn't agree more mate, he had every right to put his health first and none of these keyboard warriors have the right to criticise a world level fighter by calling him a bum or a quitter, he's most likely been through and has put his body through more than anyone on here ever have or ever will so them disrespecting him is laughable really, it's all expected though because this is the Internet and you get it all the time.

[Larry the boss]

If Broner or Floyd did this..this site would have crashed

[_original_]

Disappointing but if you get smacked like that, hear a pop and suddenly can't see out of one eye, you are going to panic. He was also massively frustrated and shipped a lot of punishment for the last 3 rounds non stop. He couldn't even get off anymore.

He has had bad eye issues before and fought through. Its easy to sit, laugh and mock him for quitting but how many serious eye injuries does he have to go through? If he felt his eyesight was at risk, I ain't holding it against the guy. That is almost as serious of an injury you can have in boxing.

He isn't a machine, he is a human being with emotions, feelings like everyone else.
Its not like he is Tor Hamer or Ortiz who seemingly quit the moment they get hit back, those sort deserve to be mocked, they open themselves up to ridicule, they're in the wrong sport.

So we can make fun of Victor Ortiz but not Lucas? Fact is, both quit during a fight which they couldn't handle the punishment. It's boxing, it's what these guys sign up for.

What's funny is guys like Berto and Paulie are often mocked but these dudes would never quit during a fight and have observed big punishment and been completely outclassed. Lucas was being outboxed and toyed with and took the easy way out.

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If Broner or Floyd did this..this site would have crashed

I'd still withhold judgment until there was some medical release. Even as an extreme anti floydian I wouldn't expect him to keep fighting if he took internal damage to his eye or brain. Pain or odd sensations behind the eye=way different from a cut or swelling. In almost every boxing death they had some weird sensation with their brain/vision before they collapsed.

If Matthysse is just ready to rock 2 months from now then yeah... That will be pretty cheesy.

[LittleMacAttack]

So we can make fun of Victor Ortiz but not Lucas? Fact is, both quit during a fight which they couldn't handle the punishment. It's boxing, it's what these guys sign up for.

What's funny is guys like Berto and Paulie are often mocked but these dudes would never quit during a fight and have observed big punishment and been completely outclassed. Lucas was being outboxed and toyed with and took the easy way out.

As a Matthysse fan I agree. I think Matthysse is mentally weak willed. He has decent talent and great power, but that's not enough at the highest level.

[Spacey1991]

If Broner or Floyd did this..this site would have crashed

Stop trying to make every topic about Floyd, it's getting really old now.