Why do some boxers refuse to admit when they were hurt?

[Get em up]

I boxed for 8 years but just sparring. I was once hit by a shot so hard, my ear rang for a week. Looking at the footage (it was recorded), the punch didn't look like it hurt me, I stayed the same. But I remember the punch and realized it hurt me immediately. The guy actually knocked me down twice (technical knock downs where my glove touched the canvas - similar to Mayweather-Judah) and those two knock downs didn't hurt me. The punch no one knows hurt me was the one that hurt me.

Although even the two KD's, which were my only two KD's ever in my 8 years of sparring, I did admit to everyone who was there that I was caught good. Just common courtesy to give your opponent props. and everyone saw it any way, so why look delusional/full of sh/t?

I was in an amateur tournament and the guy that caught me beat me on the cards. After the fight were over we talked in the parking lot and I had to tell him he got me good and he gave me props for the fight in general I still watch my old tapes ( VHS ) with my son's and try and imagine why I didnt dedicate myself more and go for something in the sport.

[boliodogs]

Some people just believe if you say things enough times then it will come true. Like Fury cheated or Floyd is TBE.

Yes they do that a lot on here.

[KillaCamNZ]

Pride and ego.