Comments Thread For: Don't Tell Me Daniel Dubois is a Quitter

[Mario040481]

Like everyone else said, he quit so he's a quitter. Maybe a better title would've been 'he's not a coward', which I'd fully agree with, but he DID quit. This reminds me of that George Carlin routine about words changing over time because of people trying be soft and make sure nothing sounds too strong or means anything.

The whole article is just an overreaction, focused on a semantic debate. Rather than a rational discussion on how much we can expect fighters to risk and when is quitting understandable it seems to set the bar at the 'it's not really logical to expect young guys to risk their health' argument. But are we saying we could all watch a sport where every fight the losing fighter behaves like Tor Hammer and quits after 3-4 rounds of resistance despite not being hurt?

Nobody should be harsh on Dubois as a person. But if we're just assessing fighters without trying to be harsh on their character, some boxers clearly are willing to go to a certain place and take certain risks, and criticising him as a fighter is reasonable as long as the poster isn't doing it with a 'I'd never quit, he's a pussy' attitude.

Fans discuss and compare everything about boxers. Who hits harder, better, faster, who's more skilled etc.? Willingness to quit is also a factor. Wilder and Fury seem more likely to dig deep, push through the pain than Dubois. Nothing wrong with acknowledging that rather than saying 'well nobody wants to risk their health so they're all about the same don't dare suggest Dubois is a quitter'

Fury and Wilder have families too but they risk dying in the ring rather than quit, that doesn't make them better or worse human beings than Dubois but it is a FACT that they wouldn't quit/give up in situations where most fighters would

Also, while you might question the humanity of a society that cares about Duran quitting (seriously?) that's a meaningless factor. Duran didn't quit to save himself from life-threatening or career ending injury. Duran is possibly the best fighter since SRR but quitting in that fight badly hurt his legacy whether that's 'inhumane' or not.

Yes. Excellent. Green K if I could do so

[1hourRun]

Only a dork would compare a samurai to a boxer. Don’t samurai’s also stab themselves in the gut and commit suicide to avoid dishonor? Fighting on with a severe injury to avoid criticism from dorks on the internet would have been the most cowardly thing that he could’ve done. I commend Daniel Dubois for having enough inner strength to exercise common sense in a world where the opinions of irrational children are placed on a pedestal.

And where did Vitali Klitscho very recently end up? In the very same establishment you're glorifying here. He "quit" in a fight with an injury that couldn't even be visually verified. What did he do afterwards? He took all kinds of literary and verbal beatings from know-nothing know-it-all keyboard warriors such as yourself and I, and other idiots whom the public assume know what they are talking about because they conned someone into throwing a microphone in their hand once upon a time. He took his lumps and did his best to change the perception that incident created of him, and he appears to have done a pretty good job of it as only boxing dorks know about it.
DDD quit. To say he did not is a dumb argument. This happened TWO days ago. If he chooses to move forward in this sport he will have plenty of time, and likely a few more opportunities to change the opinions that have begun forming. Odds are that he doesn't, but he could, and if so he won't be the first, nor certainly would he be the last fighter to rescue his "warrior" image. I think we will need more than two days to find out.

[Queen_Leia]

Boxing is a sport of HEART.


PERIOD!

[Queen_Leia]

This guy QUIT BOTTOM LINE....the writer must be from the UK because this is so ****** to argue..he was up on the scorecards and would've gotten a gift decision had he fought on for 2 rounds.

Add that to the fact that he took a knee and didn't get up AT ALL.....ref is like "you wanna continue"....he is like " no sir". Kell Brook took a beating in the late rounds with Spence but HE GOT UP AT LEAST ONCE AND FOUGHT ON....Triple "knee" didn't do that....ONE AND DONE

And add to that the fact that the damage came from a man that is as slow as a damn turtle in quicksand....AND NOTHING BUT JABS....and you have a guy who I don't see doing a damn thing in the heavyweight division in 2 years or 10 years....DDD or triple knee Daniel Dubois never had any heart to begin with.

Its literally amazing that so many people actually thought this kid was a championship contender even as they watched him look mediocre against the UK bum scene....even in his knockouts.

What happens when this guy has to deal with a guy who has a blistering jab and a hard and fast right hand too? HE'S GONNA QUIT THEN TOO!! LOL...its so obvious.

HE IS A QUITTER....BOTTOM LINE

Great point. Green K

[SouthPawHitman]

Well he quit so technically he do be a quitter but it not like he didn’t quit for a reason (I would’ve continued because I’m a warrior). His eye was messed up.

[Rick Taylor]

Daniel Dubois is a quitter and Tris Dixon is a shill.

couldn't have put it better myself.

truly pathetic excuse for an "article"

[rudy]

I thought they should have pulled him out before the tenth......... he was clearly on the road to getting stopped and had a horrific injury to that eye and was blind in that side.

Even when uninjured and sharp Joyce walked through his punches, so he didn't even have a hail-mary in him.

Towel should have came in from the trainer after watching the fight back- sober

so true and love your comment about ROBBIE BARRETT biggest loser in the world

[Rick Taylor]

Only a dork would compare a samurai to a boxer. Don’t samurai’s also stab themselves in the gut and commit suicide to avoid dishonor.

this is true. they were also bullying cowards.

Fighting on with a severe injury to avoid criticism from dorks on the internet would have been the most cowardly thing that he could’ve done.

actually what he did is the most cowardly thing he could have done.

you could see that joyce was trying his hardest not to laugh at dubious when dubious proclaimed "i am a tough guy" lmao
absolute cringe 😝

I commend Daniel Dubois for having enough inner strength to exercise common sense in a world where the opinions of irrational children are placed on a pedestal.

lol wut? 😂

daniel dubious got his spirit broken. he will never be the same again. you could see he was a broken man/weasel in the post fight interview.

[meXFISTologYy]

But when kell brook did it you were saying he quit smh

[M Bison]

He did quit but its not like its a bad thing, his eye socket was broke... So what, live to fight another day. I don't blame him for it, if anything it was the right thing to do.