Has BJS been let off the hook?

He quit.
Probably the right thing to do, because he was in there with a better fighter and was injured.
If he'd been injured against a second-rater, an inferior fighter, even a bad injury like that, I think it would make sense to give it at least one more round, switch stances, box smart, try to bag a round, then on from there and find a way to win.
But against someone who is considered THE best fighter in the world, with a smashed in face, no, makes little sense to carry on.

 

I remember when Pacquiao refused random testing and was hurting fighters much bigger than him.

 

Shades of broner vs maidana.
As far as a good humbling goes.

at least Broner took his whooping like a man & gave as good as he got the best that he could.

BJS is a disgrace.
Not for quitting & he did quit.
But for speaking down on fellow countryman & fellow athletes alike.

only to not live up to his own words.

Ultimately all a man has is his word & his balls.

BJS has neither at this point in his career.

 

While I agree that boxers from yesteryear were more willing to go out on their shield compared to today's fighters, I don't blame him for quitting because as much as I like BJS, it has been clear to me that he is not the type of fighter who gave it his all in the gym every time, so I don't expect him to give it his all in the ring.

 

Good post.

 

Pac never refused drug testing. Please stop peddling this lie.

 

He refused random testing.

 

Never happened.

 

BJS proved one thing to himself, that talk is cheap and hopefully his character is improved for that. Look at it from another point of view. If Canelo said to his corner that Saunders wouldn't come out for the next round that tells us something, he didn't know if Saunders had any quit in him but he was pretty sure Saunders wouldn't come out, he knew he'd done some serious damage and said as much. I don't particularly like Saunders I think his attitude and character leaves a lot to be desired at times but I can't criticise him or his corner for knowing he risked permanent catastrophic injury and knowing he'd had enough.

 

He quit with a similar injury to the one Inoue fought through. It's evidence for why one guy is a highly regarded champion and the other is a protected fighter whose career plan was to talk **** to the press and have his promoter buy him manufactured belts until the big payday arrived. He got the payday, but will never get the respect...not even from his people since Fury showed what a real champion does.

 

I think this goes back to what I said on the night.

Some people just wanted BJS knocked spark out, embarrassed and humiliated and the way it ended didn't feel good for them.

They wanted him to suffer, to have that meme photo to post and point at.


Fact is, BJS as far as we know got a very serious eye injury, an injury that could still end his career, it's over, done, let's all just move on.

 

How does BJS move on from this? Being known as a quitter has to affect him mentally moving forward. Do you think he'll fight again, do you think he'll even give an interview talking about what happened? How long do you think he'll stay silent about it?

 

He made a choice he'll have to live with.

Bruno suffered permanent vision and brain damage when he came back from retirement.

Victor Ortiz was a laughing stock when he quit because he was too young to take that level of beating from Maidana.

Apollo Creed died in the ring because he wanted to continue and go out on his shield.

So it works both ways.

That being said, it was beautiful seeing someone who went out of their way to publicly humiliate Daniel Dubois, suffer the same injury and quit in the same manner.

Karma was amazing with this one.

 

Margarito, and Vasquez didn't quit, BJS is a loud mouth quitter who got what he deserved.

 

True. It's an act of egotism to "go out on your shield" because it massively burdens loved ones and there's arguably nothing more humiliating for one's fans than "their" man being killed in a boxing match. It's also bad for the sport as a whole and increases demands for it to be further regulated or even banned. Furthermore, it's somewhat contradictory that a fighter isn't morally allowed to quit himself but the referee, ringside doctor and his cornerman/men are allowed to stop the fight. The morality that these fans espouse is of a fight to the death, when the rules are those of a highly regulated and limited combat sport.