Champions who quit

Exactly right.

 

A fight Vitali was winning, with only 3 rds left.
Not the way a heavyweight championship
should change hands.

 

I agree.

 

Plenty blamed him at the time. And rightfully so. He went on to exaggerate his injuries in order to justify his lack of mettle.

 

Buster Douglas

 

Kostya Tszyu

 

Come on, Seamus. The guy was knocked from pillar to post by one of the hardest hitting heavyweight s in that century.
Then hung on for a nother couple of rounds??

 

He could've easily died too.

 

Oliver McCall in the second fight against Lewis.

 

I'm glad the discussion here isn't innately derogative. I have a lot of respect for any fighter who knows when to quit, they should value their health first and legacy second.

 

He was fine when interviewed after the fight. Two days later he began the long drive over primitive roads in a car with little suspension back to Kansas. He grossly exaggerated his injuries. He didn't like boxing, he had quit before. He preferred the rodeo.

 

Yes, he did die. In 1968. He was no where near death in 1919.

 

Frazier didn't quit though, his doctor said no more, if it was up to Frazier only one of them would have left Manila still breathing

 

Who else except NO MAS Duran