Ever, in the ring. I'm not talking about fighting through a cut. I'm talking about supernatural, samurai like showings of bravery/courage. Is it Gerald McClellan continuing to fight up until the very moment he began slipping into a coma? Deuk Koo Kim fighting until the final seconds of the 14th round? Jack Johnson beating on White America's heroes in front 20,000 plus racist crowds in a day and age where black men were still lynched with no action being taken against their murderers?
Marquez looking for the ropes to spare himself the point and accept more brutal punches from Vasquez comes to mind. And Danny Williams fighting to a finish with a torn rotator cuff was ****ing mental.
Didn't he have a dislocated shoulder? I thought they were popping it back into place Lethal Weapon style in the corner. I always found Buster Drayton chuckling and laughing as Julian Jackson unloaded on him insane. ****ing nut.
Its very hard to top Mathew Saad Muhamad and some of the beatings he took and never quit. The Lopez remach comes to mind right away.
He came into my mind too. Also I think Jim Jeffries must have displayed great bravery to keep going in the face of pain ,in his fights with Fitz and Johnson ,plus his epic battle with Sharkey when both men had their hair singed and their faces scorched by the Krieg lights above them. Battling Nelson and Ad Wolgast often showed a disregard of punishment that is mind boggling. Carnera should be mentioned too and Willard IMO.
Well, you can knock him,and Im not a fan myself ,but you do need a pair of nuts to come back after being kod ,many a prospect has turned it in when the going got tough, credit the lad with balls if not durability. Even so your line was funny:good
I think anyone who knows their in for the beating of their life, but go through with the fight anyways, is courageous as hell... Maurice Hope vs Bob Baker is a good example of this. Baker was just a journeyman but managed to go on until the 7th round against Hope. Course, we can talk about Wepner, Cobb, and many others, but imo, the bravest mother ****er to ever hit the ring and DARED people to knock him out and he had no talent what so ever was Joe Grimm. Grimm was only stopped once in his prime, and that was 14 rounds against McVey. Otherwise, guys like Langford, Fitzsimmons, Blackburn, Jack Johnson and others wasnt able to do the feat.
And the referee should have been shot,check out Jose Torres going crazy trying to get the ref to step in!
Forget the fact that Abraham wanted to quit when he thought it'd end in a DQ win/no contest. Anyone that goes through this, deserves a ton of respect for bravery. His jaw was broken in round 4 and he went the full 12. This content is protected This content is protected
Razor Ruddock went through hell in the rematch with Mike Tyson. Take a look at what he looked like at the end of 12 rounds. And you can't even see the damage done to his body. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rMgohS3-8g&fmt=18 Tyrell Biggs beating Jeff Sims with a broken collarbone. How about Tommy Morrison beating Joe Hipp while suffering a broken jaw and broken hand? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVdC1LXnRgA&fmt=18