Should people be less harsh on fighters who decide to quit in a fight on their own volition?

The problem with Dadashev as the focal point of any opinion is we are judging a warrior sport - by nature, in war, there are unfortunately going to be casualties.

I have no problem with a man quitting, respecting his opponent and knowing his own limitations, wanting to preserve his health. I just refuse to rank him alongside those that demonstrated their warrior mettle countless times over the length of a glorious career, except in exceptional circumstances and with consideration to their entire body of work e.g. SRR against Maxim, Duran vs Leonard in No Mas etc.

I think a major part of the vulnerability is the amount of weight draining fighters do to make weight. It decreases the fluid around the brain, making it more prone to crash against the skull and lead to irreversible damage. If they changed the weigh in rules, in addition to having more supervision to fighters who have been knocked out previously or just battered from pillar to post, then hopefully, the amount of tragic incidents would decrease - not to say that the occurence is very high in the first place.

In conclusion, any fighter that steps into the ring puts his life on the line and thus, he earns my respect. If he wants glory and to be ranked amongst the elite, then quitting isn't usually something that can be done and still maintain your claim to round-robin with the Gods of War.

 

I think it really depends on the circumstances. If a guy is just there to fall and get a paycheck then **** him. If he's busted up and its obvious he's got nothing left in the tank, then, sure, ok. It's a fight for a win, not to the death.

 

Circumstances really. A bum quitting against a titlist is nothing, a titlist quitting against a noone is a shambles.

 

the only times a fighter should be ridiculed is if there's an obvious dive like they get hit on the glove and go down, people can't understand how a punch can effect a fighter even if it doesn't look bad. like i made many posts and am still annoyed on how people were abusing joshua after getting his ass kicked by ruiz and was called quitter, he kept on going and still did not quit when the referee called it off and even if he did quit after getting beaten down in round 3 then he should have been able to quit without being bashed. and yes that situation with golota was horrible, everybody was against him until it turned out he had a broken cheekbone, vertebrae and a concussion and if he didn't quit he could have died. it's pathetic how mean people are to fighters.

shame on all the people involved in the boxing industry who continue to disrespect fighters, what's especially bad is fellow boxers bashing other fighters because they should know what it feels to get hurt.

this isn't a fight to the death, people should understand that.

 

Definitely if they received a severe punishment before quitting. But if they quit like Rigo or Walters did against Loma...? I don't think so then.

 

I very much doubt Dadashev had any clue during the fight that something was awry, so when could he have decided to withdraw from the fight with certainty it would have preserved his life? Who knows, the damage may have been done in the early rounds.

It's natural to question the sport when someone dies in the ring but, eventually, we will all move on from the upset a death causes and revert to type. Namely people who love boxing. I'm sure Dadashev loved boxing too, in just the same way we do but more so because he lived the sport.

It does anger me when people talk of boxers as 'cowards' or 'bums' because no boxer is either for the mere fact they step in the ring and take punches for our sporting entertainment. I said AJ quit in his fight with Ruiz but was clear to make the distinction between quitting and a quitter. He was exhausted and taking heavy punches with little strength to resist them. Maybe he was wise that night, with five rounds to go.

But I would never call a boxer a quitter, a bum or a coward. I wish others would avoid these slurs too.

RIP Dadashev...

 

Loma inflicted spiritual damage to Rigo. Rigo genuinely thought that he was going to whoop Loma and when he realised that he needed a ladder to even get to the same level it was worse than if he got KO'd.

 

Damn straight. They are not in the ring getting their asses kicked. It's the boxer's livelihood and they know the repercussions for quitting. If they feel they can't continue then they should quit. I have no interest in seeing someone take a severe beating in the ring.

 

I’ve never had an issue with a fighter quitting in the ring. It’s his life at the end of the day and his record. Some fans are bloodthirsty cretins

 

both rigo and Walters had nothing they where just taking unnecessary damage even from feather fisted loma

 

It's usually just a few jerks here who insist a fighter is a coward for quitting in the ring. Guys who wouldn't dare talk smack to a fighter's face..

 

Most of the criticism comes from people who have never had a fight in their life, or are just jumping on the back of someone because they would never "Quit".

When anyone enters the square ring they have to have balls to get in there regardless of their ability, and that demands respect regardless how it ends.

 

We see it all the time on this board and It is pretty disgusting really. A fighter gets labeled a quitter yet the same person doing the labeling is in another thread doing the RIP nonsense. You cant have it both ways. I don't care if a fighter is the real life version of glass jaw joe, it takes balls to get in the ring knowing you are going to take punishment.