Boxers need to learn to stay down when knocked down....!

I agree with what you just said. But sometimes fighters don't realize what they are doing when hurt or sometimes just stubborn. However sometimes a fighter being to stubborn can make a great moment. Diego Corrales coming back to KO Jose Luis Castillo comes to mind right away.

 

I won't quibble with experience. However, that is why you train. Knee should be part of the training. Perfect example is Taylor/Pavlik 1. Kelly hit Taylor and stunned him. Taylor instinctively went to a corner. He should have stayed up as long as he could before Kelly got to him then took the knee. Obviously, situations are different, but there is a case where he had enought wit about him that he could have taken the knee instead of punches.

 

Actually i'm pretty sure ponce de leon didn't get up to fast.

He's just ****.

 

i was really damn surprised by what happened to ponce..first of all i knew the guy was tough and had a decent chin but one right hook from juanma made him disoriented like he lose his legs or something..

 

I forgot about bad/corrupt refs. Sorry. Taking a knee is an obvious sign that you are still in control of yourself.

 

I remember the first time I got clipped and dropped right on the chin by a hook that I did not see what so ever. My knees instantly buckled to the ground, And I stood back up instantly without even realizing it. The more you get your bell rung the better you are at dealing with it and knowing what to do when your buzzin. People don't realize how deadly a hard punch could **** you up AFTER you have already gotten your bell rung. It is brutal, the last thing you want to do is get hit by even a pitter patter punch once you've been dazed, takes a good 15 seconds for the buzz to go away in your head and like 30 seconds about to get your legs back, But when you're in the ring, Those 30 seconds feel like 30 god damn MINUTES

 

Left hooks are the worst for me. Can't really see them coming and difficult to defend against. I remember getting caught flush on the chin and my legs just went. It was horrible.

Mind you, wasn't as bad as the time I got tap-jabbed and caught a straight right flush on my nose and broke it. That ****ing hurt lol.

 

Yea but I was very close to being out on my feet, and if the shot was even a little bit harder taking a knee wouldn't be an option. I was out sized and the guy was an ex-pro fighter, past his best day but still very knowlegable.