Cowards in the ring

Lets pray RockyJim doesn't find this thread or his reply will be so long it’ll crash the damn site….

 

Cowards don't step into the ring.

 

Liston, Baer, Duran...

 

Ill-advised thread title and concept.

 

mario cawley

 

I know everyone wants to be virtuous and pat themselves on the back about how all fighters are warriors, but I watched Kermit Cintron leap out of the ring against Paul Williams, claim to have injured his neck by slamming against a TV monitor which actually brushed against his thigh, and leave on a stretcher with a neck brace on. And no injury was ever verified. I think he also cried.

Same guy who cried against Margarito and insisted that a punch by Martinez was actually a headbutt, even with replays clearly showing the opposite.

 

You have to have at least some degree of courage just to step into a ring.

The question when evaluating a fighter's courage is how much they have beyond just what it requires to do that.

 

Beetlejuice from Howard Stern’s show had little issue getting in the ring. I’m not calling him a coward, but make what you want of it.

 

Beetlejuice is a great many things, but a coward isnt one of them

Also my answer to this thread, though i think the title is too far, would probably be Daniel Jacobs vs Julio Cesar Chavez Jr, whom made up 3 different excuses as to why he quit, proving at least 2 were lies, though probably all 3 were. This was already after missing weight and failing a drug test.

 

Go step into the ring with a live opponent who’s there to take your head off and tell me about courage.

 

Stupid post. None of those men are cowards. WHO THE **** ARE YOU TO CALL THEM THAT? You're a 22 year old that knows nothing about this sport or courage. Liston and Duran came from a poverty that most can't comprehend to become world champions. Coward is not a word to associate with either of them.

 

Could I interest you in a man called Charlie Z?

 

And so many other fighters came from poverty, but no one quit which is stupid excuse.

Yes I call them cowards and quitters.

 

Zelenoff?
He's a mental case.