If Cotto 'quit' v Margo, why did Hatton not quit v PBF??

Yep

 

I'm not slandering anyone. Taking two voluntary knees and motioning to your corner that you've had enough is akin to quitting. It's really irrelavent that his uncle threw in the towel. What if he went to his corner and told Uncle Evangelista that he didn't want to fight anymore and then Evangelista threw out the towel? Technically, Evangelista would've stopped the fight but.. you know what, why am I even bothering. You're not going to get it anyway. You don't understand that saying that someone quit does not mean that you are putting them down. He fought bravely, but he just didn't feel he could continue and forced the stoppage. Once again, Vasquez quit in that first fight with Marquez. Most people don't see that as a negative given the circumstances.

 

i dont think its absurd, Cotto took a beating, but he took one knee, gets up, gets swarmed again, takes a knee and looks to his corner, who then get up and wave the towel. it looked like he quit, lots of people think he quit, its an opinion, just like your opinion.

 

it's amazing that these two fighters can be remotely tainted as quitters,especially by keyboard warriors.there is a guy,who once again to me i would never label a quitter,but on here got away scott free from being given that label,and it was tszyu against hatton.

 

Ron U.K, there is a difference between being labled a quitter and quitting. Tszyu quit, Cotto quit, Vasquez quit, and Morales quit. However, I wouldn't label any of them quitters. A quitter gives up too easily, they have a pattern of quitting. A guy giving up after giving their all before realizing they have nothing left is not a quitter. Look at the UFC. Guys quit all the time(via tapout). However, that doesn't mean that they are quitters. That's the problem with this whole debate. Too many people automatically think that because you say that someone quit that you're labeling them a quitter and trying to put them down. That's not neccesarily the case.

 

hatton only stayed down when he saw the ref wave it. :hi:

 

1 big difference.

Hatton fell over trying to sidestep across the ring. Immediate stoppage in any ref's book.

Cotto backed away across the ring, seemingly with sturdy legs and decent balance, and then took another knee.


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It WAS the direct result of a punch you moron...the same punch that sent Hatton flying into the turnbuckle at breakneck speed!!!

 

hatton fell back for the second knock down basically because his legs gave way and were gone.that's pretty blatantly obvious.

 

The reason Hatton didn't quit is because he was fighting Floyd not ANtonio. Im sure if Cotto would have fought Floyd he wouldn't quit...He'd be celebrating his victory

 

Cotto could NOT beat Floyd. How do people not understand this???

 

I am with you Reg. Quitters dont make it to high level boxing. A quitter spits his gumshield out after taking the first shot. A guy that gives his best and has nothing left and decides enough is enough is not a quitter even though he quit.

I would not label anyone that has boxed at high level a quitter though many of them have at one time or another quit in a fight for one reason or another. Quiting is only an issue if the fighter could have given more.

The MMA anology for me sums it up.