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

ricky was basically unconsious, he fell down like he just passed out, he got up after the first knockdown then and was in autodrive, he was basically sleep walking all he did was walk forward half asleep, then floyd backed him up and hit him in the side of the head and then ricky collapsed.. u can tell by the way his whole body just flopped to the floor

cotto was still thinking normal, he could have pushed himself more....

cotto gave up coz it was the smartest thing to do he knew he was just gonna get more of a battering

 

Your example is ****. As a result, it ****s up your inteded argument. There is aboslutey no argument for saying that Hatton quit. You would have to be completely ******ed to try to do so. The same cannot be said for the Cotto fight. Surely you can see why using the Hatton fight in no way helps your argument for saying that Cotto didn't quit. The fights were too different.

 

wow you do like to go on about things eh pacman? hatton got knocked out, cotto quit as he was done, which was the sensible thing to do and he has nothing to be ashamed about. hatton was on his arse, but cotto was on his knee (i.e. voluntary) so it's a **** comparison.

 

You see, that's not what happened. He went down from a delayed reaction. In fact, the ref stepped in before he even fell. So why would the **** would he fall down to stop Floyd from inflicting further damage when the ref had already stepped in? Ricky was on ***** street and went down from that left hook.

 

If you go down because you cant stand up due to being punched, you lost.

If you go down because you feel ill from swallowing blood, you quit.

If you take a knee because you cant see the punches coming or you are too exhausted to defend yourself, you quit. (Sorry Gerald, but its true)

If you go down from a body shot, you lose. If you take so many body shots that when not being hit you realise you cant continue, you quit.

If you sustain a serious injury and do not continue, you quit.

Its not nice and I'm not denigrating Cotto at all, but that is how it is. If you cant defend yourself its time to take a knee in my book, but some guys, the real warriors, just dont see it like that. The fighters like Lacy or Ali that fight on with a torn rotator cuff or broken jaw are the warriors, the ones that dont are the Quitchkos. I dont see quiting when you are clearly beat as a wholy bad thing, although some seem to. What doesnt fly with me is not giving your all before you quit. Cotto had clearly tried his best before he could do no more. Whether he quit or not is irrelevant to me. That is jsut a label for the ignorant. In much the same way although G-Man technically quit vs Benn clearly he could have done no more.

As for the Hatton fight, its safe to assume from the refs reaction before he fell that he was no longer at the races. The ref could see his eyes, we couldnt. The fact that he jumped in to stop the action even before he fell tells me that he was on his way down.

 

No . I think your memory is falling short. Hatton got knocked down from a counter left hook ( he hit the turnbuckle and then fell down.

THEN he got up and got hit MORE , the ref grabs Mayweather as Hatton falls backwards.

What happened with Cotto was not the same thinga at all. He went down on a knee( conscious decison) got back up ,...backed his way into a corner and took a knee again; without getting hit .

 

Correct, because then he wouldn't have quit, the ref would have called the fight. It is extremely simple to see, I don't see why you have such a hard time understanding this.

 

Cotto took a knee because he had enough beating.He didnt want anymore of that beating.His senses were intact.

Hatton on the other hand didnt know where he was,he just rose up not because he wanted to fight,that was just a reflex action of an unconscious man.

Hatton is not a quiter,he's a warrior,if his legs had not failed him he would have fought until the end.

 

You are clearly stuck on stupid. Not only DID Hatton go down from a punch(it was a delayed reaction, hopefully you're smart enough to know what this is), but the ref stepped in waived off the fight before Hatton fell. I know you're not saying either fighter quit. However, if you're trying to prove that Cotto didn't quit, this example doesn't help your argument. You might as well use the Jones/Tarver fight as an example, it's just as useless as using the Hatton fight. If you want to use another fight to prove your point, then you're going to need to find a fight that had a comparable ending to the Cotto fight, and where most people would agree that the loser didn't quit.