Quitting before a fight is the worst act a boxer can make, especially when that fight is vs your main p4p rival who was just voted fighter of your own decade in maybe the richest fight in history & the world thought you were a ****ing coward... that`s some shameful **** :verysad .... now THAT is an unwanted legacy if there ever was one
Straight up quit? Getting knocked silly and pulling yourself out before you get permanently injured doesn't count, nor does refusing to fight on with a serious injury. In those cases, you have every right to stop. Taking a dive (a la Jake LaMotta) is something both different and much worse. Roberto Duran Popo Freitas Six Heads Lewis Ray Narh Andrew Golota Robert Guerrero Oscar De La Hoya Kermit Cintron (although that's more debatable than the others). I'm sure I'm forgetting a ton of others who retired on their stool while not really hurt. Freitas is the worst offender I can think of after doing it twice. There are a lot of others I'm forgetting, but Vitali (torn rotator cuff), Victor Ortiz (the first time saved himself from serious damage, and the second I don't even understand the argument that he quit), Liston (dude was knocked out cold by a real hard punch), and Izzy Vazquez (couldn't breathe) are just plain bad calls.
Floyd quit in boxing when he saw margarito, mosley, cotto, williams brutalizing each other He quit again and went on vacation when he saw Pac destroy cotto and hatton
This.... there is a difference between mentaly quitting and quitting when ur body doesn't have anything else to give (Cotto vs margarita)