Should people be less harsh on fighters who decide to quit in a fight on their own volition?

They are putting their life on the line stepping through the ropes they can quit when they want.

Duran quit and he's one of the most respected ever.

 

No.. If they quit fine. If a promoter does not want to pay them to fight again that is fine, but it is their health on the line.

 

This is a very difficult question... People who watch boxing pay for it (by buying tickets to the events, paying subscription, or just watching a ton of ads on free TV) so they feel disappointed and tricked when a fighter quits...

 

Fighters need protection from themselves, if they quit I have no problem at all.

What the sport needs is health checks during the breaks to run a few tests. If they fail the tests then they need to call the fight. A test does not constitute a Dr shining a torch in the eyes and asking if they're OK.

They've also got to stop the weight draining as it is a big risk.

 

We reserve the right to judge based on perspective.

In every sport there are warriors and there are worriers. When I watched Legendary Nights stating how Michael Spinks almost had to be forced to leave the dressing room to take on Tyson. Well, then there is a point where even a boxer gets frightened. But at the expense of common workers forking over PPV$? Frank Bruno was petrified going into rematch with Tyson.

On a physical level if a fighter quits because of say a hand injury it is their right. But I reserve the right to say Gatti fought that way many times.
Klitschko quit over an injury Holyfield fought through-torn rotator cuff
http://www.espn.com/boxing/news/2002/1218/1479329.html
Get this...in the 1st round.

A boxer quits,it's their right, but if greater injuries were sustained by other fighters, then it seems we compare, not so much insult fighters. Fighter A quit due to injury. Fighter B continued on.

Without fighter B fighting though the pain, fans wouldn't be so quick to call a quitter out.

 

I mostly agree but I would like to remind everyone that this is still a sport.

 

Duran for example quit because Leonard was mocking him and because he wasn't anywhere in the shape he was the first time with Leonard, there was'nta damn thing he could do about it.
Duran does deserve the criticism he got for quitting because he wasn't getting beat up.

Kotszya Tszyu vs Hatton in another example fought his heart out before late in the fight he decided he wasn't in a position to win the fight and he wasn't getting hurt by Hatton.
I applauded Tszyu for having the courage to straight come out and telling it like it was right after the fight.

 

Would this be justifiable quitting? 20 seconds in, he just takes a knee! LMAO!

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Frank sees this guy won't get up at the count of 8...so he turns around starts looking at Bhop.

 

I love it when he starts raising his hands while running.

 

Fighters shouldn't be stigmatised for quitting at any time. If their stock goes down as a result that's on them, but at least they're not putting themselves at undue risk for fickle fans. And fighters that quit after sustaining a heavy and prolonged beating like Cotto did against Margarito should be seen in the same light as a fighter that got stopped after giving it his all. The alternative is cases like Dadashev and Day, which I doubt anyone wants to see repeated.

 

If a fighter blatantly quits because they're looking for an early night then the only person they really harm is themselves, as no one will want to pay to watch them or put them on a card again.

 

its your fault if you pay to watch a serial quitter or a tomato can to pad a record.

If you are going to pay for anything else in life, the first thing you should do is educate yourself about what you are getting out of it, your money is tyour responsibility. Same with a boxing ticket/pass.

 

Fighters are professional athletes who rely on their bodies to make a living. If a fighter feels that an injury is serious enough to possibly impair them longterm if they continue then they have every right to make that judgement call to halt the contest.

You have to accept the consequences though. What annoys me about Vitali and his fans is him (and them) wanting to claim the Byrd fight as a Pyrrhic victory, when it was Vitali's decision to quit.