Poll : How would you rather lose a fight ??

[CutMeMick]

Go down fighting for 12...

A shot like the one Hatton took def. caused some type of change in him.
I mean that seriously rearranged something in his body.

[boxingbantz]

Khan's actual words were 'being bitch slapped for 12 rounds'.

I very much doubt being 'bitch slapped' for 12 rounds would do damage long term.

[Kev]

I voted I'd rather lose a punishing fight over 12 rounds but on reflection I can see some of what Amir is saying.

I mean, although embarrassing, it's probably easier to rationalise a one punch KO loss as being a case of 'I just got caught with a shot I didn't see'.

Psychologically it's hard to say you just got outboxed and dominated round after round because of fluke punches or events.

I mean if you get beaten up over 12 rounds and completely outboxed it's hard to kid yourself you can ever come back and beat that person, but just being caught isn't about boxing ability as much as...well just being caught I guess.

I'm sure Lennox Lewis would rather have lost the way he did, freak knockouts two times which he avenged in style, than to be beating up for 12 rounds. He could dismiss the KO losses as lapses in concentration, bad luck, freak events etc, but to get beaten down, well the other guy was simply better than you.


In relation to the Froch fight however it's nonsense. Froch wasn't beaten down, it was a wildly entertaining, brutal two way action fight. Both guys wore their hearts on their sleeves and went to war. It was a treat to watch and Froch doesn't need to feel embarrassed at all.

Khan on the other hand, well that shit was humiliating.

But I'd agree with Khan probably in that Froch has had a lot more taken out of him over the past couple years than Amir has, although of course Froch has fought actual elite opponents who can punch as well.

[Gandalf]

I would prefer to go the distance and put up a fight though falling behind on the cards. Khan's comments are insulting despite him having no leg to stand on. Froch went 12 rounds and was relatively competitive with one of the top 3 in the division. Froch takes on anybody and over the past 2 years has really stepped it up. And there is little gay Khan saying he would rather be knocked out by a hard punching bum than go 12 rounds hard with one of the best? Another in a long list of ridiculous Khanisms. Khan will probably get stopped soon enough and Froch should unleash a verbal tirade about it.

[Majesty]

I'd prefer getting stopped cold. More people have come back sudden one punch knockouts when getting caught cold or in the first round and won titles, kendall holt, sergio martinez, amir khan. But people that take sustained beatings over 12 rounds were never the same again. I've yet to see someone get thoroughly destroyed for 12 rounds and come back the same, but getting caught cold offers more comebacks ive seen.

[Violent Demise]

Neither. Fukk that. I rather dominated my opponent and get DQ like Soto-Lorenzo

[Spicoli]

If you get flattened in the first with a brick you say ohhh lucky shot,temple or fluke.You def might get gun shy after and run the risk of being labeled chinny...not to mention you make every highlight reel on the sports shows and have everyone laughing at you,even little kids.

With a beating over 12 you may have people praise your balls and courage but also show that there was 36 minutes you had and you couldn't do a thing to change it or alter your game.I mean I already know I can take a beating,personally.Id say change up pace and knock me out right away.I'd say I had the flu or blame my socks.Didn't read what Khan said.Did it include "me chin is good"?

[JonesJrMayweather]

I'd prefer getting stopped cold. More people have come back sudden one punch knockouts when getting caught cold or in the first round and won titles, kendall holt, sergio martinez, amir khan. But people that take sustained beatings over 12 rounds were never the same again. I've yet to see someone get thoroughly destroyed for 12 rounds and come back the same, but getting caught cold offers more comebacks ive seen.

Diego Corrales was beaten for 10 rounds by floyd plus stopped, then managed to fight his way back to top 5 p4p status.

I guess its all subjective, don't really see how someone could take a beating for 12 rounds and not have the ref or corner stop the fight. What PBf did to Marquez wasn't a beating but just a sparring session. Usually a sustained 12 round beating involves two ass whooping being handed out and both are left worn for worse.

[generalbulldog]

I'd prefer getting stopped cold. More people have come back sudden one punch knockouts when getting caught cold or in the first round and won titles, kendall holt, sergio martinez, amir khan. But people that take sustained beatings over 12 rounds were never the same again. I've yet to see someone get thoroughly destroyed for 12 rounds and come back the same, but getting caught cold offers more comebacks ive seen.

Barrera-Pacquiao 1. ALthough not 12 rounds but 11, Barrera went on to be top 5 p4p again and lineal champ at 130 and beating Morales, who then gave Pac a 1 sided beat down later, also with notable wins against Jaurez, Ayala, etc.

[terrorsid]

i'd rather just get knocked out instead of getting beat bad for 12 rounds. knock me out quick i'll yell it was lucky and also health reason. I'd rather take 1 hard 1 instead of getting beat like Lacy by Calzaghe or the way mayweather and de la hoya beat up Gatti. I just dont think 12 round beating is good i'd rather throw bolo's til i get a lucky shot or countered.

[Jimanuel Boogustus]

To be totally honest, I think i could live with being Sparked in one round.

Yeah infact, I'd rather be sparked out... At least then i'd know I was chinny and could adapt my style.

If I lost by a complete shut-out and brutal UD, I think it would destroy me knowing that what ever I tried was not good enough. Plus don't those sort of fights take more out of you as an athlete?

I say this but a lot of fighters in a similar situation end up quitting or getting pulled out before the 12th anyway.... My answer is based on the pressumption that quitting is out of the question.

I would never quit!

[BIG H]

I would rather take a beating then get KTFO, anyone who says different is not much of a man, I would like to go out fighting.

I'd rather get KOed by an awesome punch that everybody acknowledged would KO anybody. I.e Lewis vs Rahman - Lewis didn't lose much respect from that loss. It's gotta be worse to be schooled for 36 minutes and shown up as a lesser fighter than to get starched by a killer or lucky punch

[paddy448]

I would rather take a beating then get KTFO, anyone who says different is not much of a man, I would like to go out fighting.

I'd rather get KOed by an awesome punch that everybody acknowledged would KO anybody. I.e Lewis vs Rahman - Lewis didn't lose much respect from that loss. It's gotta be worse to be schooled for 36 minutes and shown up as a lesser fighter than to get starched by a killer or lucky punch

i agree. plus a sustained 12 round beating would take more out of u than a one punch ko. (i assume so anyway)


job biscuit (whats up with the lack of credit for the siesta)

[Majesty]

I would rather take a beating then get KTFO, anyone who says different is not much of a man, I would like to go out fighting.

I'd rather get KOed by an awesome punch that everybody acknowledged would KO anybody. I.e Lewis vs Rahman - Lewis didn't lose much respect from that loss. It's gotta be worse to be schooled for 36 minutes and shown up as a lesser fighter than to get starched by a killer or lucky punch

it doesnt take a man to stand there and take a beating for 36 minutes. A real man doesn't feel the need to prove he is a man by doing such.

I'll stay with a one punch knockout, at the very least it can take away from willingness to trade or make me aware of that shot if ever we should rematch, it can also work on confidence too, it takes more out of a fighter's confidence i think to get beatdown for the entire fight as opposed to getting starched by a "lucky punch"

A fighter can only be in so many wars before they are ruined.

As fans we prefer maybe watching a 12 round beatdown as opposed to a one hitter quitter, but when it comes to your own health, getting starched may well have been better then taking a continuous beating. A 'real man' may rather take a beating and prove everything in a day, but a 'smart man' knows there's always tomorrow and will prove more throughout a lifetime.

[ono]

I'm suprised by these results. I'd rather get clocked early than spend 12 rounds getting mentally and ohysically destroyed.

I mean all you need to do is look at Khan now and Lacy now. I know who i'd rather be, despite looking like a fuckwit on twitter/real life.