Quote Originally Posted by beenKOed View Post
Look, it would have been a blessing for Magomed if he had been KO'ed. Having the lights turned off by a KO isn't the best thing for a fighter but it's better than taking solid shots to the head round after round, having your face busted up and winding up in the hospital.
This is my attitude, I didn't ask the guy to get in the ring but I do want him protected as much as possible, within the rules, while he is fighting for my entertainment. If we error for the sake of fighter safety then do it.
I think this is your attitude, I didn't ask the guy to get in the ring, if he fights a stupid and winds up in the hospital he should be grateful I spent the time and money to watch the fight. Am I wrong?
You're 100% wrong. Obviously you haven't read many of my posts (including posts in this very thread) where I've always had a very protective stance of the fighters.

I'm with you on the KO thing, but lets face facts: if he threw in the towel at any point during that fight, everyone would be talking about how he was a quitter and had no heart, got exposed, ect, and his career would have been in the toilet before it really began. He would have to spend YEARS trying to work his way back into a "prospect" position, and even then people would be dogging him saying "well he quit when it got too hot a few years back, maybe he'll do it again."

That's the culture of boxing: if you still have your wits and physical faculties about you, you are expected to fight on. Especially in his position, where a win could have propelled him to much bigger paydays and a loss could send him spiraling into obscurity.

And it wasn't like this was a blow-out fight. IMO Perez was the clear victor, but Magomed clearly won a few rounds in my eyes, and in a 10 round fight you have no idea what the judges are going to do (one judge had them a point apart). Magomed, as far as he and his corner knew, still had a great chance of winning.

So don't give me that shit about wanting to see the fight stopped after the fact. This is a crap shoot. I've seen guys take 10x the punishment he took in a fight and come out fine.