"No mas, no mas."

[IamInuit]

If I were to defend Duran, I would begin by saying that one fight does not an illustrious career make.

Never a truer statement made on the sport. We are all Monday morning quarterbacks but indicting a guy like Duran's career or anyone else over one fight is simply unjustifiable. Great fighters quit for a myriad or reasons that we fence sitters who lay wait and in judgment fundamentally have NO understanding of at the level we are scrutinizing from our keyboards at work or in our living room. We all do it and again really have no comprehension of what they go through. Besides in Durans case he just beat the guy six months earlier. I'm not even sure why "quitting" or admitting you have had enough is such a pariah given the nature of the sport?

Strange, you didn't have an ounce of empathy for Vitali.

"I'm not even sure why "quitting" or admitting you have had enough is such a pariah given the nature of the sport?"

Yeah, I agree with that and always have. Every fighter should be allowed to quit without facing a firing squad. Some, can't or will not quit, and I respect that. Some quit, when it seems they could fight on, and I respect that too.
Sometimes, I'm even temporarily frustrated when they quit but then I remember it's about them and not me.

Where did I not show any empathy for Vtali? He quit or it certainly could be argued that he did and not once did I call him what you called Duran or indict his entire career because of it.