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I just had my roomate that does not follow boxing at all and isint biased either way, watch the clip asked her what she saw?? her words were after him slumping in the corner the 2nd time after backing the entire length of the ring was he was getting the shit beaten out of him and just Quit..

Thats not the arguement per se, its if the effects of this will resonate negatively toward his career moving forward.. Its if this was a case of mental anguish that will haunt him amidst another ring war
Plenty of boxers have taken knees without quitting though. I don't think anything will change my mind on this, I do not believe he quit. He lost, he was beaten, but he never quit. It's clear to me he was up and ready to get stopped, but his corner entered the ring and stopped it. Rightly so.
I would agree with you on the 1st KD and if that was the end than you make all the sense in the world, but the fact that he went from corner to corner without attempting a punch for 20sec and dropped himself in the corner told me he didnt want anymore.

We will have to agree to disagree on this one
I agree he didn't want anymore, however after the 2nd KD he got to his feet ready to fight on with what little he had left.

I don't think he was able to throw a punch after the 1st KD, but he still didn't quit. He retreated across the ring and only took another knee when he ran out of room to run. Yet he still rose to his feet after the count was begun, thereby he did not quit. If he quit, why didn't he stay down or at least indicate to the ref that he wanted no more? He had no idea when he rose to his feet that his corner was going to stop it.

His corner did the right thing by waving the towel and stepping into the ring, and Cotto didn't seem to mind that it was stopped. Maybe to you this argument seems like splitting hairs, but, to me, what happened was a lot different than him quitting.

You're right though, we'll just have to agree to disagree.