What are your feelings about a fighter who quits on the stool?

[brucelee]

IMO, a fighter usually quits when he can't take the punishment anymore.

[Spicoli]

Thread had me thinking.Bobby Czyz is a 4 timer at this,Rewatched his fights with Prince charles Williams and they were identical.He took a huge battering late rounds and corner was urging and telling him to continue on in the 2nd fight....Czyz had to insist he was finished for them to stop it ??Holyfield,Izaquire it was that his eyes & back were pained?

[KananKrus]

In most times, it is the corner that decides that, like in this case as discussed, where Nacho B was interpreted to have declared to Oscar that it is not his decision to make, it was Nacho's.

I remember the great Eddie Futch doing something similar for Joe Frazier in the Thrilla' in Manila going to the 14th round (?). Their interest, first and foremost, is the welfare of their fighter!

It is a matter of life and death, up there atop the ring, at all times... and so... an easy decision to choose LIFE, over death, when one is "gifted" with with even the slightest, COMMON SENSE!

[awdleyfuturehalloffamer]

Oscar was about to get knocked out or badly injured or both if he continued, he probably wanted to spare himself of both.

[Kel]

If it's justified then its a good decision to quit. Why put your life in more danger than you need to? Most fighters won't quit but you can usually always tell from their body language when they have had enough and thats when the corner should step in.

I know some boxing fans say Tszyu was still in a close fight(he was)and then ask why he quit but he said "I have never been that tired for years and years and years" If he went out for the final round he could have got hurt, it's fine saying he should have fought on in a close fight but if he had sustained a severe injury we would have had multiple threads on here saying the fight should have been halted when it was.

[No Contest]

The doctor asked him if he had a headache and Oscar reluctulantly said yes. He wasn't going to do anything in that fight, he was getting beat on. He's got his family and other careers to think about too.