I know this is makes me a hippocrite (I'm a bit weighty these days) but I do not blame Ortiz for quiting. Maidana was doing his best Samuel Peter impersonation last night. I'd of quit. Ortiz had blood gushing out of one eye and the other was two punches away from swelling shut. He had already knocked Maidana down three times and each time Maidana rose to his feet.

What good does it do to suffer brain damage when your chances of winning were slimming by the second? No one wants to become the next Leavander Johnson.

I also thought that Robert Guerrero was smart to quit the fight before last.