I'm always a little hesitant to label a guy a quitter or heartless.I dont get punched in the face for a living so its a shit thing to do hastily.There are given circumstances with different fighters.Some endure beatings and when its so late that they see no recourse or have simply taken too much punishment...some opt out.Some guys are even up or in control and then get hit right on the nose or dropped,eyes water,blood pours,doubt swirls inside of the grey matter and they fail the gut check.Each fighter is different.

One of the oddest things Ive seen is what happened at the end of the Carlos Navaroo/Bobby Pacquioa fight.The man...Navarro went down a couple of times & all but demanded to be counted out azz he sat on his backside staring at the ref.....yelling at him "count" !!He punched the canvas after the last KD and just stayed there.....counting with the ref

Years ago young undefeated and rising top contender Todd Foster went into a big fight/showcase with war torn and come backing former light champion Jimmy Paul out of Kronk.Paul was trailing but you could see subtle shifts and Pauls jab had Todds eyes swelling.Along comes the forth and Foster gets nailed and goes down hard.Paul knew he had the young Foster who started trying to match jabs much to his detriment.Foster got cut and dropped in the 6th with a hook and Paul wailed on him to end the round.One of his corner men asked Todd in between rounds..."Do you have your head about you" and he answered No.Asked again he responded no in a shaky voice.He got off the stool but you could see what was coming.About 20 seconds into the round after a light combination Foster turned away,waived his hand at Paul and walked away.His corner did not "help him out" so he took it upon himself.Either way he had to live with it from there on out. Shite, off on a ramble here