Poll : How would you rather lose a fight ??

[Mark TKO]

thats what i'm saying though - you don't look good. You get a 12 round leson

but still standing

[mattboxingfan]

But if you give it your all then id be fine with that.

[Youngblood]

I believe there is truth is what Khan said (given all considerations for long term health etc), but it sure isn't the type of thing one would want to say, especially trying to slag off another who just fought a tough long contest. It really does come off sounding like a fool and a wuss. But as we all know, talking isn't exactly Khans strong suit.

[DaxxKahn]

You rather get a quick KO believe me...The chances of long term trauma are much much less...Unless the KO is sincerely brutal...I mean BRUTAL...not 1 punch or a combo then out....The worst possibility is a bleed...Also if that happens it is easier for the Doctors to perform emergency surgery...

If it is over a long duration the brain not only takes little bits of trauma at a time but the brain has time to swell up as well the pressure on the skull is your biggest enemy...Doctors can not operate and a possibility the CT can miss the exact trouble sport until the swelling goes down....

Neither is recommended of course but you rather not take all the abuse as the long term beatings are what leads to being punch drunk

[Master]

Everyone would pick 12 round beating even Khan but since he was KO ed quick he has to look at the positive which is he never took a beating. For his career it will be good in the long run.

[DaxxKahn]

Everyone would pick 12 round beating even Khan but since he was KO ed quick he has to look at the positive which is he never took a beating. For his career it will be good in the long run.

The 12 round beating in terms of wanting it because you would want to go out like a champion fighting till the end....But in terms of what is best health wise the short KO is best

[Master]

Everyone would pick 12 round beating even Khan but since he was KO ed quick he has to look at the positive which is he never took a beating. For his career it will be good in the long run.

The 12 round beating in terms of wanting it because you would want to go out like a champion fighting till the end....But in terms of what is best health wise the short KO is best

Agreed but psychologically you are going to be damaged and will have concerns about your chin and having to take the endless jokes about the china chin too will be a bitch to take.

[CutMeMick]

Go down fighting for 12...

A shot like the one Hatton took def. caused some type of change in him.
I mean that seriously rearranged something in his body.

[boxingbantz]

Khan's actual words were 'being bitch slapped for 12 rounds'.

I very much doubt being 'bitch slapped' for 12 rounds would do damage long term.

[Kev]

I voted I'd rather lose a punishing fight over 12 rounds but on reflection I can see some of what Amir is saying.

I mean, although embarrassing, it's probably easier to rationalise a one punch KO loss as being a case of 'I just got caught with a shot I didn't see'.

Psychologically it's hard to say you just got outboxed and dominated round after round because of fluke punches or events.

I mean if you get beaten up over 12 rounds and completely outboxed it's hard to kid yourself you can ever come back and beat that person, but just being caught isn't about boxing ability as much as...well just being caught I guess.

I'm sure Lennox Lewis would rather have lost the way he did, freak knockouts two times which he avenged in style, than to be beating up for 12 rounds. He could dismiss the KO losses as lapses in concentration, bad luck, freak events etc, but to get beaten down, well the other guy was simply better than you.


In relation to the Froch fight however it's nonsense. Froch wasn't beaten down, it was a wildly entertaining, brutal two way action fight. Both guys wore their hearts on their sleeves and went to war. It was a treat to watch and Froch doesn't need to feel embarrassed at all.

Khan on the other hand, well that shit was humiliating.

But I'd agree with Khan probably in that Froch has had a lot more taken out of him over the past couple years than Amir has, although of course Froch has fought actual elite opponents who can punch as well.

[Violent Demise]

Neither. Fukk that. I rather dominated my opponent and get DQ like Soto-Lorenzo

[terrorsid]

i'd rather just get knocked out instead of getting beat bad for 12 rounds. knock me out quick i'll yell it was lucky and also health reason. I'd rather take 1 hard 1 instead of getting beat like Lacy by Calzaghe or the way mayweather and de la hoya beat up Gatti. I just dont think 12 round beating is good i'd rather throw bolo's til i get a lucky shot or countered.

[Jimanuel Boogustus]

To be totally honest, I think i could live with being Sparked in one round.

Yeah infact, I'd rather be sparked out... At least then i'd know I was chinny and could adapt my style.

If I lost by a complete shut-out and brutal UD, I think it would destroy me knowing that what ever I tried was not good enough. Plus don't those sort of fights take more out of you as an athlete?

I say this but a lot of fighters in a similar situation end up quitting or getting pulled out before the 12th anyway.... My answer is based on the pressumption that quitting is out of the question.

I would never quit!

[ono]

I'm suprised by these results. I'd rather get clocked early than spend 12 rounds getting mentally and ohysically destroyed.

I mean all you need to do is look at Khan now and Lacy now. I know who i'd rather be, despite looking like a fuckwit on twitter/real life.

[Hunter]

I guess for your health it is best to get zapped like Con but as far as being a man and being able to be proud of your performance I would say 12 round beat down.....Yeah Lacy got owned but he never stopped trying.....

Stumbling around the ring like a drunk isnt something Khan should bring up ever again.....and to say that KO he suffered is better than any alterntive is lunacy.