Poll : How would you rather lose a fight ??

[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.

[ono]

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.

I heard that it's cured him of that horrible disease which made him refer to himself in the 3rd person.

[Fenster]

I believe boxers would prefer not to have a KO loss.

Wayne McCullough pleaded with the doctor not to stop his fight with Oscar Larios because he was so proud of his never been down or stopped record.

Paulie Malignaggi fully accepted Hatton was gonna beat him but protested he shouldn't have a TKO on his record.

Chris Eubank always points out his stoppage loss was due to a closed eye and would have continued if the doctor let him - says nothing to do with his chin.

Lennox Lewis argues he was never knocked unconcious, he was stopped on his feet.

[HattonTheHammer]

I believe boxers would prefer not to have a KO loss.

Wayne McCullough pleaded with the doctor not to stop his fight with Oscar Larios because he was so proud of his never been down or stopped record.

Paulie Malignaggi fully accepted Hatton was gonna beat him but protested he shouldn't have a TKO on his record.

Chris Eubank always points out his stoppage loss was due to a closed eye and would have continued if the doctor let him - says nothing to do with his chin.

Lennox Lewis argues he was never knocked unconcious, he was stopped on his feet.

ermm.....well he was wasnt he??

[Fenster]

I believe boxers would prefer not to have a KO loss.

Wayne McCullough pleaded with the doctor not to stop his fight with Oscar Larios because he was so proud of his never been down or stopped record.

Paulie Malignaggi fully accepted Hatton was gonna beat him but protested he shouldn't have a TKO on his record.

Chris Eubank always points out his stoppage loss was due to a closed eye and would have continued if the doctor let him - says nothing to do with his chin.

Lennox Lewis argues he was never knocked unconcious, he was stopped on his feet.

ermm.....well he was wasnt he??

But everyone knows he wasn't fit to continue. It's a good example of the feelings boxers have about being sparked

[ono]

I believe boxers would prefer not to have a KO loss.

Wayne McCullough pleaded with the doctor not to stop his fight with Oscar Larios because he was so proud of his never been down or stopped record.

Paulie Malignaggi fully accepted Hatton was gonna beat him but protested he shouldn't have a TKO on his record.

Chris Eubank always points out his stoppage loss was due to a closed eye and would have continued if the doctor let him - says nothing to do with his chin.

Lennox Lewis argues he was never knocked unconcious, he was stopped on his feet.

ermm.....well he was wasnt he??

When it was waved off against Rahman, Lewis was on the floor. I watched it last night on KOTV on Channel 5.

[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.

[Gandalf]

I would prefer to go the distance and put up a fight though falling behind on the cards. Khan's comments are insulting despite him having no leg to stand on. Froch went 12 rounds and was relatively competitive with one of the top 3 in the division. Froch takes on anybody and over the past 2 years has really stepped it up. And there is little gay Khan saying he would rather be knocked out by a hard punching bum than go 12 rounds hard with one of the best? Another in a long list of ridiculous Khanisms. Khan will probably get stopped soon enough and Froch should unleash a verbal tirade about it.

[Majesty]

I'd prefer getting stopped cold. More people have come back sudden one punch knockouts when getting caught cold or in the first round and won titles, kendall holt, sergio martinez, amir khan. But people that take sustained beatings over 12 rounds were never the same again. I've yet to see someone get thoroughly destroyed for 12 rounds and come back the same, but getting caught cold offers more comebacks ive seen.

[JonesJrMayweather]

I'd prefer getting stopped cold. More people have come back sudden one punch knockouts when getting caught cold or in the first round and won titles, kendall holt, sergio martinez, amir khan. But people that take sustained beatings over 12 rounds were never the same again. I've yet to see someone get thoroughly destroyed for 12 rounds and come back the same, but getting caught cold offers more comebacks ive seen.

Diego Corrales was beaten for 10 rounds by floyd plus stopped, then managed to fight his way back to top 5 p4p status.

I guess its all subjective, don't really see how someone could take a beating for 12 rounds and not have the ref or corner stop the fight. What PBf did to Marquez wasn't a beating but just a sparring session. Usually a sustained 12 round beating involves two ass whooping being handed out and both are left worn for worse.

[generalbulldog]

I'd prefer getting stopped cold. More people have come back sudden one punch knockouts when getting caught cold or in the first round and won titles, kendall holt, sergio martinez, amir khan. But people that take sustained beatings over 12 rounds were never the same again. I've yet to see someone get thoroughly destroyed for 12 rounds and come back the same, but getting caught cold offers more comebacks ive seen.

Barrera-Pacquiao 1. ALthough not 12 rounds but 11, Barrera went on to be top 5 p4p again and lineal champ at 130 and beating Morales, who then gave Pac a 1 sided beat down later, also with notable wins against Jaurez, Ayala, etc.

[Violent Demise]

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