Quote Originally Posted by Majesty View Post
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.