Quote Originally Posted by BIG H View Post
Quote Originally Posted by skel1983 View Post
I would rather take a beating then get KTFO, anyone who says different is not much of a man, I would like to go out fighting.
I'd rather get KOed by an awesome punch that everybody acknowledged would KO anybody. I.e Lewis vs Rahman - Lewis didn't lose much respect from that loss. It's gotta be worse to be schooled for 36 minutes and shown up as a lesser fighter than to get starched by a killer or lucky punch
it doesnt take a man to stand there and take a beating for 36 minutes. A real man doesn't feel the need to prove he is a man by doing such.

I'll stay with a one punch knockout, at the very least it can take away from willingness to trade or make me aware of that shot if ever we should rematch, it can also work on confidence too, it takes more out of a fighter's confidence i think to get beatdown for the entire fight as opposed to getting starched by a "lucky punch"

A fighter can only be in so many wars before they are ruined.

As fans we prefer maybe watching a 12 round beatdown as opposed to a one hitter quitter, but when it comes to your own health, getting starched may well have been better then taking a continuous beating. A 'real man' may rather take a beating and prove everything in a day, but a 'smart man' knows there's always tomorrow and will prove more throughout a lifetime.