The Gallantry of Getting Up

[armyash]

Enzo maccrinelli does well to get up even if he is out on his feet once he's standing.

[marbleheadmaui]

Enzo maccrinelli does well to get up even if he is out on his feet once he's standing.

Poor Enzo needs to not get hit anymore...ever...by anybody.

[Mars_ax]

Damn Marble, you had me going for a minute, I thought you might be talking about 'getting it up'. bahahaha.
Seriously though, it is gallant (and even foolish sometimes) to get back up from a knock down, it also takes some cojones.
I love fights when someone gets knocked down, even several times, before coming back to knock his opponent down and out, to me that's boxing at it's finest.

[Gandalf]

I agree. There is a great nobility to a fighter who gets up. It doesn't even matter if he wins, but it is that getting up that is significant. It is Don Quixote getting back on his horse and going out to battle once more. It is inherently absurd and might even be considered lunacy, but it is essential. When you get knocked down in life, you must carry on and keep on doing so. The boxing knockdown is a microcosm of this. There is nothing else.

[marbleheadmaui]

I agree. There is a great nobility to a fighter who gets up. It doesn't even matter if he wins, but it is that getting up that is significant. It is Don Quixote getting back on his horse and going out to battle once more. It is inherently absurd and might even be considered lunacy, but it is essential. When you get knocked down in life, you must carry on and keep on doing so. The boxing knockdown is a microcosm of this. There is nothing else.

Damn, I wish I'd written that!

[Hulk]

Damn Marble, you had me going for a minute, I thought you might be talking about 'getting it up'. bahahaha.
Seriously though, it is gallant (and even foolish sometimes) to get back up from a knock down, it also takes some cojones.
I love fights when someone gets knocked down, even several times, before coming back to knock his opponent down and out, to me that's boxing at it's finest.

George Foreman vs. Ron Lyle is a great example of this.

[Mars_ax]

Damn Marble, you had me going for a minute, I thought you might be talking about 'getting it up'. bahahaha.
Seriously though, it is gallant (and even foolish sometimes) to get back up from a knock down, it also takes some cojones.
I love fights when someone gets knocked down, even several times, before coming back to knock his opponent down and out, to me that's boxing at it's finest.

George Foreman vs. Ron Lyle is a great example of this.

If I remember right, the Lyle vs. Foreman fight was sometime after Foreman had lost his title to Ali. You talk about a fookin' slugfest, both pugs were out on their feet at different times, but just kept on throwing big punches, that was one hell of a brawl.

[Spicoli]

Knockdowns have many variables but bottom line is opponent put you there....be it a knee taken or flash kd. You just cannot 'train' what it is to rise up after being humbled like that although it doesnt always mean a guy is hurt. How many guys get up on instinct alone though, still shakey and buzzed rather then know what is going on.

[Master]

Joe Galzaghe had to do it a couple of time late in his career and so had B Hop. Tyson was the type of fighter once he went down he stayed down. Lewis got up, if a bit wobbly on his feet but always learned from the defeats and beat them back.