If "quitting" is OK, then why do we value guys like Gatti, Frazier, Corrales....??

[S.G.]

It's great if a fighter goes in the ring and gives it his all and would never back down, and boxers SHOULD be applauded for this

But that doesn't mean you have to be so harsh on those who choose not to. At the end of the day, it's their career, it's their life, and who are we to judge them

[Vasyl’s dad]

Nobody knows that better than me. Joel Casamayor and Floyd Mayweather are among my favourite fighters. Floyd likes to NOT get hit. Pernell Whitaker is my all-time favourite.

But Victor Ortiz has embraced the "Vicious" persona. Wears Mexican colors. Markets himself as a tough kid who overcame a hard-luck background.

Those things are not free. That persona that Ortiz and HBO collaborated in selling?...it comes with a price.

Which is why superstars are born, not made.

Like your hero Manufactured Mayweather.

I for one, don't care for all the stories leading up to the fight because it shows you can't just throw support to someone and boom, they become a superstar, it has to be a natural progression, like Manny Pacquiao.

[Piper the Great]

its one thing to quit to survive another day but to quit on some "IM TO YOUNG TO BE GETTING BET ON". this was crucial gut check & he failed.

[Doctor_Tenma]

its one thing to quit to survive another day but to quit on some "IM TO YOUNG TO BE GETTING BET ON". this was crucial gut check & he failed.

Agree man, there is a difference here. Ortiz didn't want to gamble on landing another big shot.