Is it OK to quit during a fight?

[Mr. Ryan]

I recently read an interesting article in a boxing ****zine, and they explored the subject of fighters who have quit. Let's examine some fighters who have quit:

Acelino Freitas, who quit against Corrales.
Sonny Liston, who quit against Ali.
Willy Pep, who quit against Sandy Saddler.
Genaro Hernandez, who quit against De La Hoya.
Roberto Duran, who quit against Leonard.
Julio Cesar Chavez, who quit against De La Hoya.

Against Corrales, Freitas quit after tiring himself out by running around like an idiot and getting knocked down 3 times. I think it was bad to quit like that. Nothing seemed wrong there. I excuse Pep and Hernandez, as they just couldn't go on with their injuries. But Duran, Chavez, and Liston just couldn't be excused. Chavez' infraction will be overlooked because it was late in his career and was addicted to coke. What do you think?

[Dark Destroyer]

ALi-Liston
He got busted up bad in the fight and mentally beaten before the fight. Liston was a very tough man and he wouldn't quit like that unless he was beaten which he was. Ali beating him while he was blinded will have killed his confidence too.

I agree that Accelino shouldn't have quitted because he was still in with a chance in that fight. He wasn't getting beaten too bad because he still kept on landing the big ones on Corrales. I think the fact that Corrales took his power well killed his hope. Corrales is a cruel puncher.

Duran had enough of the punishment that was been layed on him by Leonard. He knew he had lost that fight and i think he was at a point of no return. Quitting didn't ruin his reputation though.

[LuKahnLi]

You shouldn't have to. If your corner is looking out for you, they should throw in the towel when you can't take anymore.

[zoo]

If a guy is hurt and can't continue he should be allowded to quit and let the nasayers who've never step foot in the ring say what they want. Most people just use the term "quiter" to degrade fighters they don't like anyways.

[LuKahnLi]

If you have to quit before your corner throws in the towel, then they have failed you.

[borikua]

Of course it's ok....if you know that you could get *** up...quit.

[Dark Destroyer]

Of course it's ok....if you know that you could get *** up...quit.

Nicely put and so true, the corner doesn't know how you feel on the inside in a fight.

[Mr. Violence]

Let's not forget Golota quitting against Tyson.

[LuKahnLi]

Lets assume we are talking about when the fighter is NOT insane.

[JaNnO]

Lets assume we are talking about when the fighter is NOT insane.

quitting maybe bad for a fighter's reputation, but sometimes it's the smart thing to do.