is "quitting" the same as "losing"?

[littlepug]

Now, to us mere mortals, a torn rotator cuff would certainly derail us from an athletic event but in the hurt business, many fighters have continued fighting with this injury and worse.

i find it outright disgusting if fans
sit on their couch and demand a
fighter to continue although he is
injured.

just ... disgusting.

I don't think any fan would demand that, but the fighters that do go beyond what is expected of them are rightly given the utmost respect

[man]

Now, to us mere mortals, a torn rotator cuff would certainly derail us from an athletic event but in the hurt business, many fighters have continued fighting with this injury and worse.

i find it outright disgusting if fans
sit on their couch and demand a
fighter to continue although he is
injured.

just ... disgusting.

I don't think any fan would demand that, but the fighters that do go beyond what is expected of them are rightly given the utmost respect

90% of the people on this very board
demand exactly this very thing.

[Guelwaar]

what doesn't make sense is to have rules if you're not even interested in enforcing them...boxing has rules and the intention should always be to enforce them ...

boxing has rules and they were
followed to the letter in this bout.

The ref and the timekeeper disagree with you.

[man]

what doesn't make sense is to have rules if you're not even interested in enforcing them...boxing has rules and the intention should always be to enforce them ...

boxing has rules and they were
followed to the letter in this bout.

The ref and the timekeeper disagree with you.

i haven't checked that. my guess is
they would say something along the
lines of "the count was longer than
ten seconds", which you would see
as proving your point, while i would
say this is totally in line with the rules
of boxing.

[Guelwaar]

boxing has rules and they were
followed to the letter in this bout.

The ref and the timekeeper disagree with you.

i haven't checked that. my guess is
they would say something along the
lines of "the count was longer than
ten seconds", which you would see
as proving your point, while i would
say this is totally in line with the rules
of boxing.

the count being longer than 10 seconds is not in line with the rules of boxing....that's why they have a timekeeper.

[man]

"In the event of any knockdown, the timekeepers count will cease when picked up by the referee whose count shall prevail and be relied on by the boxers."

4.4. here:
http://www.worldboxingfederation.net/wb ... ations.htm

[Guelwaar]

"In the event of any knockdown, the timekeepers count will cease when picked up by the referee whose count shall prevail and be relied on by the boxers."

4.4. here:
http://www.worldboxingfederation.net/wb ... ations.htm

what's a world boxing federation?