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TheLeprechaun wrote: ↑21 Apr 2019, 14:08 Theres always people who defend a fighter quitting on forums. A fighter could flat out quit like Walters did vs Loma and people will still defend him. It's not so much the defending the fighter that bothers me. It's the absolute delusional stance that the defenders take when they proclaim he didn't quit. Khan quit in the fight and it's a simple as that. It's simply stating a fact to say he quit.

TheLeprechaun wrote: ↑21 Apr 2019, 14:08 Theres always people who defend a fighter quitting on forums. A fighter could flat out quit like Walters did vs Loma and people will still defend him. It's not so much the defending the fighter that bothers me. It's the absolute delusional stance that the defenders take when they proclaim he didn't quit. Khan quit in the fight and it's a simple as that. It's simply stating a fact to say he quit.

banjo wrote: ↑21 Apr 2019, 14:25 True. I'd have more respect for a fighter if they just said "he's beating the poo out of me and I can't do anything about it, so why carry on, I'll live to fight another day" Kostya Tsyzu quit vs Hatton but you don't lose any respect for him over that, he was getting beaten, he knew he was getting beaten and didn't want to go on, fair play.

Coco wrote: ↑21 Apr 2019, 07:25 That wasn't the case with Benn v Collins though.
While Khan didn't exactly cover himself in glory last night, his previous performances have already demonstrated his cojones.
Unfortunately we are seeing another fighter at the end of his career.

oogiebe wrote: ↑21 Apr 2019, 14:29 Well played! Great points.

banjo wrote: ↑21 Apr 2019, 15:21 There's no glory in getting the piss beaten out of you.

jamesmcdonnell wrote: ↑21 Apr 2019, 07:39 It's the end of Khan's big time career now, the networks in the US certainly won't want anything to do with him.

I won't call him a coward, as he's proven his bravery enough times, but I do feel he cheated the public and fans.

I would have had more respect for him, if he'd quit between rounds and said "Virgil, I just don't have it any more, I'm calling it a day."

There might be some mileage in a fight with brook, but both men are much diminished, and it's a smaller fight than it would have been 5 years ago in their primes.

For what it's worth, that was an uppercut to the cup, whether it contacted the inner thigh or not, that would have hurt, but when it initally happened, no way did I think that would be the end of the fight, I've seen far worse in a boxing match, and with the levels of adrenalin going through the fighters body's at that stage, the pain wouldn't be that severe, hell I took a pasting to the nuts in a boxing match as a kid, 3 big uppercuts right to my balls, and without a cup, and didn't even register the pain until that evening, when my balls turned completely black from blood and I'm nowhere near as tough as a professional fighter.

Would it have caused discomfort, for sure., but no way a fight ender.

JimStone wrote: ↑21 Apr 2019, 08:54 Reminds me of the man who had been an accomplished bridge painter all his life, but when he sucked one cock that's all people remembered him for.

It's a shame really because Khan is a warrior, just made a bad call last night.

DrDuke wrote: ↑21 Apr 2019, 04:19 He quitted, that's just f*cking obvious. However, I won't blame him for that, cause the fight was a clear mismatch, it even wasn't necessary to make.

JimStone wrote: ↑21 Apr 2019, 17:10 Just rewatched the fight. Khan has never been worked over like that before, body and head. Absolutely ruined him, far moreso than any of those one punch kayos.

Stuarty wrote: ↑21 Apr 2019, 20:59 I just watched the fight back there... Khan didn't want anymore of what Crawford was dishing out! I'm a big fan of Crawford. He's a top class operator....

RKY wrote: ↑21 Apr 2019, 18:42 Indeed, he's mentally weak. Always has been. Couldn't take the fact he's was getting schooled for the first time.

Stuarty wrote: ↑21 Apr 2019, 21:03 To be fair to him he's taken a fair few beatings before and still doured it out! The 10th against Maidana couldn't have been easy!,I don't like him and I'm glad he tasted defeat again but I do respect him....

RKY wrote: ↑21 Apr 2019, 21:09 But he dropped Maidana and was obviously faster,
he showed heart but he had reason to, he could see the W with the finish line. He was also a big favourite iirc. I've came across folk like Khan before, very competitive when they think they are better, and quickly down tools when evenly or overmatched. Khan downed tools last night, no doubt imo.