Hey PB, how you doing?

I believe it was a legit excuse, if you watch the fight, Robinson was boxing well and was controlling the fight with great straights and good ring generalship. The judges all had him ahead before he couldn't continue any longer. In this case I just reckon the heat affected Ray more. You even see him stumble to the corner and he actually went to hospital after the fight and spent weeks in bed sick afterward.

The hero and the coward both feel the same thing, but the hero uses his fear, projects it onto his opponent, while the coward runs. It's the same thing, fear, but it's what you do with it that matters. Cus D'Amato