"Down but not out" hence applies to situations where people are having temporary difficulties but are not deemed hopeless of recovery and eventual victory. If people are described as "down and out", on the other hand, the situation is, well, pretty dire for them. The homeless, jobless, those on welfare are often said to be down-and-out, meaning they don't have a chance. Not that they really don't have a chance, just that society considers them to be so.
Back to boxing for a moment, the Great Mohammed Ali was often down during fights in his illustrious career, forced to the corner and on to the ropes and so forth,but seldom did he get knocked out. Mike Tyson, on the other hand, was seldom down and but gave the impression that he was always knocked out whenever he was knocked down. That's why Iron Mike, who once claimed to be the "Baddest" man on the planet, always shrinks in comparison with Ali.
It borders on sacrilege, in fact, for me to have mentioned Tyson in the same breath with Ali, Tyson, not me, being the guilty party of course (lest young readers who are only old enough to watch Tyson entertain the wrong ideas). In terms of spirituality, Ali is peerless in the ring (the boxing playing field) and outside. Ali was big enough, you see, to not forget shaking hands with the guards at the court trial that sentenced him to prison for refusing to go half the globe and fight a war in Viet Nam because he "ain't got no quarrel with them Viet Cong".
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