I have a gripe about Abe being DQ'd against Dirrell.

Again, "Abe-Dirrell" was a damn good fight.... It had some thrills and spills.... Dirrell utilized and burned up lotsa' gas during the first 2/3 of the fight... After round 9, Dirrell looked tired as hell and Abe was puffy and cut, but still game.... Dirrell was ahead on points, but Abe was coming on and closing the gap...

I think Abe got butt reamed on the no knockdown call in round 10 by referee Larry "Coleslaw" Cole.... Abe's punch landed on Dirrell and Dirrell buckled backward and knicked the shoe / foot of Art Abe...... Dirrell was going down....

I also think the "DQ" call was too quick to enforce by referee Larry Cole, as well...... Abe was on the attack and Dirrell dipped and slipped down to the floor and was there for only a brief second when Abe crashed home a right to the head / jaw of Dirrell...... The fight was heated at the moment..... I do not believe Abe looked to foul Dirrell on purpose.... I think rage and emotions were flying high in a goddamn friggin' heated fight.......

The DQ call was way too quick....... However, I let go at that and accept the decision that was rendered..... These two (Abe & Dirrell) have some un-finished business to conclude at a later date....... Either way you look at it, Dirrell's DQ win or Abe's DQ loss leaves a sour tatse in my mouth at the moment.....

NOTE:

Cooney was NOT DQ'd after nailing Ken Norton with a pair of hooks and rights after Norton was sagged / slumped in a corner at MSG back in 1981.... Referee Tony Perez was slow in reacting there, so Cooney got off "TWO" free shots to a semi-conscious Norton who's eyes were vacant and glazed........ Cooney gets the win by 1st round KO and then signs to fight Larry Holmes for 10 million bucks........

Tomas Molinares of Colombia cold-cocked Marlon Starling after the bell in round 6 or 7 of their 1988 WBA title fight, yet Molinares got the win and the belt at the conclusion of that hub-bub on HBO....... No DQ there....

Later on in 1997, Royal Jones was DQ'd for nailing Monty Griffin while Monty was down.... However, Jones' final shot looked blatant........ No biggie...... Jones fixed that problem a few months later in the ill-fated PPV rematch that ended in round 1..........

All in all, I think Art Abe kinda' got shafted last Saturday night in Detroit...... A rematch is a must between these two dude's........

MR.BILLhat:hey:good:scaredas:

 

Just too much of a gray area between a DQ and No-Contest....... A DQ is certainly more harsh to receive..... A No-Contest ruling stalemates everything and pretty much assure's the public a rematch will occur....

Boxing politricks allowed Bowe not to be DQ'd against Mathis in 1994........ Bowe was still a boxing gravy train, while Mathis was a name with an ugly style and no power...... No way in hell they (World of Boxing) was gonna shaft Bowe in that summer of '94 fiasco.....

If you have the name, rep, money and right manager, you can get around some of these issues' that other fighters cannot avoid being nailed for..... Art Abe was NOT gonna get and special treatment or favors in Detroit.....

MR.BILL:thumbsup

 

Either way we care to look at this thing, Art Abe's stock is not gonna drop or fold based on this DQ loss to Dirrell last Sat. Night...... Abe is nowhere near a huge star in the USA, but his ratings are doing well enough for Showtime to keep him signed up...... Art Abe will be back for more..... No doubt there............

Dirrell's stock would've risen last weekend had his fans and John Q. Public not last seen him laying on the canvas out like a bulb by way of a foul or whatever you wish to refer to the blow by Abe..... Dirrell is basically in the same place he was before his fight with Abe..... Cable will use him again though.... Dirrell will get another paycheck from Showtime down the road....

MR.BILL

 

Be as it may, John Q. Public AIN'T exactly gonna rush to invest in Dirrell's stock all of a sudden based on this fiasco........

Dirrell loses to Carl Froch and now beats Abe on his back by way of DQ.... Dirrell is young, but he's quickly cracking all his eggs.... If he wants to become a star in the Super-Middle tourny, he can't have anymore close shave losses or fiasco's in the ring right now.....

MR.BILL:deal

 

Doc's have applied certain forms of pressure on a cut while observing the wounds of cut fighters for yrs..... Not all doc's do, but many have.... Some doc's feel they need to clean up the cut so they can see deep into the would to determine just how bad the cut really is...

I recall Goodie Petronelli up on the ring apron working on Kevin McBride's cut alongside the ring doctor back in 2005 after the referee called a halt to the action..... Goodie actually got away with applying pressure and cleaning up the cut during a "Time-Out" period..... I believe it was Joe Cortez who was the ref..... He EVENTUALLY said something to Goodie....... WTF?

MR.BILL

 

Again, it'll be interesting to see how Dirrell rebounds after his two fights with "Froch & Abe." The boxing world will be eyeballing hard in his next outing.. Will Dirrell become "Gun-Shy" or timid???

MR.BILL