Should AA be banned?

on the contrary, he should be applauded

for your revenge, cheer on the cobra as he KTFOs AA

 

If you end someone's career on what looks like an intentional foul, your career should be ended as well.

 

I hope Dirrell's career ends too when it is proven he is faking the whole thing. People like him are a disgrace to boxing.

 

The punch was very delayed and careless as hell. Though Dirrell is a magnet for illegal tactics because of the way he puts his head below his waste and always slips over in high pressure situations, using those awkward actions the way a normal fighter uses a clinch to stop the action.

AA shouldn't be banned, i don't think you can start making rulings purely based on the result of the act, rather than the act itself. It was still very gutless and the act of someone who was desperate and very frustrated.

 

It is not like he is some d-bag like Margarito loading his gloves. He fouled the guy but to be honest there have been a lot worse fouls. He may have legitimately not known he was down yet. Lay off Abraham, at the end of the day every fighter is warned to protect themselves at all times. It is not like Arthur smacked some old lady in the street like that.

 

Hooah

 

Best phrase I have read on here in a long time. "Dirrell is a magnet for illegal tactics"!

Very well stated. :good

 

Andre Dirrell is the greatest pure boxer, slick tactician, fastest in the history of the division, currently the fastest hands in the sport in any weight class.

The honestly sad thing here is the guy has a family he needs to take care of, a wife, kids, the whole bit.

The entire Dirrell family has been marred by tragedy. Brother with cancer, father abandoning him, growing up in Flint, Michigan. It's an utter depressing shithole.

Dirrell isn't well off by any means, he really does need the money.

Dirrell as a boxer is an entirely different animal than anything we've ever been lucky enough to witness.

What makes all this horrible news even worse is the fact that Dirrell has been progressing at such an amazing rate. The confidence and skills of a boxing wizard was on display when we saw Abraham totally schooled, frustrated, and out classed.

All of this progression really for myself and many made the Dirrell-Ward fight that much more juicy. I predicted another epic exposure by Dirrell, who would merely take the Abraham performance up another level(if there is one). Afterwards Ward would go from the favorite to the "worst". Dirrell would expose Ward with the same severity Calzaghe exposed Lacy.

Dirrells skill, talent, natural ability, and boxng IQ are so good infact that they defy reason. It's sad that if he cannot fight again that we will only imagine how great he could've become or the heights he could've achieved.

Boxing needs Andre Dirrell and so do we.

 

After going through Dirrells past few fights I've noticed that his reflexes are nothing short of godlike. I feel he honestly sees **** in slo-mo, he must. Both Froch and Abraham were so utterly rip their hair out and **** their pants pissed off after only a few rounds that were out of their game and Dirrell was in control. Dirrell can figure out and time an opponent quicker than about anyone I've seen, no matter the style. Once figured out, Dirrell will be sure he always has the advantage position(stance) wise, from there it's all down hill for the opponent. Dirrell will set traps, toy, and usually never get hit once by the on-rush of frustrated flurries.....back to the center of the ring and repeat.

Dirrell is too slick. Thats why Froch and Abraham looked like dunken fools. Dirrell doesnt just expose you, he ****ing embarasses you. Hence the magnet for fouls.

 

So he had to sit down instead of reclining because the symptoms got worse? were the symptoms uncontrollable acting , like maybe doing Brando's famous scene with Rod Steiger in the cab in " On the Waterfront"? or maybe Laurence Olivier in "Wuthering Heights"? just curious.

 

when did americans become such pussies? Ward and Dirrell are an embarrassment

 

There is cum all over your post.

 

Ali ?! It must be his ******* son .

 

Yeah, I agree with your main point here, but it is a difficult question. On one hand, I don't think that Abraham should be banned. He got his DQ as per the rules. It would be unfair to single him out because there may be an irregular consequence of the blow. It was just one of hundreds of fouls committed in boxing every year and in theory, any of these could cause lasting injury. Whether they do or not is beyond a fighters control, hence they get punished for the act itself, in the form of warnings or points deductions etc not punished for the effect it may or may not have 6 months down the line.

Having said that, I did have a slightly controversial thought -if you are a professional fighter, you must know your own strength. Abraham is a very powerful puncher. I'm not saying he should punished merely because he happens to hit hard, but when he took that swing at Dirrell, he must have known it was going to do a lot more damage than most other guys could inflict. I'm not suggesting this should be punishable or that Abraham was thinking straight when it happened, but just a thought!

 

no, he got his DQ

he wasn't using loaded gloves or on PEDs, or kicking the guy or anything like that.