Im sure once Abraham goes back home and re watches the fight he will understand his error. I dont think he really hit him intentionally TRYING to foul, i think he was just zoned out in the moment and his eagerness just got wayyyyy ahead of him. For the Brits saying it was an acting job by Andre. . pfff. . . go **** your sister. Seriously. If you wasnt paying attention, it is very clear that he slipped, and took a brutal punch while he was down. He was giving all the classic signs of a concussion. And what do you think? His corner went over tapes and taught him how to fake a knock out in the event that he got hit on the ground? Get the **** out of here. . . After getting robbed by Frotch, I can see that he made many adjustments, and with the exception of pulling his head away from punches, there was not many mistakes that he made. He boxed beautifully, done away with this invincible aura of Authurs iron cast chin with a clean knockdown, and was robbed of all the hard work and dedication that he put in. Its a shame that he boxed that type of fight and cant live up the win. Hope all is well with him and that there is no serious damage. On a last note. . . Abraham was cheated out of a knockdown. . .but as Andre was cheated of a knockdown when he hit Arthur, sent him backwards and the ropes held him up. Some say AA got not help from the ref with low blows. . well hey, the ref wasnt doing much about AA holding the gloves out in the air and rabbit punching Lets just call it even and try to come with terms with the FACT that AA's loss is his own fault.
He wasn't robbed. He was the better man and personally I don't believe that AA would've been able to catch him with something big in the last rounds, but you can't completely exclude this. Never say never, AA has one punch KO power. The DQ made it easier for him, regardless if the KO was faked or not.
Yep, I agree with pretty much everything you say. (I disagree with the part about him getting robbed against Froch, it wasn't a robbery, it was a close fight that could have gone either way) All Abraham was trying to do is knock out Dirrell, and at the heat of the moment he saw an opening and he took advantage. The only problem is that Dirrell slipped and was on the canvas. Dirrell was robbed of a nice performance and a possible win, but so was Abraham because he rocked AD in the 10th and Abraham was on a mission to knock out Dirrell, but the real losers tonight is the fans (not saying it wasn't a great fight, because it was, but we won't know a true victor) because now we won't know who really won. Abraham was coming on, and would he have caught Dirrell? Would Dirrell have escaped and been victorious? We won't know. The ending is like The Sopranos, we really don't know what would have happened.
NO!, when you put on the performance of a lifetime, then have it taken away almost at the very end of the fight you are robbed and cheated out of your greatest moment.
thats what made him cry the most... not so much the hometown thing...and not so much being phased out by that punch that shouldn't have been thrown. he was pretty upset of being the man that "beat the king"
It went like i knew it would and abraham got dirty like I knew he would because in was in there with more superior talent blessed with more tools. Abraham has been fighting for 20 years of his life and never witness speed and skill like he ran into tonight with andre dirrell. People forgot that dirrell is the up and coming fighter who is improving. The dirrell that faught froch would have been tough. Much less the more improved cofident dirrell that came out and dominated arthur abraham.
Abraham threw a whistling uppercut around knee level. To call any punch like that unintentional is absurd. Abraham meant to hit him when he was down.
you many be convinced, im not so convinced. When you are down on points, desperate, think you have your man hurt, and you momentum is straight forward, attack, attack, attack. . . **** happens dude. Different time, different place, I think under that pressure, AA would have still thrown that punch. I understand people are upset about it, I just think everyone needs to take a deep breath and be rational about it all. I really dont think it was as intentional and malicious as it is being portrayed.
Apart from it wasn't really a close fight or even competative much before the 9th. Dirrell was slaying Arthur with relative ease.
Yea, but that's what made it exciting. It was a bit of surprise that Dirrell was keeping up that pace for 9 rounds. I thought Dirrell would have success, but I didn't think he would be that good. Rewatching a couple of months down the line it won't be exciting, but watching it live I thought it was good and full of drama. Especially, in the 10th round where Abraham rocked Dirrell and knocked him down. We won't know how that 4 minutes and 30 seconds would have played out.
Round 11 and 12 are very dangerous rounds for AA's opponents...you made your point clear, but I just don't see it that way.
Pull AA's ***** free from your mouth and understand that 'acting' dont give you memory loss, make you confused, and cause a trip to the ER. Im probably doing a huge service by giving AA the benefit of the doubt and stating that the punch wasn't as intentional as it appeared. If the table was turned you would probably be screaming for the death penalty for Dirrell and sending AA cute little 'get well soon balloons' with chocolate kisses and love letters K then,thanks for playing
i hope you don't have kids that choke on candy... you can sit there ..turn your head to the side.... think to yourself that....if they were really choking on candy they would be bright red in the face...and a bit more panicky you seem to be a good judge.