Funny how the AA fight was almost 7 months ago.....

I just saw that, thanks! There goes one theory.

 

Some way some how this awesome tournament was going to turn into a three ring curcus. Time will sort everyting out, once again but in the mean time the people who support the sport will suffer.

I am skeptical of Dirrel's condition as well. Perhaps it will be a time issue or perhaps him and his buddy SOB Ward got together and decied to throw a ****** wrench into this tournament. Regardless; Ward now has one less difficult fight and another hometown date for himself.

 

If there is in fact damage, I always suspected it was the right hand with 30 seconds to go in the 3rd. Slow motion replay at 9:20 video. Its the source of the red swelling around his temple and the start of the weird flinching he keeps doing for the remainder of the fight. It was also interesting that an interview after the fight, Dirrell said he was certain it was a punch to the temple that injured him and was the surprised the DQ punch caught him in the jaw on the replay video.

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Dirrell: My fiance, Alaia Zamora, was with me watching it. I was still anticipating waiting the whole time until the punch had come. It was explained to me when I got hit, where I got hit at, but I still didn't expect it to be the way that it was. I thought that I had gotten hit in the temple, because my temple was very sore.

My head was hurting really bad like I said, and my jaws were hurting. And when I watched the fight, I actually saw that I had slipped, went to get back up, and so I'm more or less up on all fours, looking down. And then he brings the hook in and connected right on my jaw. I believe that my mouth was open a little bit.

And I hated watching it. I didn't even want the camera on me. I hated watching it. It wasn't a good feeling


http://boxing.fanhouse.com/2010/03/30/andre-dirrell-i-executed-perfectly-but-i-hated-the-end/

 

Perfect post. Unless we're doctors we really can't have an opinion that holds value in this situation.

 

Another great post. I take this matter more seriously because they say it's a brain injury but like someone said earlier, maybe sparring exacerbated it.

 

How about any recent scans? Maybe his condition got worst we don't know that. Again, I'm only speculating.

 

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for real though, that didnt look to have done that much damage than people tend to think.. i mean if he really was out, i woudnt expect him to ..

Pause abit..
Put His Hands on his face (facepalm style)
fall sideways and flat
then roll over -.-

when comparing this to the Bika Clip (on another thread i think..) it really does look fake/an act

 

To be fair, it wouldn't be the first time someone had a delayed reaction.

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the super six is becoming a bigger disappointment every week it seems. it's a sorry sack of **** at this point. half of the original fighters have dropped out. probably calls for an immediate cancellation in any other sport. first taylor, then kessler, now dirrell? are you serious. I understand injuries happen (taylor should have never been considered) and it seems that the withdrawals are all legit but the tournament itself isnt even the super six world boxing classic anymore. imagine watching the nba finals without the starting lineups? or the world cup with practice players? that's what's happening with the tournament.