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

this is unfair to dirrell. yes he bottled the Froch fight through running and holding but he was fighting an exciting fight with AA where he was often pushing the action. Maybe this John Q fella you are talking about won't give Dirrell credit for beating AA silly because AA acted like a child and hit Dirrell while he was down, but Dirrell won me over.

 

I'd love to see a rematch, yes.

With or without a rematch, AA is gonna win the whole ball of wax. :good

 

Add Cole's failiure to count for the KD and you only have to go to Michigan for "Germany".

 

Abe knew the guy was on his knees and knew the punch would be illegal. I dont think he was aware it would result in a straight DQ though. Dem da rules though. Abe was improving, direll was tiring fast and a late stoppage for Abe looked possible but he got impetuous. Credit to Dirrell for frustrating him to that point.

 

I don't believe it was intentional either. Too quick. I don't think Abraham realized Dirrel was slipping, he hit him just this moment. And the right hand comes very quickly. Way too quickly to be associated with any sort of reasoning. Not frustration, not spite. Just instinct. Dirrel was ducking a lot of the very same right hands earlier in the fight, I honestly believe Abraham thought he ducking again.

I still think it was lucky for Abraham. He wouldn't have KO'ed Dirrel. Dirrel would've won a convincing UD with nothing to write home about and now Abraham has this controversy thing going and you just know that in a couple of months they're gonna pretend like it was a robbery.

The doctor's treatment in the 9th round was weird indeed.
First of all, the ref broke them up when Abraham had Dirrel in the corner. Then, for some reason, he believed the gash was caused by a headbutt. And then the doc applied pressure to the wound for what seemed like ages.

Weird indeed. None of this should distract from the simple truth that Dirrel won the fight convincingly and that Abraham's "style" has finally proven inadequate for the elite level. He said himself in an interview: "I wait for 6 rounds and then I go for the KO."
Super!

 

watch the replay, it leaves little doubt. teh punch is thrown after dirrell is already onteh floor

 

Too quick? You may want to look at it again. Abraham's left followed Dirrell's sliding body to the ground. Then he resets his feet and uloads the "vicious" right. He knew exactly what he was doing. He just forgot he wasn't in GERMANY. :bbb

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I thought Abraham was going to get him anyway. Looked like some acting and poor reffing too.

 

Maybe true but the fight turned and it seemed he was going to get him anyway.

 

Yea, he was so confident that he decided to take a cheap shot at a guy who was sitting on the ground. He could totally have knocked him out on his feet, he just wanted to do something more memorable.