The problem is...

He does duck low and I don't think Abraham though "right I'll nail him because he is on the floor and defencless". He was simply trying to catch Dirrell as and when he could. He had to be DQ'd though - no other outcome, even if the whole thing was very theatrical.

 

Thing is, Dirrell didn't just fall to the floor like in the Froch fight. Tonite, he slipped and it happened more than once in the same spot and it was fairly obvious. Abraham didn't even think he did anything wrong. He had plenty of time to pull his punch.

What is it about the Super 6?

 

That's how I see it.

He had to be DQ'd, you can't really argue against it, but he's got to access the decision in what 0.2/0.3 secs. He's high on adrenaline and pumped. Unless you've been in that situation, well, you don't know what it's like.

As for Dirrell, he boxed beautifully tonight and fought the perfect fight for beating Abraham. Thought Abraham struggled bad with the Southpaw stance. However, I do agree he did tend to slip when in trouble tonight. 2-3 times it happened.

I'm just disappointed in how it ended, it was an enjoyable fight, Dirrell boxed brilliantly, but.... you always had the tension of knowing Abraham could end it if he got the chance, and came close a few times. I do think the ref was kind to Dirrell, but he's the home fighter, and well... you expect that. I'm sure if it was in Germany, the ref would be very kind to Abraham.

 

Excellent post. :good

Oh, and :rofl @ your avatar. I listen to that song when I'm bored in work.

 

Abraham saw that his knee was clearly down, he paused and then decided to sucker punch him, which is the actual real problem. I mean he freakin slipped, he was ducking low on purpose. So many people on this board are freakin clueless....

 

Agreed. I wasn't a fan of Dirrell going in, but he definitely earned my respect for the performance he put on tonight. Sad that it had such a strange ending.

I still don't like his entourage though... wtf were they doing after Dirrell got back up? Why were they crowding him like that and yelling at him? Didn't make much sense.

Anyway, provided things go forward as planned, I'll be rooting for Dirrell when he fights Ward, although I think that's gonna be the most boring fight of the whole tourney.

 

You think he ****in slips on purpose?! Goddamn where do you dumb shits come from? A guy gets seriously hurt buy an illegal punch and you're crying about him slipping.... Exactly how stupid are you?

 

I haven't seen you around in a while. Did you only come back to bash Dirrell?

 

completely agree

 

load of crap everytime the heat was on direll slipped or went close to the floor absolute ***** thats why he didint get gold in the olympics

 

So, you have all these problems with Dirrell, but every time AA gets hit with a good body shot he turns his back and complains to the ref.

AA knew Dirrell was down. He waits before he even throws the punch. Like he was weighing the pros/cons of throwing it. Perhaps he was the one looking for a way out?

 

So why does he slip 7864327892437892 times every fight??

 

I'll concede that it was a problem in the Froch fight, but the two main ones in this contest were precipitated by the logo and water in Abraham's corner and not so much Dirrell's movement.