Was anyone surprised that Dirrell-Abraham turned out to be a good fight?

I thought it would be a competitive fight, with Dirrell fighting from the outside, running around AA and throwing his quick combinations. AA was my favourite to catch Dirrell in the late rounds, but I even thought Abraham could win this fight on points, throwing his own combinations and giving Dirrell a close fight on the cards.

I was wrong at the last point, but I wasn´t surprisend at all, that we saw a very dramatic fight. I´m so sad that we didn´t saw the last round, but it´s Arthur´s own fault that he took the chance of a late KO from himself and I´ve been so worked up, when Abraham knocked Dirrell down in the 10th, hoping for another knockdown.

After the fight I´ve to admit that I underestimated Dirrell´s heart and his power in front of the fight, but I thought it would be close. Now we can be delighted that there are some more of these great match-ups in the Super-Six.

 

I was surprised alright. I expected it to be a really ugly fight.

Good thing I was wrong.

 

no. competitive matchups between top fighters are almost always good fights

 

I think the original poster meant fun to watch. Dirrell's prior match was hard to watch and Abraham doesn't do much for the first 4...I thought it would be a snoozer barring a KO

 

I was surprised. I thought that Dirrell would be like he was against Froch and he stood up right in front abraham, moving or course but not running at all.

 

I made a thread on the fight a while before it happend a lot of ppl thought the fight would be balls. I was one of them, pleasently suprised

 

As did I. So yes, I was pleasantly surprised.

 

Did not think it would be as good as it was but also never thought it was gonna be the worst fight of the super six.