Was AA on his way to stopping Dirrell?

This shit is old news now. Just when the talk about the fight was quietening down, that dick head M@nny had to bring up yet another topic about something that has been discussed on here for almost 1 week straight. Piss off with this crap. P.S. lol at Margacheato in his avatar. What a joker.

Considering Dirrell was winning the 11th. No.

If Dirrell wasn't faking the coma, then maybe. Because that wasn't even nearly Abraham's best punch, the left hook.

Hard to tell, According to what i saw and after analysing the fight i do not think AA would have stopped Dirrell, Yes AA was coming on in the last round but it was little too late IMO, Dirrell still look like he had enough to last 12 rounds but hey we would never know since AA deny us the chance to see what would have happened in the end.

How is the poll even so ****ing close? No he wasn't on his way to KO'ing Dirrell at all. No way. My guess is the people still in shock/denial of AA's loss have logged in on numerous different accounts, in order to click "YES". Fags :bottle:.

Yes, I think he was.

Abraham wasn't even able to catch him a minute into the 11th round. A minute into the 11th round, Dirrell was untouched. That does not sound like someone who was on his way to getting knocked out. Sounds more like he regained control and was on his way to winning the round.

after reviewing many many times my conclusion is that the foot placement was negligible in relationship to the punch in the 10th round. that means, dirrell did not trip over abrahams foot. he tripped over a right cross. next round the true misfortune. the slip occured directly after a landed abraham jab. the argument could have been made that it wasn't a slip at all. in the split second when andre fell before abraham threw the late shot, i was calling to the ref thru the tv set to rule it a knock down due to the flush jab. now say what you want about the canvas being slippery or point to dirrells foot sliding, realise you are talking about a tapdancer. that is a guy who slipped at the moment he was being cornered. he had a ref. who had already reversed reality on a knock down. dirrell had 5 more minutes to go. if abraham had played fair, then how many times would dirrell have been cornered, and slipped and fell in the last 5. Interesting.... Now let me interpret this for the simpletons: Dirrell was 'bout to get KTFO and he knew it.

It could've happened but I doubt it would've even if Dirrell would've gotten up instead of going for the oscar.

after reviewing many many times my conclusion is that the foot placement was negligible in relationship to the punch in the 10th round. that means, dirrell did not trip over abrahams foot. he tripped over a right cross. next round the true misfortune. the slip occured directly after a landed abraham jab. the argument could have been made that it wasn't a slip at all. in the split second when andre fell before abraham threw the late shot, i was calling to the ref thru the tv set to rule it a knock down due to the flush jab. now say what you want about the canvas being slippery or point to dirrells foot sliding, realise you are talking about a tapdancer. that is a guy who slipped at the moment he was being cornered. he had a ref. who had already reversed reality on a knock down. dirrell had 5 more minutes to go. if abraham had played fair, then how many times would dirrell have been cornered, and slipped and fell in the last 5.

I agree, he was very close but if he stayed away he could have made it out ok Dirrell's legs were damn near gone, I think AA was gonna get to him and get to him brutally. Andre felt it coming, there is no other explanation for him faking a KO.

I agree, he was very close but if he stayed away he could have made it out ok

Its common knowledge that AA is most dangerous through 10, 11, & 12. SO seeing as he knocked down AD in the 10th then a KO can be seen probable. Had that knock down not occurred then its even more likely AD would have just cruised to a points victory.

49 sad cunts and counting...........:grumble:

I think Dirrell was hanging on and would have pulled it out. Like the commentators said he could just have hung onto Abraham for a whole 4 minutes and still won the fight by getting a point deduction. I think he could have lasted but he would have been in trouble. If it was a 15 round fight then absolutely, guarenteed, Abraham would have knocked Dirrell out. Even the 4-minutes would have been hard to negotiate, Dirrell was taking some monsters in there. It's hard, Arthur definetely had a chance in there. He was bringing an awful lot of pressure onto a fading Dirrell.

the people that think abraham was gonna ko dirrell in 1 round are the guys that were predicting an arthur win and can't face facts the only reason you get the feeling of shifting momentum is cuz of abraham getting a kd and thinking he hurt dirrell so started to throw like a maniac for the rest of the round, thus showing dirrell moving most of the time giving the impression that he was badly hurt, he was stunned, but in the 11th he showed his quick recuperation and was back at what he was doin the whole fight, arthur wasn't gonna go swinging retardingly again unless he hurt dirrell again, which he showed he could'nt do with one punch all throughout the fight unless dirrell was looking at the floor and unexpecting

the KD in the 10th was legit. was abraham on his way to a KO victory? i have no idea. i just know that dirrell was tired, abraham was not, and the momentum had shifted. yes. it is no different than dirrell's KD earlier. both fighters were off-blance and it was a punch that sent them down. if abraham had not landed that punch, i dont think dirrell would have hit the canvas. he did, and the punch was a big reason why. http://i39.tinypic.com/1z2kow2.gif Honestly if anyone does not see that as a hard punch that caused him to leave his feet then i dont know what is. The trip over the foot came after the punch knocked him back wards. He was hurt more than just in the 10th round I remember AA landing big near the ropes and hurting Dirrell where he held on for dear life after that. Honestly there is no definitive way to know if AA would have finished him or if Dirrell would have ended on his feet. It is all a matter of your view. That is the beauty of boxing you just never know what is going to happen. The easy assumption would be Dirrell would have gotten up from the slip in the corner and ran for his life for the next 4 minutes. I on the other hand think AA put the fear of GOD in Dirrell whom as I stated on my show last night has clear B!TCH in his eyes. I think Dirrell was afraid of the sh!t storm that was going to come down on him in the next 4 minutes and AA was going to bring it. I think AA was the fresher fighter in the 11th. I also think that AA threw a FU punch there in the corner and there might have been some acting involved there....Lefty

I still don't see how yall can say he was on his out. Imo he went into full sprint mode& aa went into hail mary mode but wasn't landing shit worth talking about but the illegal shot

Hard to say but dirrell was definity hurt in the 10th after the "knockdown" which i think was a KD, dirrell was just trying to stay out of trouble for the rest of the round after getting hurt but it looked like he recovered next round but you never know, abraham was pressing hard and dirrell had been stunned

hell no! theres no reason to think abraham was gonna knock him out, he did drop him the round before but it was a half punch half slip kind of thing. if it should count as a KD or not is irrelevant, the point is dirrell wasnt hurt. in fact abraham was hurt worse when he went down, so if anything he risked getting stopped if he gambled in the last round. dirrell didnt look any more tired than abraham, its just that he knew he had the fight won and didnt want to take dumb risks. some ppl see him moving around the ring and being the dumbasses they are they mistake lateral movement for running and think its an indicator he was in trouble. no.. dirrell was still winning the 11th, he was moving so the flat footed abraham wouldnt be able to get a stationary target knowing abe needs to plant his feet to punch. it was working hense the frustration from abraham. anyone who knows the sweet science could tell dirrell was still too fast for abraham, and more importantly he was still outsmarting him. abraham was winging wild shots but dirrell was seeing them coming. anything can happen when u have a puncher llike abraham in there, all it takes is one mistake on dirrells part. but that mistake wasnt any more likely to happen in the 12th than in any other round so far. im a abraham fan and thought he would flatten dirrell for sure, but dirrell was just the better man. abraham had no answer for his style, i dont see why this fight is controversial to some i really dont. abraham got his ass kicked so he fouled out of desperation, knowing his chances of winning were basicly non existing.