All controversy aside: Dirrell vs. Abraham was a CLASSIC fight!

i agree. add the upset factor to the way dirrell put on a master class performance and it was a true classic. you rarely see anybody put on a performance that truly captures the sweet science the way dirrell did, and for someone so young and untested doing it against a guy perceived as a monster pulling of a huge upset in the process.. classic. especially if dirrell goes down as a great fighter one day, which i think he might if the KO didnt ruin his chin. if he does then this fight will be one of the matrix classic fights.

I dont think the fight was a classic. It might have been if we had the last 2 rounds. It wasn't a classic because Dirrell was so dominant, but you can say it was shaping up to be a classic due to the pressure AA put on so who knows what the last 1½ rounds would have brought.

I agree. Up until the stoppage it was an excellent fight, Direll doing his thing & Abraham landing real hard shots near the end. My only problem with it is that , for whatever reason, we were robbed of the last 2 rounds. If the fight had gone the distance it could have been truely classic. Thats why it will make for a great rematch, Arthur Abraham vs Andre Dirrell Unfinished Business. Fans we cheated of the last 2 rounds of what could have been a great fight for either man. Arthur cheated himself from eventually coming from behind with a KO and Dirrell was cheated from winning the best fight against his stiffiest opposition.

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i thought it was a good fight, but not the best of 2010 so far.

u obviously dont watch a lot of boxing if u think that was a classic. classics generally feature two men who BOTH throw punches...

I was there live so I couldnt catch the broadcast version. But I watched it a few times and it was beyond epic. That was the best fight of the year so far. Props to Abrahammer and Props To The Matrix. I agree. Up until the stoppage it was an excellent fight, Direll doing his thing & Abraham landing real hard shots near the end. My only problem with it is that , for whatever reason, we were robbed of the last 2 rounds. If the fight had gone the distance it could have been truely classic.

Classic fight? Uh............no not really. Good display by Dirrell up to the acting job and controversial ending.