Discussion Thread: Arthur Abraham-Andre Dirrell

[FloydTBE]

Abraham got screwed by the USA.

1. The referee was American, but wasn't supposed to be.

2. Dirrell pretended to have a bad back to move the fight to Detroit, all that messed up Dirrell's sleeping patterns and training schedule

3. The referee called Abraham's clean knockdown of Dirrell a slip. The knockdown of Abraham by Dirrell was actually more of a slip.

4. The referee protected Dirrell and stopped the action when Abraham had Dirrell against the ropes

5. The referee "failed" to call the bad cut to Abraham eyebrow was from a headbutt

6. Dirrell was not all the way down when Abraham hit him. His legs were bent in a squat but he was not 100% down.

7. Dirrell should win an academy award for his acting - he wasn't really so badly hurt. But I think the commentators knew, they just wanted to see a Dirrell win.

shut u pwit hall these excuses, abraham got outboxed every round tonght

[revs1227]

This country is a ****ing joke when it comes 2 officating fights every1 complains ab other countrys this tournement shoiws the truth look @ kesler fight now this

[B.U.R.N.E.R]

Tunney youre better then this. AA got dominated man. Dont be a poor sport. Stop looking at everything the ref did wrong how about you look at what Dirrell did right.

[FloydTBE]

Abraham got screwed by the USA.

1. The referee was American, but wasn't supposed to be.

2. Dirrell pretended to have a bad back to move the fight to Detroit, all that messed up Dirrell's sleeping patterns and training schedule

3. The referee called Abraham's clean knockdown of Dirrell a slip. The knockdown of Abraham by Dirrell was actually more of a slip.

4. The referee protected Dirrell and stopped the action when Abraham had Dirrell against the ropes

5. The referee "failed" to call the bad cut to Abraham eyebrow was from a headbutt

6. Dirrell was not all the way down when Abraham hit him. His legs were bent in a squat but he was not 100% down.

7. Dirrell should win an academy award for his acting - he wasn't really so badly hurt. But I think the commentators knew, they just wanted to see a Dirrell win.

dont bring up these excuses

[johnm is...]

LOL. Abraham got owned.

[boxer12]

ur a idiot...honestly

[pinkivory]

I thought he faked it, honestly.

I also think he was acting. Every time this guy fights, there is always some kind of controversy.

[Shattered Jaw]

Abraham got screwed in the USA.

1. The referee was American, but wasn't supposed to be.

2. Dirrell pretended to have a bad back to move the fight to Detroit, all that messed up Dirrell's sleeping patterns and training schedule

3. The referee called Abraham's clean knockdown of Dirrell a slip. The knockdown of Abraham by Dirrell was actually more of a slip.

4. The referee protected Dirrell and stopped the action when Abraham had Dirrell against the ropes

5. The referee "failed" to call the bad cut to Abraham eyebrow was from a headbutt

6. Dirrell was not all the way down when Abraham hit him. His legs were bent in a squat but he was not 100% down.

7. Dirrell should win an academy award for his acting - he wasn't really so badly hurt. But I think the commentators knew, they just wanted to see a Dirrell win.

1. Ref did a pretty bad job in all. However, he discounted knockdowns from Abraham AND Dirrell. He wasn't biased one way or the other though I felt.

2. LMFAO.

3. Both had knockdowns discounted... evened out perfectly. If anything it could have been bad for Dirrell as he had NO time to recover.

4. Abraham landed almost nothing in those couple of flurries.

5. Was impossible to see where that cut came from on the Showtime broadcast I was watching....

6. Dirrell was completely down and the hook was a proper head turner. Perhaps even worse than that gif of yours.

7. Let's just wait and see what the hospital says....

[CrackYourJaw]

I dunno.

I hope Dirrell's alright, though.

Abe screwed up, he would've knocked him out, too. Well, in a more legal way.

LOL.

[HitmanHattonAY]

DIRELL

I like specially when he cried at the end of the movie.

meeeeeeee meeeee

97-92 to Dirrell, easy nights work for him