Comments Thread For: Arthur Abraham vs. Andre Dirrell Results, Notes

[myau1]

I'm a huge Abraham fan and with all the emotions running wild, including my own, it's difficult to get a handle on everything. First off Dirrell fought a very smart fight and Abraham was unable to catch him, my hats off to the man for that. Secondly Abraham was coming on strong and did indeed knock Dirrell down in the 10th. I don't believe that Abraham is the type of person to try and put hurt on a man outside of the rules of the ring and I honestly believe that late punch, as bad and as tasteless as it was, was an emotional punch launched out of frustration, anger, etc.

What I don't understand however is why Abraham would do such a thing or even allow something like that to happen out of passion. I saw Abraham coming forward pressuring Dirrell and Dirrell was starting to lose his rhythm, there was no need for that late punch which is why I sincerely believe it was accidental in that Arthur just got carried away and let his emotions get the best of him.

Now as a huge fan of Abraham, it's a sad night for me. I thought he conducted himself very poorly in the ring tonight when he threw that punch late and during the post fight interview when he claimed Dirrell was acting. I am so very disappointed in the man. Make no mistake I've seen Dirrell do plenty of acting, falling down, clinching, bending down, etc throughout his career but I'll be damned if he was acting tonight. Arthur's late punch put the hurt on Dirrell and I just hope that he's alright for the sake of his health, for Arthur's careers sake, as well as for the sake of the tournament's.

Arthur Abraham fought poorly tonight though he was coming on strong near the end. As a fan of the fighter tonight is a tough emotional pill to swallow. I'm disappointed that he lost but I'm far more disappointed that he conducted himself in the manner he did, letting his emotions get the better of him. I hope that both men are allowed/able to continue their careers and stay in this tournament. Arthur will be lucky to escape suspension and Dirrell will hopefully walk away from this unscathed. Sad night for boxing...very sad.

Get well Dirrell!

[Crazylegs77]

AA was coming on strong and Dirrell had slowed down a lot, we won't know how the fight would have ended if AA didn't throw that punch. Dirrell is still a ***** for acting, he ran like a ***** vs Froch and now he acts KOed to not finish a fight .

yes I agree its a shame how it turned out. AA made a mistake and it cost the fight (btw I dont think Dirrell was hurt either).

[Dave Rado]

I'm talking about all the posters who are accusing Dirrell of "acting" and faking that he got knocked out. Maybe read the thread first before you comment?

I did, and you said you didn't know if he was faking it or not. Which was a crazy thing for you to say - he was clearly out cold and badly concussed.

[Tiozzo]

Dirrell was dominating him but I think people are jumping all over Arthur for that punch. The fight was at a point where he was only going for a knock out and he had a pretty bad cut over his eye. He pressured Dirrell to the corner and the kid slipped and Arthur just kept fighting. He def should have been disqualified and it was dirty but I think there are a lot of fighters who would have done the same thing. As sad as it is to say I think it was a pretty smart move because now Arthur loses by a disqualification where he brutally knocks his opponent out instead of going to by a large margin on cards. I just wonder if Dirrell can bounce back from a brutal knockout like that.

Here, this is not sad, this is disgusting.

[Dave Rado]

I'm a huge Abraham fan and with all the emotions running wild, including my own, it's difficult to get a handle on everything. First off Dirrell fought a very smart fight and Abraham was unable to catch him, my hats off to the man for that. Secondly Abraham was coming on strong and did indeed knock Dirrell down in the 10th. I don't believe that Abraham is the type of person to try and put hurt on a man outside of the rules of the ring and I honestly believe that late punch, as bad and as tasteless as it was, was an emotional punch launched out of frustration, anger, etc.

What I don't understand however is why Abraham would do such a thing or even allow something like that to happen out of passion. I saw Abraham coming forward pressuring Dirrell and Dirrell was starting to lose his rhythm, there was no need for that late punch which is why I sincerely believe it was accidental in that Arthur just got carried away and let his emotions get the best of him.

Now as a huge fan of Abraham, it's a sad night for me. I thought he conducted himself very poorly in the ring tonight when he threw that punch late and during the post fight interview when he claimed Dirrell was acting. I am so very disappointed in the man. Make no mistake I've seen Dirrell do plenty of acting, falling down, clinching, bending down, etc throughout his career but I'll be damned if he was acting tonight. Arthur's late punch put the hurt on Dirrell and I just hope that he's alright for the sake of his health, for Arthur's careers sake, as well as for the sake of the tournament's.

Arthur Abraham fought poorly tonight though he was coming on strong near the end. As a fan of the fighter tonight is a tough emotional pill to swallow. I'm disappointed that he lost but I'm far more disappointed that he conducted himself in the manner he did, letting his emotions get the better of him. I hope that both men are allowed/able to continue their careers and stay in this tournament. Arthur will be lucky to escape suspension and Dirrell will hopefully walk away from this unscathed. Sad night for boxing...very sad.

Get well Dirrell!

Best post in the thread by far - green k.

[the mesiah]

Damn, dirrell did look more fluid in the first half , it would have been great if would have finish off the 2nd half like he did the 1st, still Ward will win the tourney .looking forward to that match .

[Dave Rado]

Here, this is not sad, this is disgusting.

You're right that was a disgusting post that you were responding to - AA could have permanently damaged Dirrell's health (and we still don't know for sure that he hasn't) - and for anyone to claim that was a smart move by him is really contemptible.

But that poster was wrong anyway - Abraham had a reasonable chance of getting a legitimate KO - he was starting to put real pressure on Dirrell for the first time in the fight, and had hurt him several times in the previous two rounds - and he totally blew it by losing his cool and getting himself disqualified.

[philly fighter]

I'm a huge Abraham fan and with all the emotions running wild, including my own, it's difficult to get a handle on everything. First off Dirrell fought a very smart fight and Abraham was unable to catch him, my hats off to the man for that. Secondly Abraham was coming on strong and did indeed knock Dirrell down in the 10th. I don't believe that Abraham is the type of person to try and put hurt on a man outside of the rules of the ring and I honestly believe that late punch, as bad and as tasteless as it was, was an emotional punch launched out of frustration, anger, etc.

What I don't understand however is why Abraham would do such a thing or even allow something like that to happen out of passion. I saw Abraham coming forward pressuring Dirrell and Dirrell was starting to lose his rhythm, there was no need for that late punch which is why I sincerely believe it was accidental in that Arthur just got carried away and let his emotions get the best of him.

Now as a huge fan of Abraham, it's a sad night for me. I thought he conducted himself very poorly in the ring tonight when he threw that punch late and during the post fight interview when he claimed Dirrell was acting. I am so very disappointed in the man. Make no mistake I've seen Dirrell do plenty of acting, falling down, clinching, bending down, etc throughout his career but I'll be damned if he was acting tonight. Arthur's late punch put the hurt on Dirrell and I just hope that he's alright for the sake of his health, for Arthur's careers sake, as well as for the sake of the tournament's.

Arthur Abraham fought poorly tonight though he was coming on strong near the end. As a fan of the fighter tonight is a tough emotional pill to swallow. I'm disappointed that he lost but I'm far more disappointed that he conducted himself in the manner he did, letting his emotions get the better of him. I hope that both men are allowed/able to continue their careers and stay in this tournament. Arthur will be lucky to escape suspension and Dirrell will hopefully walk away from this unscathed. Sad night for boxing...very sad.

Get well Dirrell!

Great Post!

[ShoulderRoll]

I did, and you said you didn't know if he was faking it or not. Which was a crazy thing for you to say - he was clearly out cold and badly concussed.

Why is it crazy for me to say, how the hell do I know if he is was legitimately hurt or not? It wasn't 100% clear either way. Just look at how many posters here are split on the issue, and how Arthur Abraham himself accused Dirrell of being a good actor.

My main point is that putting the question of acting/faking aside, Abraham deserved to get disqualified for hitting a man who was down. Period.

[Mr Reality]

Dirrel clearly slipped and was punched while he was down. Arthur rightfully deserved to be disqualified after punching Dirrel while he on the floor/mat.

Arthur had a bit of momentum going and probably had a decent chance to stop Dirrel, because Andre seemed to be fading. Too bad he made ****** mistake and got himself disqualified.