Honestly, AA was about to win that fight

[Calilloyd]

Good post.

Dirrell was getting tired and probably would have been KOed. Some of Abraham's hard punches were connecting, there was a legit knockdown in the previous round that wasn't counted. I could tell by the expression on Dirrell's face he was being hurt and in distress.

Your opinion doesn't count for obvious reasons. If Abraham had lost a decision you would have said he won it. Dirrell was in no "distress" until the foul. Abraham never had him seriously hurt. But either way your boy Kessler lost and now Abraham. Maybe your boys Froch,Kessler,and Abraham can fight for the scraps while Dirrell and Ward fight for the number 1 spot. lol.

[Allucard]

THANK YOU!!!..

Why is everyone overlooking this?!..

What caused Dirrell to be down was a slip, not a KD. Dirrell was not counted not once = FACT. Abraham was counted once = FACT. Everything else is just opinion. Like *******s, everyone has got one.
I will need to see the tape again, i thought Dirrell was acting to get the 3 points but that was a monster punch true.

[Check]

I really doubt that he was going to kayo him. He got beat, why can't people admit when their boy goes down?

[arraamis]

Since none of you guys saying "AA was going to KO him eventually" have won big in the lottery or won big in Vegas .... your crystal ball is much too weak to make that call.

What we can go by is what we actually saw.

Dirrell was winning BIG and AA knew it, that's why he started getting dirty. He knew exactly what he was doing, because he had already fouled Dirrell when the ref was trying to break the clinch.

AA hit Dirrell when he was down, because that was the only way he could get a clean shot in. No crystal ball needed.

AA earned a disqualification and got what he deserved.

[-Spinal-]

Abraham was losing the fight but I thought he was robbed of a knock down. And the knock down Abraham suffered was a case of being off balance. Dirrell fought a good fight but once again in the 8th+ he started getting on his knees to avoid a fight, running(without at least pot shotting), and throwing himself under Abraham's arms to avoid trading. I also thought some low blows were faked by Abraham but there was enough real one's to warn/or deduct a point from Dirrell. Still, Dirrell was winning fair and square and Abraham only had a KO chance to win.

[Khalid X]

lol lol I agree with you a house negro why didn't you just call him an UNCLE TOM lol ya wrong brotha!!

dude this has nothing to do with race. Why are you guys being racist by making this a black n white thing? I mean seriously?

[AllEyesOpen]

This fight went just like I thought it would (minus the off balanced KD). Abraham had Knock down Dirrell (Cole is a idiot) and had him hurt. He landed two huge punches the later occurring around the 25sec mark.

AA was catching up to Dirrell and it was only a matter of time b4 he landed something flush and KO'd him. I don't think he intentionally hit him when he was down, but IMO just let him aggressiveness get the best of him. That punch showed what Abraham was about to do, and it was only a matter of time before the comeback KO was gonna happen.

I have to agree, AA was breaking him down and it was obvious that Direll was exhausted at the point of the stoppage.

That being said, I was most impressed with Direll and how he was able to stay in the pocket and outbox Abraham, excellent performance by Andre(until he had to run, but at least he didn't run for the whole fight.)

It's just as likely that Direll would have won a one-sided D then AA stopping him IMO, but Direll was slowing down a lot.

1 of the best fights of '10 up until the last round IMHO.

[southpaw_07]

Well I knew it was going to happen weird things as soon as I was told that Cole was the ref.
He allowed Dirrell to hit low and didnt do a ****, didnt even issue a warning to Dirrell.
He ruled AA's perfect KD of Dirrell a slip in the 10th RD, a typical Cole thing.
On top of that , he didnt understand that Dirrell tried to escape from AA's punches by faking a slip 4-5 times, the last so called "slip" came just before the end of the fight, Dirrell should start a career as an actor in Hollywood.
Cole should never be allowed to be a ref in a title fight, he can be kept as a ref in small club 4 rd fights where he can ruin the career of prospects...

[NachoMan]

This fight went just like I thought it would (minus the off balanced KD). Abraham had Knock down Dirrell (Cole is a idiot) and had him hurt. He landed two huge punches the later occurring around the 25sec mark.

AA was catching up to Dirrell and it was only a matter of time b4 he landed something flush and KO'd him. I don't think he intentionally hit him when he was down, but IMO just let him aggressiveness get the best of him. That punch showed what Abraham was about to do, and it was only a matter of time before the comeback KO was gonna happen.

It is amazing how fans become completely blinded by their emotion. AA was having his best moments in the last two rounds, but you are so full of **** if you (as an AA fan) say that the fight went down just as you thought. Unless you left to take a hearty **** through virtually the entirely fight, you would have seen Dirrell outbox, outwork, outpunch and plain embarrass Arthur round after round. The referee was attrocious, but except for the missed KD (which was mind bogglingly bad), he didn't affect the course of the fight much. Dirrell was still dominating. AA acknowledge as much and so did his corner. Your so biased that you won't even acknowledge Dirrell's very legitimate KD in the fourth. AA didn't crash on his ass because of his bad balance, but because he got tagged with a blistering left cross. We'll never know what would have happened without the foul, but just because AA was doing better towards the end (he really couldn't have been doing any worse), doesn't mean he was on the verge of winning by (legit) KO. Regardless of the outcome and the controversy, one thing is certain is that AA got exposed for the 1/2 dimensional fighter that he is. If you don't let him charge forward, he can do absolutely nothing. Ward will embarrass and KO him when and if it happens.

[Flawless Loc]

Dirrell had this fight. His Knock down wasn't counted as well