Sauerland to protest Abraham DQ!

[crold1]

Lol, what? Am I to believe Arthur Abraham with 31 professional fights didn't know YOU CAN'T HIT A FIGHTER ON THE GROUND ALREADY!?

Christ.

If the ref doesn't call break, technically it's a live game. It's certainly not sportsmanlike. I have no problem with the DQ but Cole was a catastophe last night.

[Shattered Jaw]

Technically, one does not have to stop punching when an opponent slips unless TOLD not to. There's a famous moment in Louis-Conn where Louis chose not to tag a slipped Conn and was commended for it because he COULD have taken advanatge. Cole claims he made that call and maybe AA heard it and punched anyways. That I don't know but if Cole made the call the DQ is fair.

Well there you go!

[johnm is...]

Lol.......

[PensionKiller]

If the ref doesn't call break, technically it's a live game. It's certainly not sportsmanlike. I have no problem with the DQ but Cole was a catastophe last night.

He's right.

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The rules of boxing vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, and on whether it is an amateur or professional bout. A violation of the following rules is considered a foul, and can result in a point deduction or disqualification:

* You cannot hit below the belt, hold, trip, kick, headbutt, wrestle, bite, spit on, or push your opponent.
* You cannot hit with your head, shoulder, forearm, or elbow.
* You cannot hit with an open glove, the inside of the glove, the wrist, the backhand, or the side of the hand.
* You cannot punch your opponent's back, or the back of his head or neck (rabbit punch), or on the kidneys (kidney punch).
* You cannot throw a punch while holding on to the ropes to gain leverage.
* You can't hold your opponent and hit him at the same time, or duck so low that your head is below your opponent's belt line.
* When the referee breaks you from a clinch, you have to take a full step back; you cannot immediately hit your opponent--that's called "hitting on the break" and is illegal.
* You cannot spit out your mouthpiece on purpose to get a rest.
* If you score a knockdown of your opponent, you must go to the farthest neutral corner while the referee makes the count.
* If you "floor" your opponent, you cannot hit him when he's on the canvas.
* A floored boxer has up to ten seconds to get back up on his feet before losing the bout by knockout.
* A boxer who is knocked down cannot be saved by the bell in any round, depending upon the local jurisdiction's rules.
* A boxer who is hit with an accidental low blow has up to five minutes to recover. If s/he cannot continue after five minutes, s/he is considered knocked out.
* If the foul results in an injury that causes the fight to end immediately, the boxer who committed the foul is disqualified.
* If the foul causes an injury but the bout continues, the referee orders the judges to deduct two points from the boxer who caused the injury.
* If an unintentional foul causes the bout to be stopped immediately, the bout is ruled a "no contest" if four rounds have not been fully completed. (If the bout was scheduled for four rounds, then three rounds must have been completed.) If four rounds have been completed, the judges' scorecards are tallied and the fighter who is ahead on points is awarded a technical decision. If the scores are even, it will be called a "technical draw."
* If a boxer is knocked out of the ring, he gets a count of 20 to get back in and on his feet. He cannot be assisted.
* In some jurisdictions the standing eight-count or the three knockdown rule also may be in effect.
* In other jurisdictions, only the referee can stop the bout.

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[TRAV1S]

100% DQ
Nothing will happen.

[The Hammer]

David Haye hit Fragomeni TWICE while he was sitting on the canvas:

[BattlingNelson]

If the ref doesn't call break, technically it's a live game. It's certainly not sportsmanlike. I have no problem with the DQ but Cole was a catastophe last night.

^^^^^The truth from one of Boxingscene's best.

[Ben_London.]

According to BILD Wilfried Sauerland, promotor of Arthur Abraham, is fuming by last nights events and disqualification:

"We'll protest this result. We want a new fight!"

To the tabloid Abraham says:

"Should I have waited untill he raised again? Every fighter must take his chance to land the KO-punch. As the referee did not go between us I felt it was OK to punch."

Good news!

They need to start standing up for themselves! They've been screwed by crooked referees in both US fights.

[Sweet Jesus]

You guys smell that?

It reeks of desperation.

Abraham needs to suck up his wounds. KO Froch in Stage 3, and he'll get his chance at another American in the single-elimination stage.

[Hitman932]

Abraham's corner should be suspended for greasing the corner down. They had to mop it up time and time again because they threw so much water on Arthur Abraham hoping he would grow into a fighter at some point.

I saw Dirrell slip twice badly, both times in Abraham's corner, if people think Dirrell was faking then I am gonna one up them and say Abraham's corner intentionally soaked the mat and told AA to get Dirrell there and when he slipped to take him out.