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Not for Arthur's lost but for his foul.
The refs performance last night was the worst ive seen in a long while, the fact the two fights in America have had American refs is a joke in itself and I firmly believe this was the reason behind Arthur's punch.
If your behind on the scorecards and the ref is disguised all your knock-downs as illegitimate and you know you need a knock-out you become desperate and even angry. I firmly believe AA was not in the right state of mind at the time he threw that punch. If he was being treated fairly he may not have had the urge to follow through with that punch, but deep down he felt the need to take every advantage given to him because he was certainly at a disadvantage.
We all knew that Dirrel would look good last night (maybe not as good as he actually did) and possibly win on points and that a Abe win would come from knockout. What we were seeing was an intense last few rounds that could have seen any of those conclusions. we were robbed of that IMO not by Abe's punch or dirrels reaction to that punch but by the poor reffing.
As a neutral boxing fan im very disappointed.
The refs performance last night was the worst ive seen in a long while, the fact the two fights in America have had American refs is a joke in itself and I firmly believe this was the reason behind Arthur's punch.
If your behind on the scorecards and the ref is disguised all your knock-downs as illegitimate and you know you need a knock-out you become desperate and even angry. I firmly believe AA was not in the right state of mind at the time he threw that punch. If he was being treated fairly he may not have had the urge to follow through with that punch, but deep down he felt the need to take every advantage given to him because he was certainly at a disadvantage.
We all knew that Dirrel would look good last night (maybe not as good as he actually did) and possibly win on points and that a Abe win would come from knockout. What we were seeing was an intense last few rounds that could have seen any of those conclusions. we were robbed of that IMO not by Abe's punch or dirrels reaction to that punch but by the poor reffing.
As a neutral boxing fan im very disappointed.
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