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Dirrell fought a great fight for most of the night, he was clearly boxing AA's ears off. He caught Abraham with a good punch, clearly Abraham was off balance when the punch landed, but it was a clean knockdown. Later in the fight, Dirrell was still beating Abraham to the punch, but was taking harder shots than at any point in the fight. He was staggered several times, and basically took a knee in the eleventh, and Abraham threw a very cheap shot, but did not land it with nearly full power. I think at the last second he realized his opponent was down and pulled his punch. Dirrell still had his senses about him, then realized he could end the fight right there. The announcers were already yelling about a DQ. Dirrell then flopped over onto his back, the second he fell over I said to myself, he is faking. He knew he was getting tired, he knew Abraham was coming on, and he took the easy way out. Not saying Abraham was going to win the fight, but Dirrell didnt want to risk it, props to him for thinking quickly and working the system for a DQ win. Hopefully they will meet again in the semi finals.
