Was Dirrell acting? I think he was...

[AndyShitHot]

Dirrell fought a great fight. Abraham should have known coming in that he'd have to be active a bit earlier because Dirrell was much quicker and more elusive to hit than anybody he'd ever faced before. Instead he fought Dirrell like he fought everyone in the past and this hurt him quite a bit.

I watched the fight and I have to say I thought Dirrell was acting immediately. I felt this way for two main reasons. To start off with Abraham hit Dirrell in his jaw but Dirrell put his glove up to his temple area and acted as if the blow landed their instead. Even after he got back to his dressing room they were icing his temple area when he clearly got hit in his lower left jaw. Secondly, was my opinion of Dirrell's delayed response after he got hit. Specifically the way Dirrell started to shake as if he was convulsing after getting hit. This was very strange because if you get hit hard enough to convulse you do it immediately. Dirrell didn't start to convulse right away. You can get hit and have a delayed reaction (because your equilibrium is off) and then fall out but you don't get hit and have a delayed reaction and then start to convulse. When someone gets hit hard enough to shake they are truly ****ed up and it happens right away. You don't see someone get hit like Dirrell did, lie down with his hands on his head and then start to twitch 8-10 seconds later. This was bull****. Dirrell fought a great fight but he was tired, knew he would win on the DQ and chose to act at the end.

What Abraham did (fouling out of frustration) was bad and he deserved the DQ. Good fight nonetheless and the drama that has occurred so far in this tournament really makes me want to see who will prevail in the end...

^What he said^

The whole thing just didn't come across as natural to me. Don't get me wrong AA should have been DQ'd if his opponent was unable to continue but I think Dirrell might have wanted to save himself another 5 minutes of being chased around the ring. It's not even just the delayed reaction, it's the fact that he had to be told over and over that he had won the fight even 5 minutes after it was announced that he was the winner. It was like he was just playing dumb.

But whatever happened Dirrell rightfuly got the win and the 2 points in the super six because I had it 97-92 to Dirrell after round 10.

[mathed]

Well it's a contentious issue when the poll reports that around 40% think he was faking. Personally I think AA would got DQ'd even if Dirrell had just shrugged it off and got up.

This is what I think as well

[The Hammer]

I thought he was acting, but he still deserved to win. Abraham broke the rules.

What about this, David Haye hit Fragomeni TWICE while he was sitting on the canvas:

[shade darkar]

Dirrell wasn't even completely down, he was in a squat.

He sat with eyes wide open for a couple of seconds after the punch landed, before he decided to put on the act.

That's NOT the way a person's leg shakes when he's KOed! It looked very deliberate.

bollocks. what the fcuk has he got to gain by faking that he was ko'd. he had won pretty much every single round. i suppose it gives people some more BS to talk about apart from may vs pac.

[savorduhflavor]

What about this, David Haye hit Fragomeni TWICE while he was sitting on the canvas:

Why do you keep posting that in threads as if it makes a difference?

All that means is that Haye should have been DQ'd or at least had points deducted....doesn't change that Abraham deserved to be DQ'd.

[Puntoyhauf]

Poll coming.

acting was...if Dirrell took that punch and act like it did not hurt.

He was disoriented after that. I wan't to see a rematch after the Super Six.

[S.G.]

AA's corner had to be wiped down because of water on the canvas. Dirrell slipped twice in the same spot. If anyone is to blame it's AA's sloppy team.

yeah i noticed that too.

and no way was he acting. he suffered a small delayed reaction because the punch was right on his jaw. he was quite clearly badly hurt - should be obvious to anyone who's ever seen a man get concussed before.

oh and arthur should have been disqualified knock out or no. that punch was completely late.

[The Hammer]

Watch carefully, the punch didn't even land flush:




Obviously an act. Try watching it with the sound turned off, because the commentators were very pro-Dirrell.

[Wyson]

tunney this thread is a disgrace.

Dirrell is on the ground down with both gloves on the mat and takes a flush bomb on the chin that he didnt expect or see coming from one of the hardest punchers in boxing and he faked it?

This is pathetic man. Youre a better poster then this. Dirrell dominated him.

that punch grazed off his face!

[bishop2006]

No ****ing way,and who ever thinks he was is either biased or needs to watch another sport