Was Dirrell acting? I think he was...

[Wukillabeez78]

These images confirm what I posted on why I feel he was acting. None of these clips even show him starting to shake yet. Like I said I watched the fight with my wife who is a doctor and several of her colleagues who are also physicians. Look at how Dirrell gets hit, stays up for a few seconds and then lies on his back with his gloves up near his eyes. Then he starts to convulse about 8-10 seconds later (not shown on these clips). That's total bull****. If you get hit hard enough to convulse it occurs right away. You can get hit and then have a delayed reaction and fall down but you don't get hit, have a delayed reaction and then start to convulse. If you've been hit hard enough to twitch the convulsions start RIGHT AWAY. Dirrell gets hit, doesn't go down right away, then goes down, then (and we don't see it in these images because it took so long) starts to twitch. Again, this is a bull**** acting job on his part. Additionally he puts his glove up near his left temple area after Abraham punch landed on his lower left jaw. This makes no sense. He gets hit in his left jaw but acts like the pain is near his left temple. Your images do show this.

Dirrell was clearly winning the fight and outboxing Abraham when Arthur blatantly fouled him. He had put on a great boxing performance but his style of fighting really tires him out in the later rounds. Abraham was starting to get to him a bit, he was exhausted, slipped and when he got hit with the illegal blow he knew he could win on DQ if he stayed down and decided to act as if the blow really damaged him to insure he got the DQ victory. I think it's pretty easy to see (myself and the doctors I watched the fight with immediately picked up on it) because his acting was terrible. Getting so hysterical, pretending like he didn't know what had happened, all an acting job after the fact. I can't stress enough what the doctors I watched the fight with told me. Again, they say that if you absorb a blow to the head that really ****s you up then you will convulse immediately. It's not possible for someone to have such a long delayed reaction to head trauma like Dirrell displayed. Dirrell took the blow, thought about it, put his gloves up to his temples (although he got hit in the lower left jaw), went down to his back, thought about it some more, and then decided to convulse because he was exhausted and knew he'd get the DQ victory.

[gqjohnb]

lol The guy was crying because he thought he lost... I guess that was fake too.

[HitmanHattonAY]

lol The guy was crying because he thought he lost... I guess that was fake too.

i dont think he was acting, he wouldnt be crying if he was acting

[TintaBoricua]

Okay, I gotta' get this off my chest.

To the thread starter, you should really consider putting up who the poster was rooting for when they casted their vote.

As it is right now, there are 153 saying that Dirrell wasn't acting, and 94 saying that he was acting.

The 94 are probably AA supporters, and 153 Dirrell supporters. Just sayin'.

Is there ANYONE out there who was rooting for Abraham but thought he was rightfully disqualified? I thought so.

Is there ANYONE out there who was rooting for Dirrell but thought Abraham shouldn't have been disqualified?

It's biased.

I believe it's hard to say what happened. When I was watching the fight and saw Dirrell go down, I was worried. My dad jumped up and stated that AA would be disqualified. While I was rooting for Dirrell, I remember saying that AA got caught up in the heat of the moment (adrenaline/frustration), he's losing the fight, knows he's gotta' get the KO, his opponent is running away from him...I thought (AT FIRST) that AA unintentionally hit Dirrell. They put the slo-mo replay and it's clear that AA had time to react and pull his punches.

As for Dirrell, I find it hard to believe that he was acting. And I seriously doubt he would pull a stunt like that. AA is a huge puncher. When Dirrell fought Froch, I was one of the few here who picked Dirrell before the fight. I just couldn't see Froch KOing Dirrell. AA is another story because, unlike Froch, AA has ONE PUNCH KO power. He turtles up for the first 1/4 of the fight, his opponents fall into a pattern into thinking AA is getting outboxed and beaten up, and then he comes out of his shell with explosive power...and people who follow AA have seen the types of KO's he produces.

If he's been known to hurt boxers who are AWARE that they're going to get hit, standing up, guarding...imagine what it's like to take a flush AA uppercut, on your knees, hands down, and NOT expecting it...you tell me if that's not going to send you to the canvas.

I admit AA was closing in, but it wasn't as if Dirrell was looking like Taylor or anything like that.

Hell, what the hell am I commentating for? The only opinions that should be even considered are those who have boxed and know what's it like to take an flush uppercut on your knees, hands down, and not expecting it.

As for the SUPER SIX TOURNAMENT, it's amazing to see that there is always something worth commentating on after each and every fight...

JT getting getting KO'd in the last seconds ala Froch by AA
Froch getting a split decision in a close fight with Dirrell
Ward manhandling Kessler/Kessler getting headbutted
Dirrell beating AA via disqualification

This tournament is really something.

[The Hammer]

It is abundantly clear that he was acting.

[TintaBoricua]

It is abundantly clear that he was acting.

Hate to say it, but you're biased towards European fighters.

[Silencers]

I'm pretty sure the doctors would know if Dirrell was faking, they checked his pupils thoroughly. Unless I'm mistaken you can't control how your pupils react, if the doctors saw that Dirrell's pupils were fine they would have informed the referee and the commission.

[AndyShitHot]

Okay, I gotta' get this off my chest.

To the thread starter, you should really consider putting up who the poster was rooting for when they casted their vote.

As it is right now, there are 153 saying that Dirrell wasn't acting, and 94 saying that he was acting.

The 94 are probably AA supporters, and 153 Dirrell supporters. Just sayin'.

Is there ANYONE out there who was rooting for Abraham but thought he was rightfully disqualified? I thought so.

Is there ANYONE out there who was rooting for Dirrell but thought Abraham shouldn't have been disqualified?

It's biased.

I believe it's hard to say what happened. When I was watching the fight and saw Dirrell go down, I was worried. My dad jumped up and stated that AA would be disqualified. While I was rooting for Dirrell, I remember saying that AA got caught up in the heat of the moment (adrenaline/frustration), he's losing the fight, knows he's gotta' get the KO, his opponent is running away from him...I thought (AT FIRST) that AA unintentionally hit Dirrell. They put the slo-mo replay and it's clear that AA had time to react and pull his punches.

As for Dirrell, I find it hard to believe that he was acting. And I seriously doubt he would pull a stunt like that. AA is a huge puncher. When Dirrell fought Froch, I was one of the few here who picked Dirrell before the fight. I just couldn't see Froch KOing Dirrell. AA is another story because, unlike Froch, AA has ONE PUNCH KO power. He turtles up for the first 1/4 of the fight, his opponents fall into a pattern into thinking AA is getting outboxed and beaten up, and then he comes out of his shell with explosive power...and people who follow AA have seen the types of KO's he produces.

If he's been known to hurt boxers who are AWARE that they're going to get hit, standing up, guarding...imagine what it's like to take a flush AA uppercut, on your knees, hands down, and NOT expecting it...you tell me if that's not going to send you to the canvas.

I admit AA was closing in, but it wasn't as if Dirrell was looking like Taylor or anything like that.

Hell, what the hell am I commentating for? The only opinions that should be even considered are those who have boxed and know what's it like to take an flush uppercut on your knees, hands down, and not expecting it.

As for the SUPER SIX TOURNAMENT, it's amazing to see that there is always something worth commentating on after each and every fight...

JT getting getting KO'd in the last seconds ala Froch by AA
Froch getting a split decision in a close fight with Dirrell
Ward manhandling Kessler/Kessler getting headbutted
Dirrell beating AA via disqualification

This tournament is really something.

I had money on Dirrell winning this fight but I thought he was acting so there goes your theory.

[Baby Monkey]

There is no way he was so hurt that he passed out and started to twitch involuntary.

That was some WWE fake ass stunt he pulled there.

Especially as he touched his head, muttered some words before then after a few moments deciding to take a nap.

[TintaBoricua]

I had money on Dirrell winning this fight but I thought he was acting so there goes your theory.

Okay, I found one. Anyone else?