Comments Thread For: Dirrell Drops King Arthur To Win, Suffers Brutal Knockout

[BritishBoxing92]

By Jake Donovan - Nearly six years after capturing Olympic Bronze in the 2004 Summer Games, Andre Dirrell came home to score the biggest win of his professional career.

The manner in which he achieved it just wasn�t the way he ?or anyone else ?could�ve possibly envisioned it occurring.

Hometown fighters remain perfect four fights into the Super Six World Boxing Classic, though the first disqualification verdict came about. When all was said and done, Dirrell left the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan with his first win of the round robin, after previously unbeaten Arthur Abraham was disqualified in the 11th round of their non-title bout.

Original plans actually called for the fight to take place three weeks ago and in a somewhat neutral location, as the super middleweight contenders were supposed to fight at the Agua Caliente Casino in Rancho Mirage, California. [Click Here To Read More]

there wasnt a KO....arthur just got DQ for hitting dirrell when he floored him..

[Rome-By-Ko]

How can he honestly not agree with the decision??? He knows the rules.

Yea but it was the heat of battle.

[harutfromnh]

How can he honestly not agree with the decision??? He knows the rules.

Its not that he didnt agree with the decision, its that he was upset it ended up the way it did

[BarrySlisk]

I hoped that Arthur would knock Dirrell out, but not like this. And Dirrell fought like a man in this fight as opossed to the Froch fight where he "fought" like a *****. But this time he did really good. Shame on you Arthur and good luck to Dirrell.

[jtiger78]

dirrell was ahead on my card but to be honest i felt Abraham could have caught him with a big punch to end it at any moment and dirrell knew it! but the last punch was bull**** **** Abraham for that. overall dirrell out boxed him and cong**** but he needs to work on finishing

[harutfromnh]

Ok, after watching the replay again and again, here is my analysis.

AA has AD trapped towards the ropes. AD tries to escape by jumping around left to right, bounces around to the corner, loses his footing and slips while Arthur is swinging at him. Arthur most likely has a combo he wants to unload on Dirrell and doesn't hesitate. He loads one last shot to graze Dirrell on the lips/chin, than quickly retracts. (From my observation AD thinks a little bit and realizes that if he gets KO'd, he wins the match. If not, AA loses a point and they continue, where Dirrell was most likely going to see a repeat of Abraham v. Taylor as "romebyko" said.) He than grabs his face, and falls and rolls around and trembles. As soon as the ref. calls for a doctor, he immediatly gets back up.
Very fishy. Kind of reminds me of Klitschko v Chambers when Wlad threw some extra punches while he was clearly out. Its nearly the same thing in this case, its just the ref was in a bad spot and the environment was hostile.

Imagine the exact same thing happening on Dirrell's end, he would have ended up with a KO.

[check hook]

Ok, after watching the replay again and again, here is my analysis.

AA has AD trapped towards the ropes. AD tries to escape by jumping around left to right, bounces around to the corner, loses his footing and slips while Arthur is swinging at him. Arthur most likely has a combo he wants to unload on Dirrell and doesn't hesitate. He loads one last shot to graze Dirrell on the lips/chin, than quickly retracts. (From my observation AD thinks a little bit and realizes that if he gets KO'd, he wins the match. If not, AA loses a point and they continue, where Dirrell was most likely going to see a repeat of Abraham v. Taylor as "romebyko" said.) He than grabs his face, and falls and rolls around and trembles. As soon as the ref. calls for a doctor, he immediatly gets back up.
Very fishy. Kind of reminds me of Klitschko v Chambers when Wlad threw some extra punches while he was clearly out. Its nearly the same thing in this case, its just the ref was in a bad spot and the environment was hostile.

Imagine the exact same thing happening on Dirrell's end, he would have ended up with a KO.

.........sighhh............

[T-97]

I was rooting for AA, but he was losing, and badly. I don't think he threw that shot on purpose though, he was starting to catch Dirrell in the last round or two, so he was still in with a chance. I think he was frustrated and desperate and just threw the shot without thinking.

The right call was made though, AA deserved to be DQ'd.

[bellagio510ak]

i didnt get to watch the fight..amyone got a link???

[pedrito]

unfortunate incident. the DQ was rightful, though strict. there have been a million punches like that one, never getting punished.

maybe AA threw it on purpose, but it's easy to imagine that it was unintentional

maybe AD faked a bit, but it's also easy to imagine getting KO'd by a punch like that one

and yeah, it's also easy to imagine the think being ruled as a knockdown (abraham lands a shot the same second dirrell slips) and then a KO, specially if AA was the home fighter

props to dirrell for fighting a good fight, and i can't really blame abraham for that shot. i've thrown them, you have, everyone has