Abraham - Dirrell fight thread

[SalTheButcher]

Let's agree on a couple of things
1) Abraham had to be D1'd for his offense
2) Cole is an absolutely attrocious official - missed 1 kd for Dirrell and 2 for Abraham

what second KD for abraham?
dirrel was on the floor the second time cuz he slipped on that logo again, abraham just happened to throw a jab that barely grazed dirrell as he fell

[arcanum26]

Cole's been like that since I last saw him. He's got poor judgement. Either because he's biased or not, but he's been a terrible ref every time I see him act like one. not trying to hijack the thread but i was just disappointed by the ref during this fight.

[OumaFan]

Cole is horrible. Shockingly enough though some Abraham fans forget that he blew a Dirrell KD too.

[CutMeMick]

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[Benserker]

The only reasonable decision would've been a technical draw/no decision. Dirrell absolutely faked it, but the that punch was still very stupid by AA. On the other hand, Dirrell headbutted AA and there were multiple low blows, even if biased people won't admit it.

To me it seemed like the ref protected Dirrell. After a low blow he said to him "Don't worry about it". And after Dirrell got knocked down, which was miraculously not counted as a KD, the ref suddenly felt like taking care of AA's cut.

There should be a rule against having a ref from the same country as one of the fighters, same with the judges.

Consider that I'm not biased either way, I like both fighters and I'm neither American nor German/Armenian.

the ref said 'dont wory about it' to abraham, he was telling him to stop complaining and defend himself


plus the ref didnt even know dirrels name, he kept calling him anthony

He looked at Dirrell when he said "Don't worry about it", if I remember correctly. All AA did to "complain" was tap his hip. Dirrell could've been respectful and apologize, but no, once he used this moment to punch AA.

[OumaFan]

its borderline embarrassing if you take out the word borderline.

[SalTheButcher]

cole kept calling dirrell anthony

[ninjaspy3]

Let's agree on a couple of things
1) Abraham had to be D1'd for his offense
2) Cole is an absolutely attrocious official - missed 1 kd for Dirrell and 2 for Abraham, Tells Arthur I saw it about the low blows yet doesnt do anything, the cut was clearly caused by a headbutt where's video replay when you need it?
3) Dirrell put on a performance which would make Sandra Bullock blush with the "I got knocked out shananigans" (but in a way his crazy acting hurts him because he acted as if Abraham had legitimately KO'd him)
4) Can we do something about the RING PAINT I'm not at all condoning what Abraham did (refer to point #1) but Dirrell seemed to slip everytime Arthur went on the offensive

Now up for debate
I think Abraham would've finished him if it wasnt for the KD he was moving into the corners (as he was when the DQ happened) and had next to nothing left

We need to get the replay because I don't recall seeing a headbutt occur.

but I dirgress:

Why do people keep bringing up irrelevent points like the knockdowns and whether or not Dirrell was acting?

The DQ was deserved, acting or no -and- the knockdowns dont have much sway on the end result of that fight.... that is unless there was a 3 knockdown rule in effect and I just missed that part.

[GAME]

Lets see if Carl Froch can avoid getting knocked cold by Arthur like Taylor and Direll have been.

[armin]

Abraham fucked it for himself by punching dirrel while down, definitely jacked up on his part, but then again I've seen fights not stopped over it before . As for Cole he is a shitfuck ref in general, said it before the fight, he's incompetent. Who knows what would have happened if abraham hadn't punched dirrel while down, maybe dirrel would have held on, or abraham could have legitimately gotten to him. I think the later...

[Truth]

@Sal the butcher
In my opinion the time where Dirrell slipped in the corner was a KD he was off balance and was hit by a shot whether it was the shot or his poor footwork that did the majority of the damage. Plus Direll seemed to be slipping everytime AA was on the offensice and as I said in the first point Abraham had to be Dq'd for his offence

[sumkalambay]

Lets see if Carl Froch can avoid getting knocked cold by Arthur like Taylor and Direll have been.

Taylor got knocked out

abraham knocking out froch is surely going to be the highlight of the tournament

[ninjaspy3]

Lets see if Carl Froch can avoid getting knocked cold by Arthur like Taylor and Direll have been.

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[Benserker]

The DQ was deserved, acting or no -and- the knockdowns dont have much sway on the end result of that fight.... that is unless there was a 3 knockdown rule in effect and I just missed that part.

If Dirrell didn't act as if it hurt him and just stood up, then there would've been no DQ. The ref let all the low blows slip, because they didn't really affect AA, so why not do the same with this, admittedly idiotic, punch.

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Also, I can't stress enough that I am not really biased. In fact, I usually root _against_ the German fighters, because I have a lot of German friends and when one of their fighters wins, I never hear the end of it I thought Dirrell was ripped off in his last fight, so I kinda rooted for him a bit.

[GAME]

Lets see if Carl Froch can avoid getting knocked cold by Arthur like Taylor and Direll have been.

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Was Direll out cold tonight? Acting or not he was laid out. Taylor was out aswel. Maybe Froch will be the 3rd guy to taste the power.