Andre Dirrell....

[Taeth]

I have no clue who was banned and who was booed for having this opinion, but I'm in agreement with those who suspected Dirrell of faking the funk.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kdVzRdUiF4

He was faking it. It was obvious. Don't blame him really though. It was a cheap shot and he was running out of gas. Once he went down he kinda had to stick with what he was doing. Unfortunately that included an over the top acting performance that even the doctor and the broadcast team got in on.

1) - You don't wince in pain, grab your face and then fall unconscious. Sorry, but you don't.

2) - You don't 'wake up' confused and then suddenly remember exactly how you got knocked out, just because somebody told you what happened.

3) - When recovering from convulsions brought on by a KO, it's unlikely that you will react to something somebody has said in the crowd. It's unlikely that you would even notice, unless you're overly sensitive to something.....criticism of his acting skills perhaps.

4) - The Dr wouldn't break from treating him to conduct an interview with the broadcaster if Dirrell had a suspected brain bleed.

5) It's also highly, highly likely that a concusion would show up on a scan, which he had, and surprisingly everything was perfect. Again, weird considering he was convulsing from being brutally ko'd just a few hours earlier.

Since when were you a fucking doctor? I spoke to a neurologist who boxes at my gym about the fight, and she said under no uncertain terms that it looked exactly like a concussion, and there is often a delayed response when somebody gets knocked out.

We've seen it in boxing a few times. He didn't knock him out, but watch Roy's first knockdown of Felix Trinidad and that came quite a bit after he landed the punch.

He was dominating the fight except for the tenth, and maybe you guys should watch the 11th again because he didn't look tired in that round at all.