"Protect yourself at all times" those are the key words coming from any and every referee worth his salt. This goes from round #1 where you may or may not touch gloves depending on the fight all the way until the bell rings for the end of the fight and the ref steps between the combatants.
Dirrell's uncle didn't want to protect his fighter, he wanted revenge....that was shades of James 'The Harlem Hammer' Butler's sucker punch. Piss poor sportsmanship, sure the guy had a bit of a reason to feel salty, but the decision to DQ Uz went in favor of Dirrell, so that should be that, but the Uncle really took it too far. Have words with the guy, call him a cheating bastard, call him a prick, whatever, but don't initiate physical contact like that.
It was a cheap shot and he should be ashamed of himself ('He who?' well both of them but especially the Uncle because he should fucking know better).
It was an Abraham replay. Dirrell could have continued in both fights but chose not to. The unpronouncable guy deserved the win.
Unless the vids im seeing have lag between the audio and video, the first shot that puts him on queer street sounds like it connected with the bell. The second one was just a nasty punch and looks horrible mostly because dirrell was in a vulnerable state. I think the bell run a second and a half later, everyone would be talking about what a quality ko that was, because truly it would have found dirrell with or without the bell. Every trainer the guys had has told him to stay off the ropes and dirrell just has a knack for getting hit by these types of punches. Maybe he was waiting for the bell and already relaxed for his stroll back to his corner. A +1 for the protect yourself at all times comment. Dirrell always seems liked the type of fighter who loved to put it on someone... but when the going got tough, he wasn't really feeling that sh*t and wanted a quick and easy way out (even if that means playing the victim. )
They want your @$$ beat because upsets make news. News brings about excitement, excitement brings about ratings. The objective is to bring you up to the tower and tear your @$$ down. And if you don't believe that, you're crazy.
Roy Jones, Jr. "What I've Learned," Esquire 2003
It wasn't blatantly late. It was already on the way. Result should be changed to a NC as I feel it was accidental. Dirrell's coach should be gone for good. Otherwise it opens the door for a nutcase like Angel Garcia to cut loose.
The AA fight looked like an act from the start, all the twitching on the floor was far too unnatural to be real, then the long lay off after that, it all seemed very over the top
for me he should have came clean after the fight, yeah I faked it, sorry
that knock out the other night tho was definitely real, he fell face first
and you cant blame him for not going on after that
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NC would've been the correct outcome. The punch technically landed after the bell, but like you said... it was already on the way. Poor Uz got dinged with a bad decision, and then cowardly punched by Dirrell's low-life uncle. Gone for good is right, but criminal assault charges to seal the deal.
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