Dirrell/Abraham, a thought or two.

[killersheep]

I've only been able to watch the first 3 rounds and Dirrell on 3-4 occasions has knocked Abraham back a few steps with his so called weak punches. He sat down on his punches very well from what I have seen so far, and how is a fighter who moves and slips punches any less exciting than a guy with a high guard who hardly throws punches at all?

The answer is because he is American, the boxing world hates "Yanks" that is one thing I've learned in my many years on this forum.

[blegit]

While Dirrell does run a bit in a lot of his fights this is a fight where you can't say that. He sat down on a lot of his punches and only used his feet when needed. No way Dirrell would've opened Abraham up while using his feet. Dirrell got through a lot and even cut Abraham. While Abraham was closing in Dirrell retaliated and dropped Abraham. Look at Abraham's face. It was marked up in many places. I've never seen him look so hittable before. This fight was entertaining and Dirrell stayed right there with Abraham and slipped most his punches. Even in the later rounds when Dirrell probably should have ran he chose to box. Dirrell had a game plan and he stuck to it. This fight Dirrell boxed brilliantly.

[Althugz]

Just to add to this, I think the people who are also claiming that Direll was fading are reaching a little bit - I didn't see any evidence of this.

Sure Arthur was coming out of his shell more because he realised he was losing (and should have had that knockdown scored) but Direll still had his legs and was mobile all the way up until that slip.

Arthur suddenly changes his style and comes out his shell so that means Direll is fading? It doesn't work like that...all it means is that Arthur knew he was losing the fight and up'd his work rate. That has no bearing on Dirells fitness.

It's a shame how this fight ended.

[ElTerribleMorales]

Just to add to this, I think the people who are also claiming that Direll was fading are reaching a little bit - I didn't see any evidence of this.

Sure Arthur was coming out of his shell more because he realised he was losing (and should have had that knockdown scored) but Direll still had his legs and was mobile all the way up until that slip.

Arthur suddenly changes his style and comes out his shell so that means Direll is fading? It doesn't work like that...all it means is that Arthur knew he was losing the fight and up'd his work rate. That has no bearing on Dirells fitness.

It's a shame how this fight ended.

exactly, Abraham realized that he had to try and stop Dirrell cause there was no way in hell that he was gonna win a decision after being dominated the way he was, even with the KD he was WAY behind on points, Dirrell could have just stayed away and would have gotten the UD, but well then the slip happened and desperation took over Abraham causing him to throw a dirty shot and earning himself a DQ, no excuses he fucked up