Quote Originally Posted by p4pking View Post
The effect that the punch had on Dirrell was purely an afterthought though. Whether he had been perfectly fine or not( although you need to be dim to say the least to feel this was the case imo), if the ref wasn't garbage he should/would have DQ'ed Abraham immediately as soon as the punch landed. All things considering, as long as the punch had any impact whatsoever I don't see how you can blame Dirrell even if he were playing it up, it was a complete and utter cheapshot that deservedly lost Arthur the fight. Why on earth take a chance and fight on when you had already won 8 or 9 rounds at the very least?
Good post. To me though Dirrell was def hurt and was not play acting. To me he looked like he was in shock when he came back round, which is not a condition associated directly with brain damage hence the reason he has come up clear in the brain scan. I looked at the slow mo replay and Dirrells head snaps back to the side violently and delayed reactions as far as conciousness goes is also very common, only thing is you don't notice normally in boxing as they normally spend the second or so they are still concious falling to the floor, whereas Andre was already down so his delay was much clearer!