How do all those who said Dirrell was faking feel?

[CFH]

I hate you all for making me agree with Taeth.

dude when i started posting on this site (just a few short weeks ago for real), whilst having a debate with your good friend fenster, he told me that you were too big and too tough for me

but when it comes down to it you are just a big softy and were a sucker of dirrells puppy dog eyes

Fenster wouldn't piss on me if I was on fire. Fact.

[Fenster]

I hate you all for making me agree with Taeth.

dude when i started posting on this site (just a few short weeks ago for real), whilst having a debate with your good friend fenster, he told me that you were too big and too tough for me

but when it comes down to it you are just a big softy and were a sucker of dirrells puppy dog eyes

Fenster wouldn't piss on me if I was on fire. Fact.

Not true.

I wouldn't waste a pint on you but piss I could just about manage. Just.

[erics44]

I hate you all for making me agree with Taeth.

dude when i started posting on this site (just a few short weeks ago for real), whilst having a debate with your good friend fenster, he told me that you were too big and too tough for me

but when it comes down to it you are just a big softy and were a sucker of dirrells puppy dog eyes

Fenster wouldn't piss on me if I was on fire. Fact.

Not true.

I wouldn't waste a pint on you but piss I could just about manage. Just.

dont worry, i would piss on you too

[Balboa]

Please allow me to let some of your opinions of me drop.

Here's what I recall and what I think, and may God have mercy on my soul.

Dirrell was winning the fight. Pot shotting Arthur and on his bicycle, he was going to scramble his way to the finish line and a points win. How riveting.

Dirrell, and a whole host of fighters that shall remain nameless for this thread, well they're students of the exciting and enthralling "style" of "run like a girl firing jabs off your back foot and never engage." This has never excited me, never will excite me, but you and I knew that was gonna be his plan. Granted, Arthur is a hard hitter and Andre would be ill-advised to stand and trade with him, but there is so much more to defensive boxing and countering than RUNNING AWAY. The first time I watched Andre i disliked him. Not his talk, but his reliance on footspeed and his "strategy" of sprinting post to post, screaming in fear and flicking jabs out behind him like flares and countermeasures. Aye, there's a tad bit of embellishing there, but it makes me insane with rage when fighters won't fight. Relying on natural athletic ability to avoid shots and counter is one thing (ala Jones Jr, Shane, Ike, SweetPea..) but keeping ten yards and a cattle prod between you and danger at all times is not anything Im ever going to want to watch.

Now Arthur was clearly on his way to losing a decision when WHOOP oh hey here he is. Typical Arthur fashion, he waits til the last two minutes of the fourth quarter to turn it on. It's his MO. And it's working. He has started to rattle Andre and now he's hurt him. Heeeeere's the Abraham I came to see, ok sweetness old buddy old chap old chum, now you got 6 minutes to knock this colossal bore out.

Let me interrupt myself to explain that last remark. Alot of you like "boxers." My idea of a boxer and yours are probably different. Floyd Mayweather, throughout 95% of his career, is the very picture of boxing perfection. Dirrel to me, is not. He, and some of you, may THINK he is, because he hops in, pot shots and runs away. Dirrell runs ALOT. If Dirrell could figure out how to fight without being IN the ring, I think he would. He thinks he's the next incarnation of Jones or something, but forgetting that Roy would actually fire back meaningful shots and knock your ass out. Hey Andre, you ain't even close.These kinds of "boxers" make me crazy. Maybe they know their limitations, maybe they think its what the fans want, but I hate any unwillingness to exchange in a fight.

No , you can't stand and trade every second of every round if youre a guy like Dirrell, but cmon, damn. I won't hijack my own post to name all of the fighters that bore my tits off running around in circles, racking up points on flick-jabs, and spinning and pirouetting and deciding they want to be known as "boxers."


Anyhoo, I think late in the fight (too late perhaps) Andre began to believe what I was already aware of. That Arthur was coming on late, as is his style, and was going to inflict some serious damage over the last 6 minutes, if not completely knock him the hell out. Arthur screwed up badly with the shot to Dirrell as he was down, and Andre seized it. I saw it, you saw it, we all saw it. That look, that nanosecond before the seizures took hold, said it all. It said 'hey, here's my out. I don't have to fight anymore and this one is in the bag, pardon me while i jitterbug my way the hell away from this man KNOWN for knocking folks stupid with seconds left on the clock.'

I don't think Andre had what it took to stay away the last 2. I think he was in a world of trouble. And truth be told, though it won't endear me to any of you, Im glad he may be out of the sport. I don't think the sport needs boring hybrid fighters who refuse to engage, but simply rely on quick feet and rat-a-tat point-making styles before hopping on their jetpacks and disengaging. It's a fine line, yes, but you take the fighters whose names are popping into your head to refute my example; the Mosleys, the Mayweathers, the Whitakers, the de la Hoyas, and yes, technically these guys could hit and quit and pop and run and DID at various moments in any fight. BUT they all had the ability and the nerve to ALSO stand and fight for God's sake.

I'd rather watch touch football than a Dirrell "fight".

Ramble over, bring on the carnage.

[amat]

I agree Balboa. I completely agree too but I think Dirrell at times has been more of an exciting boxer then what he has shown at other times and regardless of whether or not I like watching it, he still wins rounds 'boxing' like you put it even if it's not how you want to see his skills applied. Also, you could see those left hooks that were missing by miles in the earlier rounds were getting much closer and the pressure was definitely bothering Dirrell. I remarked that when watching the fight, and then the incident happened.

Still, all the blame must be placed on Abraham.

[Balboa]

Oh indeed.

I want nothing more than to watch the last two rounds of that fight play out.

Alongside the last rounds of Lewis/Klitschko.

The abrupt endings to both will haunt me forever.








psssssssst, I pick Arthur and Vitali to triumph in both.

[GAME]

I agree Balboa. I completely agree too but I think Dirrell at times has been more of an exciting boxer then what he has shown at other times and regardless of whether or not I like watching it, he still wins rounds 'boxing' like you put it even if it's not how you want to see his skills applied. Also, you could see those left hooks that were missing by miles in the earlier rounds were getting much closer and the pressure was definitely bothering Dirrell. I remarked that when watching the fight, and then the incident happened.

Still, all the blame must be placed on Abraham.

I'm not sure. Theres countless examples of when a boxer has hit the other guy when down but didnt even get a warning. The ref had no choice because of Dirrels acting but I think if he had more pride he would have got up and try to win like a man.

[amat]

I agree Balboa. I completely agree too but I think Dirrell at times has been more of an exciting boxer then what he has shown at other times and regardless of whether or not I like watching it, he still wins rounds 'boxing' like you put it even if it's not how you want to see his skills applied. Also, you could see those left hooks that were missing by miles in the earlier rounds were getting much closer and the pressure was definitely bothering Dirrell. I remarked that when watching the fight, and then the incident happened.

Still, all the blame must be placed on Abraham.

I'm not sure. Theres countless examples of when a boxer has hit the other guy when down but didnt even get a warning. The ref had no choice because of Dirrels acting but I think if he had more pride he would have got up and try to win like a man.

I am sure, if Abraham doesn't throw the punch then there is no leeway for Andre to act or not to act.