Abraham embarrasses himself
March 28th, 2010
By Eric Hernandez: The atmosphere was electric at Joe Louis Arena. It was the home coming out party for Andre Dirrell and he would not disappoint. It was a classic match up of boxer vs puncher, American vs European. From the very beginning Andre Dirrel 19-1 asserted himself and boxed masterfully while Aurthur Abraham played defense while waiting for his opportunity.
In the 10th round it appeared that Abraham had floored Dirrel but it was ruled a slip by the referee but before the Abraham apologist begin to scream “foul” it appeared earlier in the fight that Abraham was saved by the ropes and that could have easily been ruled a knock down.
Round 11 began with Abraham knowing he needed a knock out and he began to put the pressure on Dirrell and it seemed that he had him cornered when Dirrell slipped on the wet logos on the floor, with one knee on the floor and obviously down Abraham frustration bubbled to the surface and he nailed Dirrell flush across the jaw. Dirrell went down after a delay reaction but it was obvious that he was hurt and not going to be able to continue.
For his actions Abraham was quickly disqualified and rightfully so. More appalling was his reaction after the fight as he showed no remorse for his actions, even claiming that Dirrell was a great actor. The real actor was Abraham who with a straight face told everyone that he had no idea that Andre Dirrel was on the canvas and defenseless even as he looked at the replay he was incredulous. By the time the DQ came Dirrel was comfortably ahead on all 3 scorecards. As for Abraham he lost his first fight and in the process he might have lost his credibility if not his invincibility.
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The judges should have been from neutral country. It was by design the ringside judge was competant but he was a homer.
Abraham should have been dq’d…no questions about it (before Roy Jones, Jr. was knocked out, his only loss was b/c he hit a guy when he was down)…it’s an automatic dq. Earlier, it did appear as if Abraham knocked down Dirrell and I don’t know why the ref didn’t score it that way unless he was trying to make up for even earlier in the fight when at the end of a round, Dirrell clocked Abraham and the only thing that kept Abraham from hitting the canvas was the ropes (that’s supposed to be ruled a knockdown). Abraham’s comments after the fight showed no class; I don’t think for a moment that Dirrell was acting. I watched the fight on TV as it happened and all the replays before ShowTime signed off. Dirrell had no idea where he was after they got him up. While he was still on the canvas, there was a period of time where his legs were quivering as if he were suffering a seizure.
Neither of them covered themselves in glory, AA for fighting a bad fight and ending it with a nasty cheap shot and Dirrell for his acting, and the more i watch it the more im convinced.
But Dirrell DID cover himself in glory with everything he did up to that point by boxing brillianly.
Brusa -
It´s odd that you say that Dirrell is not a pro for not continuing to fight, in that line of reasoning can we not assume Abraham is not a pro either for blatantly and intentionally hitting Dirrell while on both knees? Pro´s don´t hit guys while down and it is an automatic DQ, whether he could continue or not is a moot point, if no importance. AUTOMATIC DQ
@Rob
I never said that arthur should win the fight, in fact direll was in the way of getting a fair UD with 13 or 14 points of diference. But im only saying that the blow wasnt all that heavy i think, so the decision of not getting up and continue the fight is an statemente of “ok i dont want to get more tired so i pretend im sleeping to win” and thats not what i expect for a pro, because a pro cares about finishing the fight in his feet, not making a bad acting.
I thought dirrel fought well as i thought he would be much to quick and mobile for abraham! I am not a fan of either fighter, yes Arthur shouldnt have hit andre when he was down but he is only human and it was in the heat of the moment! However i do beleive dirrel took advantage of the situation and i dont know why . He held the wrong side of his head for a start off, and it didnt land that hard that punch didnt. So I beleiev he must have been really tired and saw a way of definitely winning the fight! shame he did cos he fought realy well till then!
abraham clearly knocked dirrell down and it was waved off why?abraham did clearly strike him a couple of seconds after dirrell had slipped but it didnt look much of a punch to me not enough to knock dirrell out cold
Dirrel looked at the ref at the moment at the foul and then when he was sure it was a foul he faked like a train passed in his head… Abraham boxed horrible but that dosent wash that andre is a quitter
Abraham is a pillow biter
Dirrell was easily winning d fight drop him twice n he was never n any real trouble. So y would a grown man fake crying on national tv. I can c if he was losing then maybe but there was no reason to believe Abraham would pull a knockout out his ass. Dirrell embarrassed Abraham n d ring out boxing him n punching him!
Just watched the footage of the 11th round on YouTube, what a fake delayed reaction by Dirrell. The leg shaking when Dirrell was clearly concieous, now that was embarressing!
Abraham, like Hatton, Pavlik, and now Adamek, should never have stepped up from his natural (middleweight) division. It’s almost an unwritten law nowadays, that when fighters are doing well in their original weight division, they have to step up to a heavier level. Nonsense!!! Abraham could have stayed at 160 and fought Pavlik which would have been a great battle.
dirrell faught agreat fight abraham was tocautious the ref was incompetent the only time they were fighting on the ropes the ref stoped the action to get dirrell to the center of the ring dirrell was doing fine if he had not noticed he did not see low blows by dirrell unintentional and missed anock down and was out of position when dirrell whent down on his owne in the 11th that clown is going to get sombody hurt or kild im not excusing abraham for the foul but hes no kind of ref hes acloun
Brusa -
Accept it, Abraham got his @ss whooped the whole fight, to say that the danger was there all the time and with one clean shot the fight was done is a statement that can be made about any fighter at any time, it means nothing, this is boxing, anyone can get beat at any time but the FACT is that Dirrell dominated and exposed Abraham for the one dimensional, boring fraud that he is.
For everyone claiming there was no steroid test taken by Dirrell please provide some proof of that not happening or SHUT THE F UP
I don’t like Dirrell, but he outclassed Abrham for 95 percent of the fight and im pretty sure he would do again. Abraham should be ashamed, but Dirrell should also be disgraed if he did play up on the knockout. Boxing doesn’t need any more of this crap. It took away from the fact Dirrell fought and nullified Abraham…….and even brought the fight to him.
Now you know why Shaw had the fight relocated to Michigan with that “injury” – Michigan doesn’t test for roids.
Is only a little misfortune that the king did that silly punch but i have see it myself lots of times, is only a rush for things that happens very often. And with that power direll was winning but the danger was there all the time, one clean shot and he was done… weak jaw and lets see if he ever recovers his fighting spirit with that KO (even with the awarded W)
i think if dirrel was not hurt from the punch the ref would would have just deducted a point. usually when a fighter thinks he has someone hurt he continues to punch until ref gets in the way. dirrel is good but winning by being knocked out is not
No steroid-test in Michigan, that´s why they changed the place.
Dirrell is an exzellent boxer. But: a cheater. Period.
IS there really any evidence ANYWHERE on Dirrell not taking a test? I have found nothing.
Im dissapointed in the fake KO but that fact it was fake is just my opinion, Im dissapointed in the ref too and im dissapointed in most things AA did in the fight.
But you have to give Dirrell credit for the way he went about his work, i dont like him, hes way too mouthy but he was very very good for nearly 11 full rounds. He was crusing and if he wants to go on a little jog in the later rounds hes earnt that right from the work he did earlier.
hold on is kessler going to have a ref from hes home town 3 judges from his home town with the fight in his home town and amir kon is well knowen for hitting opponents whilst down no one minds then i need to see the aa v dirrell fight first still cant believe dirrell won
AA got it all wrong from the start. He was too relaxed and was too willing to bide his time, while Dirrell worked hard and won all the rounds.
Dirrell was proving to be quick and elusive and seeing as AA was looking for 1 big knockout shot he should of considered he wouldnt wana find himself runnin out of time to do it.
Which is exactly what happened and he did get desperate. He really underestemated Dirrell and prob thought hed just be the same as he was in the Froch fight.
2 things im really finding hard to believe.
1. AA really thought Dirrell was still on his feet when he hit him when he was down. I think he knew and showed his frustration.
2. That Dirrell was really actually knocked out by that shot.
have not seen the fight yet no mention anywhere but if dirrell is on one knee yet again like the froch fight then i rekon i would have done the same holding running going onto one knee for nothing but i am shocked dirrell beat abraham
I’m not so disappointed in the DQ punch itself. AA was desperately trying for a knockout and with the adrenaline pumping saw an opening. Stupid mistake and worthy of his DQ, but not intentionally dirty. It’s the way that AA and his promoters are taking his first loss that’s pathetic in my opinion. Blaming this on AD “acting” ignores the fact that AA was TAKEN TO SCHOOL for 10.5 rounds.
AA should seriously consider owning up to his mistake and trying to salvage some kind of respect from boxing fans. Moreover, after this loss, there is NO WAY that any first class American fighter will get into the ring with him on German soil. So it’s euro trash fighters for the rest of his career —- enjoy Arthur.
I’m trying to figure what fight a lot of these people were watching. Your guy lost, so suck it up. Try sprinting a quarter mile, kneel down and take one to the face.
Richard;
LMAO, better in the first five rounds? Really, that’s why he was up 98-91, 97-92, 97-92. Or was it because they waited until he went to the hospital to make him pee in a cup??
Richard,
Dirrell took the mandatory drug test at the hospital. AA was just throwing any excuse possible out there. Re-watch the 11th round, cause Dirrell was easily winning the round until he slipped on the puddle of water AA’s corner left in the ring and AA threw a haymaker at the downed and defenseless opponent. Really, look it up, Dirrell took the drug test. AA got schooled than showed he has no self respect or integrity at all. If they get a re-match AA will probably have his corner bring a baseball bat to the ring, in case he is getting humiliated again.
YES – Dirrell was better in the first 5 rounds, then he started
to run out of gas and with the help of a criminal referee he even escaped a mandatory count…
The world then could see, that Dirrell was totally flat from the 10th onwards and Abraham, like so many times before, would easy have knocked him out – but then the Holywood act came and the rest is history….
Dirrell by the way missed to show up for the mandatory drug test
– guess why !!!
Uncle;
There was a doping test. As soon as Dirrell got to the hospital. Are you really that ignorant or do you just like to lie and hope some poor sap believes you??? Look it up pal, Dirrell took the test at the hospital. I know they should lifted him up as soon as he got KO’d and forced him to pee in a cup in the middle of the ring, but they didn’t. Talk about home court advantage! Letting him wait to go to the hospital to pee in a cup! I’ve never heard of anything so outrageous.
Ladies and gentleman;
Let me introduce the new Mike Tyson…. Arthur Abraham! What’s he going to do if Froch is beating him, bite an ear? Maybe he can one up Iron Mike and eat Froch’s nose! Don’t just bite it off, but swallow it too! Than he can tell everyone that its normal, just like hitting opponents when they’re down. That will be an interesting match, whoever is losing will start cheating and fouling like crazy. Body slams, rabbit punches, hitting on the break, hitting the back of the head, unloading haymakers on a downed opponent, holding the opponents head with one hand and hitting with the other, headlocks. Dirrell has seen more mixed martial arts moves in his last two fights than some UFC stars see their whole career!
dirrell made me a fan after 10 rounds of wonderful boxing…watched replay several times..it looks like dirrell took a dive to me.
yo uncle ewald
what bout when dirrell counter AA beautifuly and AA went to the ropes. u can tell that was a clear KD and only the ropes saved em. dun b biased man
i agree with Lex all the body punches were all legal except for one that was low but abraham complain like a girl! and people still think Direll was acting taking a straight right to the jaw while not expecting it…
Okay, the only ones that were exceptionally embarrassing was number one Andre the play-actor knockout victim and of course the referee Cole who was obviously a very Dirrell forthcoming individual. The 10th round knockdown was typical of Cole and his biased approach of not doing his job but more or less helping Andre Dirrell carry on.
Very important was that Dirrell refused to have a doping test. Why? Also embarrassing!
Arthur`s hitting Andre while he was down was not design but rather something although rash done in the heat of the moment not planned as such.
Finally embarrassing was the behavior of the Dirrell corner trying to enter the ring to seek “justice” in the Detroit style. Very obnoxious conduct indeed.
Watch the german version on saddoboxing, it shows Abraham smiling looking pleased with himself when Grey is trying to interview Dirrell, but Dirrell was clearly f’ed up. And Arthur is smiling, and insisting its normal to hit people once when they are down. Maybe in Germany it is, but its definitely not normal in the States. I guess in Germany body shots are illegal, but hitting opponents when they are down and defenseless is fine.
Arthur Abraham single handedly ruined his dream of becoming a star in America with his DQ. His boxing style could not stand up to speedy boxers like Dirrel but worst of all, his poor sportsman like behavior and arrogance cemented his downfall. He will never be a draw in the Us, just Germany. He knew exactly what he was doing when he hit Andre low. Andre’s head was at Arthur’s knees when he swung!
Abraham is finished as a boxer. He really should be ashamed.
I also see him loosing to Froch, Ward, Green, Kessler. He’s done.
dissapointed although i cant say i disagree with the DQ, its just tough to see the 0 go out this way.