Twas a boring Saturday evening and I was still feeling the affects of a rotten crab cake from Friday night. (Thanks for the late night "Vomi-tron" session go out to Chelsea Tavern in Wilm DE.....jackasses) Anyway, I was flipping through channels and came across the Dirrell vs Abraham pre fight nonsense on Showtime, a channel that I didn't even know I could get. Decided to stick with it and see how the fight went. Before it started, I decided to score the bout, I predicted an Abraham KO around Round 10. Andre Dirrell came out on fire. He was moving and circling the feared Armenian puncher, ducking and weaving like Cassius Clay.
Though Andre looked good through the early rounds, I still knew Abraham was a slow starter with tremendous power (nearly killed Jermain Taylor). Then in the 4th, something happened that shocked me, Abraham went down for the first time in his 32 professional fights. King Arthur was on his butt looking up at Dirrell in disbelief. To his credit though, Abraham was off balance when he was caught with the punch. Arthur was now in unfamiliar waters, he was heading into the 5th Round down on the cards 40-35, losing all the first 5 Rounds and being knocked down.
Dirrell kept circling his man, occasionally getting caught up on the ropes, dodging punches that Abraham was throwing with some bad intent. In the 10th Abraham caught Dirrell with a nice shot right on the chin that sent him to his keister, but was ruled a slip by the ref. This I disagreed with as well, though Abraham's foot was a tad behind Dirrell's, it was a solid punch that would have sent him down regardless.
The fight came to a sad conclusion. Dirrell was backed into Abraham's corner when his slipped(same spot for the second time in the fight) and went to a knee. While on his knee Abraham uncorked a shot right across the jaw of the "Matrix". Dirrell winced and then fell to his back and began to have tremors in his legs. It was very scary. Abraham was disqualified for the illegal hit. Once Dirrell woke up he was still in such a daze that he thought he had actually been knocked out and lost the fight, it was truly a scary thing to see. He was convinced that he had been beaten when he replied to a question with "He caught me man, I just got caught". Dirrell was taken for medical attention immediately.
Abraham didn't help himself in the post fight interview by vowing he did nothing wrong and that Dirrell is a "real good actor". It was an unsportsmanlike hit and he knows he was wrong.
Marcos Maidana continues to slowly make his way through the 140lb division by knocking people out. Maidana has become a very feared puncher in this talented division. I hope he can stay grounded and keep up the work, he is a treat to watch.
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