Andre Dirrell Wins by DQ Over Arthur Abraham

In an interesting fight of styles Andre Dirrell pulled out the upset DQ win against Arthur Abraham when Abraham hit him while he was down after he slipped to the mat. Dirrell was winning on points with his significant speed and punch output when Abraham started to come on in the later rounds. Dirrell showed great resiliency and a phenomenal chin after taking some hard shots. In the end Abraham made a crucial mistake of hitting Dirrell while he was down. Dirrell seemed to be knocked out after the punch although immediately after he seemed okay. All of a sudden he went down and started twitching as if he was badly out cold. My initial reaction was that he was faking but after seeing the replay it certainly was a clean shot that hit him and he could have had a legitimate delayed reaction. Regardless, the punch landed while Dirrell was down - Abraham deserved to lose the fight by DQ. Dirrell now gets 2 points for the win and will move on to face Andre Ward in his next fight. Abraham will be stuck at 3 points after his great KO of Jermain Taylor in the first round of the Super Six Tournament.