Arthur Abraham: " was not looking at Dirrell' feet, I was looking at his eyes. I didn' see if he was down

PanARMENIAN.Net - At the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit a duel between the Armenian boxer Arthur Abraham (Germany) and Andre Dirrell (USA) ended in the second round of Super Six World Boxing Classic tournament. In the seventh round Dirrell managed to make several blows, one of them resulted in Abraham' opened cut over his right eye. Realizing that he is losing on points, Abraham sent Dirrell down in the tenth round, but the judge considered knockdown an accidental fall. Dirrell slipped when he was hit by a glancing blow to the chin in the corner. Abraham hit him across the chin with a right hand and Dirrell couldn't continue. Referee Andy Cole disqualified Abraham for causing forbidden blow and a victory in battle went to Dirrell. After the battle, American boxer went to the hospital for medical examination.



" was not looking at his feet, I was looking at his eyes,"Abraham said through an interpreter. " didn' see if he was down."If you are a professional boxer, you look for every opportunity to knock out your opponent. You do not wait for him to recover. But I wish Andre Dirrell well and hope he is OK.'



But despite the defeat, Abraham leads the Super Six tournament with 3 points, thanks to knockout over Taylor (USA).