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

28.03.2010 16:06 GMT+04:00

/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).