You know before I wrote this I have a feeling some folks may like what I’m about to say about this fight and some may not but hey…what can I say…if I could be the guy giving out some type of an award…The award might have to go to Arthur Abraham for 2010’s Cheap Shot of The Year. The bout was a very entertaining scrap between two of the top fighters in the world in the 168lb division in Andre Dirrell and Arthur Abraham. That was of course until Abraham got himself disqualified for nailing Dirrell in the 11th round after he slipped to the wet canvas in one of the corners and went down and out. Although Dirrell was clearly down on one knee, Abraham smashed him with a right hand to the temple. The punch badly hurt Dirrell, who fell over and was out cold, forcing referee Lawrence Cole to disqualify Abraham for a blatant foul....
In the 2nd stage group of Showtime’s “Super Six” tournament, Andre “The Matrix” Dirrell defeated Germany’s “King” Arthur Abraham by disqualification. The bout seemed as if it would be a clean sweep victory for Dirrell but turned ugly towards the end of the fight. Dirrell fired out of his corner in the opening round jumping right on Abraham, boxing beautifully and using his speed and movement to stay away from Abraham. In the 11th round, Dirrell slipped in the corner and was nailed by cheap shot from...............
Joan Guzman boxed his way to a 12-round split decision victory over Ali Funeka for the vacant IBF lightweight championship this Saturday, but was unable to capture the belts due to weighing 9 pounds over the 135 pound limit. Guzman and Funeka fought once before in November, but the bout ended in a draw. The slick punching Guzman, was able to drop Funeka in the sixth round with a..........
Argentina’s Marcos Maidana (28-1, 27 KOs), brawled his way to a sixth-round knockout against Victor Cayo (24-1, 16 KOs), and retained the WBA super lightweight championship. The bout took place Saturday in Las Vegas at the Hard Rock Hotel and headlined as the main event. Early on, Maidana and Cayo exchanged vicious blows, but it was Maidana who pulled away and wore down his Dominican counterpart and connected with a brutal..........