Allan Green: Dirrell could simulate knockout to avoid continuation of fight vs. AbrahamMarch 31, 2010 - 13:49 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Participant of Super Six World Boxing Classic tournament Allan Green (US), who was present at the fight between Arthur Abraham (Germany) and Andre Dirrell (US), thinks at the time of the incident it wasn't looking good for Dirrell and he could simulate the knockdown to avoid the fight continuation. “I think he could have continued or could have taken five minutes,” Green told BoxingScene.com. “The last four minutes would have been interesting to see. I thought Dirrell could have continued and kept fighting. He laid there for a second and everything was fine and then he started shaking. Then he got up and said he was knocked out and didn't know what happened. If you didn't know what happened, then how can you say you got knocked out." Green thinks that if a boxer gets knocked down from a punch, and starts shaking.....there is something really wrong. “If you get hit like that, where you down and start shaking, you are going to be in the hospital for a few days and you are not fighting for a while. You are not going to get up and start walking around. I wanted Darrel to win. I just would have liked to see what would have happened in the last few rounds if he would have continued," Green noted. Green also disagreed with the referee's ruling on the tenth round knockdown. "If you go down after getting hit, it's a knockdown. The punch was the cause. If he didn't take that punch, he probably wouldn't have gone down. He wasn't the same when he got up and he continued to get hit after that," Green said. Arthur Abraham was disqualified during the fight vs. Andre Dirrell in the middle of the 11th round. Dirrell went down from Abraham’s punch, and the Armenian boxer hit him from the right, after which Dirrell fell down and managed to stand up only in several minutes after a medical aid. Top stories Armenian gymnast, Olympic bronze medalist Artur Davtyan has reached the finals of the World Cup. Gor Manvelyan has denied reports alleging that he has expressed a desire to one day play for the French national team. Roma midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan is not considering FC Spartak Moscow as his next haven, according to fresh reports. 10 Armenian lifters will compete in the 2021 World Championships scheduled to be held from 7 to 17 December in Tashkent. Partner news | Greece says ready to help as Armenia fights flooding consequences Greece is ready to assist Armenia in combatting the consequences of deadly floods in the country’s north. “He will leave”: Protest leader no longer demands meeting with Pashinyan Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan no longer demands a meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Lemkin Institute petition seeks release of Armenians in Azerbaijan The Lemkin Institute is deeply concerned about the continued illegal detention of political prisoners from Karabakh in Azerbaijan. Armenian Catholicos calls for national unity against threats Karekin II issued a message on Republic Day marking the anniversary of the First Armenian Republic. |