![]() I wanted to keep going and finish the fight as a champion. “I wanted to keep going, as everybody probably saw,” Dirrell said in the ring. Nevertheless, "The Dog" was champion once more. The 98-92 score for Yildirim was probably too wide a score but he made Dirrell earn every point he collected. Two judges scored it for Dirrell 96-94 while the third had Yildirim winning 98-92. The fight went to the scorecards when the ring doctor ruled that Dirrell couldn’t continue. The cut occurred via accidental clash of heads in round seven. The fight was decided by a technical split decision after it was stopped during the 10th round because of a bad gash above Dirrell’s left eye. Dirrell's will and skill gave him the advantage in each round as he landed the cleaner, harder punches. The two gladiators gave it their all for as long as it lasted. The bout headlined a PBC main event on FS1 live from the Minneapolis Armory in Minneapolis, Minnesota. On February 23, 2019, Dirrell took on Avni Yildirim for the vacant WBC world super middleweight crown. Yildirim: Febru(PBC on FS1) A ROLLER COASTER RIDE Ultimately, a bad cut over Dirrell's left eye, ruled to be caused by a headbutt, forced the ringside doctor to halt the fight on account of Dirrell's vision being impaired.ĭirrell returned on April 28, 2018, dropping Abraham Han in the first, and dominating him over the course of the bout to win a 10-round unanimous decision at Don Haskins Center in El Paso, Texas.ĭirrell vs. Scores of the bout were 49-46, and 48-47 twice in favor of Dirrell.ĭirrell had Douglin hurt in the first, but the latter escaped and worked his way back into the bout. ![]() Dirrell won a six-round technical decision. ![]() It marked Dirrell’s first stoppage victory since he beat Anthony Hanshaw by third-round TKO on July 27, 2013.ĭirrell made it three straight by beating Norbert Nemesapati with another stoppage, a sixth-round TKO on Januin a Premier Boxing Champions fight on Spike TV at the Hialeah Park Racing & Casino, in Hialeah, Florida.ĭirrell's next fight occurred in his hometown of Flint as he faced Denis Douglin on Friday, Novemfrom the Dort Federal Credit Union Center, live on FS1. Seven months later, Dirrell needed a mere 109 seconds to stop Caleb Truax on April 29, 2016, in the first round at the Trump Taj Mahal, in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on Spike TV. He won almost every second of every round in a unanimous 10-round decision over veteran Marco Antonio Rubio on September 6, 2015, at the American Bank Center, in Corpus Christi, Texas on a Premier Boxing Champions card on CBS. Fight November 17 in Flint MI #teamdirrell #dirrellbrothers #dirrellschancefoundationĪ post shared by Anthony Dirrell on at 9:49am PDT Back on the winning trackĪfter losing to Badou Jack in April 2015, Dirrell went on a three-fight winning streak. ![]()
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