Abraham Knocks Out Taylor; Look for Froch to get beaten later tonight
October 17th, 2009
By Scott Gilfoid: It looks like Jermain Taylor fell apart against Arthur Abraham tonight, wasting a golden opportunity to pick up an easy win against the limited Abraham. I don’t care if Abraham won. Taylor should have won the fight without any problems if he had fought smart and not traded shots with Abraham. I don’t know what happened to him. Taylor used to be able to move around the ring without his legs getting tired out him, but against Abraham he was fighting like he was in quick sand. Still, there was no quit in Taylor. Afterwards, Taylor has this to say: “I’m really disappointed and pretty sad, it was a hard punch, no questions…I’m not finished yet, I can win my next two fights.”
Taylor was forced to trade shots with the German based fighter because he couldn’t move if his life depended on it. Yeah, I know the Brits are gloating about this outcome and somehow extrapolating from this outcome in hopes that it will translate into a victory for their hero WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch a little later tonight against the young, talented, blazing fast Andre Dirrell. Wrong!
That isn’t going to happen. Dirrell is young, his legs are good and his chin hasn’t been compromised by a loss to American Kelly Pavlik. I honestly don’t think Taylor is the same fighter after that bad knockout loss. Any defeat after that fight is meaningless as far as I’m concerned, because Taylor has looked shot since the initial 7th round knockout loss to Pavlik in 2007.
Do the math if you don’t believe me. Taylor has lost to Pavlik in a rematch, Carl Froch and now Abraham. Taylor would have made easy work against Froch and Abraham in his prime, come on. Those guys are as slow as molasses and wide open defensively – All easy wins for Taylor.
But, yeah, I know how the Brits are going to gloat for a little while. I hope they enjoy their little victory while they still can because Dirrell is going to badly trounce Froch tonight by beating the tar out of him and either knocking him flat or beating him black and blue. What happened to Taylor tonight will look like child’s play compared to what Dirrell is going to do to Froch, okay. Think on that for a little while.
I don’t know what’s going to happen to Taylor. This was a bad knockout defeat and it might not be such a good idea for him to continue in the Super Six tourney. I know he probably needs the bread but it might not be worth it if he risks getting knocked out again one or two more times. I think he’s been compromised by Pavlik and will go down easier the next time out. I’m not going to suggest that he hang up his gloves because he still has a lot of talent.
But he needs to take some time off and clear his head out, and let it recover from the damage of these knockout losses. I know he’ll be a warrior and probably continue, but I think he needs to seriously think hard about that. Showtime can always substitute Allan Green or Sakio Bika in his place and the Super Six tourney would continue to do well.
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Man Gilfoid!! Man up please. How can you say this to the King. King Arthur Abraham is the winner by KO and there’s nothing you can do about it.
hahahahah son. quit!!!
SG…how did you manage to become a boxing writer?
Biased an unintelligent reviews with more than a slight leaning towards mental instability.
The whole point of a boxing match is too beat the man infront of you…not run away. So Dirrell got everything he deserved.
As fro the Taylor vs Abrahams fight…taylor did not run out of energy abrahams knocked him out.
So Dirrell vs Abrahams next…that fight will be the same as the Froch fight as dirrell will run all night long.
All i say id Gilfoid…you are a poor excuse for a journalist all we ask is an objective view with unbiased opinions…not the narrative of an inmate of the local asylum.
its all bout the uk boys…. carl froch baby!!
This so called journalist is a joke. Unbelievably biased and complete waste of lines that someone else could be using to write a decent article.
Hahahahahaha Gilfoid!! Froch victory, Abraham victory – You are a proven muppet! Haha amazing!
I had it as a draw. Dirrell held on far to many times. I reckon AA will catch him with something bigger than Froch, because AA has more explosive punching, as well as being more accurate!
You do not seem to know anything at all about boxing.
“I don’t care if Abraham won”
With remarks like the one above can the writer of this article still be considered sane?
What transpired last night in Berlin is about talent and a great boxer not about whether Giilfoid cares. AA fought well with a resounding KO to let the rest of the pack know he (AA) is guning for them next.
Mr. Gilfoid get your thing together and do like the fans that love boxing, care!
you dont care if abraham won???!!! your blind alegience is pathetic! the better man won on the night give the men some credit you cretin.
i was at the fight ringside and dirrell ran all night.he was put down once by carl and went down on his knee late on to get out the way.he was over at the weigh in and looked tired.hes no power.we all agreed hes quick but so is the road runner.froch hunted him it was like hagler v leonard in 1987 only the hunter got the judges nodd.now when is gilfoid going to come on and eat pie swallow my spunk and move on ha ha
Abraham has FAR better balance than Froch, and that will equate to him decapitating Dirrell next fight. Dirrell’s cheesy tactics won’t work against King Arthur.
Very close but uneventful fight between Froch and Dirrell.
I was quite impressed with Dirrell though. I’ve looked over a few of his previous fights in the build up to the fight, anyone could see he had potential. And he gave Froch a scare tonight.
BUT, everyone knows you have to TAKE the title from a champion (win impressively and comfortably, especially if you are fighting away from home). The majority of judges score close rounds to the aggressor. And there were quite a few close ones between rounds 3-7.
IF, Dirrell had come out fighting from round one, and boxed aswell as he did in the last two rounds, he would have won, and dare I say it…comfortably.
I think Dirrell deserved the point deduction. Maybe the referees decision was not entirely based on the holding. Dirrell was talking and complaining a lot in the middle rounds, this may have influenced it. However, Froch should have had a point deduction aswell for repeatedly hitting Dirrell in the back of the head.
The point deduction in the end had no influence on the split decision.
The most I could give Dirrell out of this fight in terms of a result, would have been a draw. He was very negative, and at times ran from Froch to avoid punches.
Overall, I was impressed by Dirrell and can only see him improving over the next couple of fights. He needs to be more positive though. He is a very clever counterpuncher, but he is not a Mayweather, he can be hit. I thought it suited him better when he was attacking whilst throwing combinations, and them lead left hands from a southpaw stance worked a treat.
As for Froch, I thought he was very poor tonight. He didnt handle the speed and elusiveness very well. On a couple of occeasions I thought he was going to unleash his right hand, which in my eyes would have landed as Dirrell backtracked. But he was very hesitant, and trying to feint too much. This enabled Dirrell to throw a shot and move away. He really needs to improve, especially as it’s Kessler up next.
I totally agree with Jon.Dirrell was terrified of Carls power.
are you going to f@ck off now scott???. dirrell is no ali, he was too negative and didn’t want to fight, yes hes quick but running, grabbing and complaining will not win you a world title fight. i dont see him beating the other guys either especially with the way abraham destroyed taylor. two down one to go. and how can you compare him to calzaghe???. calzaghe would have destroyed him tonight as hes a damn sight better than froch
Did you guys watch the same fight?
Froch jabbed his head off. Dirrel throw some big shots but nothing really landed and spent the entire time running or holding disperately onto Froch.
Carl was in complete control.
oh well scott, thats 2-0 to the “european fighters” and dont make any excuses, dirrell didn’t come to fight, he just ran and grabbed and complained, that does not win a championship fight. calzaghe would have destroyed both of them tonight, that was a poor fight. dirrell may have a bright future if he starts to use his skills to engage rather then run
I had Dirrwll winnin by 3 (or 4 if you take off the bollocks deduction).
Froch didnt dominate Pascal, didnt dominate Taylor and didnt dominate Dirrell. Hes a hard man with heavy hands, iron chin and great stamina but he is slow and limited skillwise.
Dirrell did too much holding, did a bit of running but in most the rounds he beat Froch to the punch, countered quicker and used his footwork very well. Im sure the judges must of seen those as negative tactics and not good defensive skills.
Im a Brit, i was up for Froch but that fight was Dirrells. Froch does seem to struggle against the quicker guys, the likes of Kessler and Abraham aint as quick as the likes of Dirrell. Lets hope that helps.
I had it a draw. But I’m glad Froch got the decision because I never liked “runners”.
I think you can’t win a title by avoiding the fight, even if you land more blows in the process. It was more André “Run Like Hell” Direll then anything else, and of course I love Gilfoid having it wrong again! and again! and again! (already for Ward – Kessler)
No credit to Scott- he’s a miserable sore loser, a pathetic excuse of a man. Why would Brits be glad to see Abraham win over Jermain Taylor?Abraham is GERMAN- do you know nothing of the history between our two nations? And don’t try to make excuses for JT- he was behind on points and did not fade, Abraham just finally caught up with him, which was obviously going to happen at some point, you could see it coming from about round 6. All JT hit was gloves for 12 solid rounds. Fair play to Dirrell, I thought he should have won, but as Froch put it- you don’t win world titles with that king of negativity. Dirrell grabbed every single time he could. Any time Froch grazed him with a punch he clung on like a limpet. He also took a knee at one point for no apparent reason other than to get away from Froch’s attack- that should have been a 10-8 round- instead he did his usual complain about something or other tactic to get out of harms way. I had Dirrell by 2 points, but I honestly can see why the judges saw it that way, he just didn’t want to fight, and wanted to be saved by the ref everytime Froch hunted him down. Kessler would kill him- Abraham would kill him- he’s lucky he had the slow burner Froch in there tonight, Abraham by KO next fight.
I’M HAPPY FROCH WON BUT I THOUGHT DIRRELL DOMINATED THE FIGHT WINNING AT LEAST 8 ROUNDS, HITTING AND NOT GETTING HIT. ROBBERY. BUT HAPPY FOR FROCH.
Dirrell deserved to lose. If he wanted the belt he should have fought for it. A challenger cannot defend what he doesn’t have. It was a sloppy fight and Froch looked bad, but at least Carl tried to make a fight of it, which is more then I can say about Dirrell.
I had Dirrell winning by a round. Point deduction was a bit harsh. Yes, it was an octopus grab, but Froch was fighting more dirty and had a few warnings already, whereas Dirrell hadn’t. I was also impressed by Dirrell’s postfight interview. I am sure that he has made some new fans tonight, myself included. He is going to have a tough one against Abraham next though. Abraham will just walk straight through Dirrell’s punches… Froch could get exposed by Kessler in the next one. Carl has power, but he is a very limited one dimensional fighter.
Credit to Gilfoid. His man was robbed. You called this one perfectly, Scott.
At the same time, as an Englishman, I’m glad for Froch.
hey Gilfoid are you gonna !!!k off now???
Taylor, loses, Dirrell loses, Gilfoid loses.
froch’s losing this fight badstyle he too limited
dirrel better than I thought. Froch needs to make more power shots count. Dirrel can handle 1 hard shot per round.
froch is about to change this fight. Andre protect yourself at all times lets see round round 9
whatever gilfoid u tosspot
This writer is a sore loser. Arthur is a helluva fighter,and will win this tournament. Froch is going to abuse Dirrell tonight. Why are Americans such pouty, sore losers?
Why does Scott keep talkin about England. Abraham is German. Abraham is a gifted fighter, very hard to hit.This writer doesnt know much about boxing. I was wondering before fight started, what happens if someone gets pummeled in a fight and drops out of tourney. Still think my fav fighter Kessler is going to win it.
is Scott Gilfoid an American Manuel Perez?!
to mischa, your wasting your time, scott isn’t man enough to answer
Hi there, I have been an avid reader of all the articles on this site for about 6 months. Im from Nottingham England and yes I want Carl Froch to win. But first and foremost I am a boxing fan and coming into this fight I believe Dirrell is going to win. My problem with this article is its bias and why would you want to write an article like this. If you are a writer for a boxing news website why would you write a piece just to wind up your readers. Please could you leave a reply as im interested in your thoughts.
I had Abraham ahead by 118-111 going into the 12th. Those who say that it was a close fight must think that scores are given for hitting the opponent’s arms…
This was going to be a solid win for Abraham until he crowned with this superb right hand. Taylor had no concept against the defense of AA and AA was even moving better. Better harder shots, more variety and controll by Abraham, just a little nervous in the beginning. Taylor never was in the ring with this instinct and power – so he would have lost in middle weights even earlier.
This Scott guy is a joker. Abraham’s guard was impenetrable tonight.
novesen, Abraham was clearly ahead on points, by at least 4-6 rounds, probably 7 or 8. I had fights as follows:
1: 10-9 to JT. (Good start for JT.)
2: 10-10. (JT’s punches were all blocked.)
3: 10-9 to AA. (AA hitting much harder than JT.)
4: 10-10. (Pretty even round.)
5: 10-9 to AA. (More power shots from AA. JT can’t hurt AA.)
6: 10-8 to AA. (JT deducted a point for repeated low blows.)
7: 10-9 to AA. (JT just cannot figure out AA’s defense.)
8: 10-9 to AA. (ditto.)
9: 10-8 to AA. (JT almost went down. Very one sided round.)
10: 10-9 to AA. (AA slowed down, but did enough.)
11: 10-9 to AA. (AA’s looking a bit tired, but JT can’t hurt AA.)
12: AA knocks out JT. (Lights out.)
Score at the time of stoppage: 119-110 to AA.
Abraham dominated Taylor in a way which Froch and Pavlik couldn’t. After Pavlik II, and also after Froch fight, I thought Taylor would probably win rematches against both of them. But not this time. I don’t think Taylor would ever want to be in the same ring as Abraham after not being able to hurt him at all in 12 rounds.
Scott, nationality clouds your judgement as well as your ignorance to the tactics of boxing.
Taylor covers up as good as anyone in the sport but Abraham punched Taylor’s arms so Taylor would open thinking he may counterpunch the slower fighter and at the same time his arms were tiring which made his leg movement seem even slower. Abraham brought Taylor to his speed level and Taylor couldn’t match his power. So the most effective fighter won, simple as. Give Abraham credit.
As said before 1 down 1 to go hahahaha
ok admin but how come you reel us in but not this moronic racist idiot gilfoid?
Admin: Scott’s a great writer.
Abraham looked very good tonight, he was gettin the better of Taylor before he ran out of steam.
Scott try to keep up with reality mate you saw the same fight as we did.
Scott Gilfoid
u are the worst looser i have ever seen…
accept it, abraham is much stronger than tayler and limited is only ur small minded view of things around u
Scottie you have no idea about boxing. Abraham owned Taylor for all but the first 3 rounds. Expecting to see Kessler vs. Abraham in the final
were not extrapolating from anything you f@cking clown, you predicted an easy taylor win and he got stuffed by one of those “european” fighters you keep talking about!
Admin: No spamming, Rich! I’ll let this one slide.
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lol no question ? i had Abraham ahead!!
Abraham limited? Are you on crack? It was Taylor who was limited tonight. He was jabbing at the gloves all night – there was no variety from Taylor.
It was a damn shame to get KO’d like that, he was so close to a points loss. It was closer than the KO suggests but Arthur has immense power.
I’m actually really looking forward to seeing Dirrell. I’m a boxing fan first and a patriot second.
Abraham was behind on points, no question. But Abraham never got hit hard, where Taylor got stunned twice.
Taylor did well tonight, but Abraham deserved the win.
ha ha ha ha ha ha, one predictiom down already you clown
haha another overrated american bites the dust. abraham was just too strong.Come on Froch!!!!!!!!!!!!1
haha another overrated american bites the dust. abraham was just too strong even though he had his europena fight style.
You really don’t know anything about boxing, do you?
ha ha ha scott you blocking cos you know your a fraud????