Abraham vs. Dirrell at Madison Square Garden – Boxing News
October 28th, 2009
By Scott Gilfoid: It’s now looking like the talented American Andre Dirrell (18-1, 13 KO’s) will be facing unbeaten former IBF middleweight champion Arthur Abraham (31-0, 25 KO’s) at New York’s Madison Square Garden instead of in Abraham’s home country of Germany.
I would have liked to have give Froch more rounds because I think he’s a great fighter but with all the missing he was doing and the fouling he resorted to, made it impossible for me to score the fight for Froch.
Abraham, 29, defeated Jermain Taylor by a 12th round knockout in his last fight on October 17th in the Super Six tournament. Based on that impressive win, many boxing fans feel that Abraham will beat Dirrell. I’m not so easily impressed, though, because I saw the entire fight and didn’t focus on one specific part of the bout like many boxing fans seem to be doing. Abraham looked awful up until the 9th rounds, just covering up mostly and every once in a while rushing madly at Taylor and throwing some of the most amateurish punches I’ve even ever witnessed from a pro fighter.
Abraham looked slow and limited throughout the fight. In the 9th, Abraham nailed Taylor with a textbook right elbow to the head that badly hurt Taylor. From there, Abraham took over the fight because Taylor seemed to not recover from that beautiful elbow shot. That’s the thing with Abraham; you have to watch his elbows because he’s deadly with them.
Never fear, though, Dirrell will be much too fast and clever to get hit with the few shots that Abraham throws in the fight. Abraham is maybe a little faster than Froch, but I think Abraham is much worse than Froch because he doesn’t throw as many punches as him. Dirrell won’t have any problems avoiding Abraham’s wild rushes at the end of each round. At the same time, it will be easier for Dirrell to win the fight because he won’t have to worry about the judges being influenced by the home crowds.
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I am 100% sure that Drrell will not go home, he will for sure go to hospital and probably quit boxing after fight with Abraham. Believe me I know what I am saying!!! You don’t believe? then see this Dlinked.com
I would never pay money to watch a fighter with Dirrell’s style. I think America will enjoy Abraham’s style more. Just check out the pay per view numbers of MMA or the Old Mike Tyson fights.
I think Froch and Dirrel are the worst boxers of Super6. Dirrell proved better, but he landed few punches to deserve the decision. In a football (you Americans call it “soccer”) match, it would have been 0-0. No-skills against no-character.
Abraham is great, the logic favourite of Super6, but Taylor was able to trouble him. I didn’t seen the elbow shot. Abraham was clearly ahead at the moment of KO.
If Taylor recovers from the 2 KOs, he has chances with everybody.
Ward-Kessler, spectacular match. Claps, claps to both!
You might be right that Dirrell will win, but your analysis couldn’t be worse. Abraham has developed a style that has given him a long winning streak. He uses his amazing punching power to intimidate fighters by punching little but effectively in the first few rounds, giving them a taste of what is to come and making them panic and up their work rate. Then, around round five or six, when he sees they’re spooked and getting tired, he ups the ante every round until they fall. As, I predict, Dirrell will.
man…this guys is an idiot. AA is a great BOXER..he takes his time, develops a stategy and sticks with it. he has the best defense in the super six, one of the stogest punches and is a smart boxer. he doesnt do anything hes not supposed to. i think the fight is going to start as usual slow for AA. dirrel is going to take a quick lead the first five rounds. then direll is goin to get tired, and AA is going to knock him out in the 10th.
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Can Dirrell sell tickets for an arena? we already know Chad Dawson cant.
i thought i was the only one that saw the elbow he gave taylor. i too am not impressed with abraham and see dirrell winning the tourney
hellooooooooo. thats abrahams style he waits, he waits and he waits , then he comes at you and knocks you out, the guy is still unbeaten, he knows whats he doing and he is going to win against dirrel, no matter where the fight takes place. As far as dirrell vs froch i think direll won that fight, and it was a very unfair decision.
I don’t know why everybody is saying dirrelll ran all night,he didn’t.Dirrell also stood in front of froch and landed combinations,so what was the excuse for froch not answering for those shots landing.Dirrell fought the way a speedy skilled boxer does when he is faced against an aggressive fighter that tries to walk you down.You back him up with your fast jab and then land your combination and get out of the way to set it up again.So thats what he did and he lost the fight for it ,just because all the brits wanted to see froch brawl and it didn’t happen theyre saying that dirrell ran all night.Well too bad this ain’t burger king you can’t always have it your way,this is boxing.Dirrell gave froch a boxing lesson and hes gonna do the same against the so called german king arthur.
Scott, don’t suddenly make out you like carl froch by saying you think he’s a great fighter. You could have fooled me. You hate the bloke, all you do is slag him and other euro fighters off. Every one of your articles either slags off a euro or goes on about how an american fighter got a dodgey decision vs a euro. Why dont u fu*k off you racist pri*k.
Oh great this means dirrell can run all night and steal the victory.
Euro fans are biased. To a point its not their fault, we as american have been dominated boxing for year but instead of being humble about we brag and down grade their boxing when they have any success. This is the same reason many hate Pretty Boy Floyd. Now I do feel Abraham is limited but could he win by late stoppage…Yes. The test for Dirrell will be to be standing after 12 because he will win if he does but if he doesn’t we know the result. On another note Kessler is amazing with a little more coaching he can be a boxing legend. Ward vs Kessler will excellent, two highly underrated warriors going at it…getting chills thinking about it
I can’t see dirrell hurting Abraham. I can see him getting a hometown decision if Abraham doesn’t knock him out. Though I hope the ref shows some control and makes dirrell stand up for the full round rather than sitting down when Abraham gets close to him. I want to see ward vs kessler. Just to make sure at least one American is there on merit rather than to sell HBO pay per view.
Biased yank = scott gilford
why do you always write biased articles, scott? abraham destroyed taylor. 90% of taylors jabs were blocked and all meaningful shots came from abraham. dirrel will run like a chicken from abraham. dirrel is a joke! And he still has to face ward, the more tallented of the two andries. no WAY is dirrel making the quarters.
dirrel is a joke!
What a load of biased rubbish!! How can you expect a man to come to England and run away from the champion for 12 rounds but take the win? There was only 1 man in that ring that wanted to fight and we all know his name!!!
Well at least it’s better than the last article!
So let me get this straight…
Covering up and blocking almost every jab thrown Abraham’s way is awful, while Dirrell’s running around the ring for most of the fight afraid to engage is amazing. Ok, I get it now. Just wanted to clear that up.
TNT i fully agree, well put!
I look forward to the Kessler VS Ward fight as the three so called biggest warriors in the US will be the bottom three of the super six….just the way it will stay until the very end!
Ta tar!
You say that many fans thought Dirrell won but the responses you are getting are the opposite. Get a clue please.
Arthur Abraham is a warrior,something Dirrell will never be called.Abraham fought Edison Miranda for most of the fight with his jaw broken in two places.He’s made 10 successful defences of the IBF Middleweight title and left Jermaine Taylor in a heap in his last fight.
And Scott,what are you talking about Abraham looked awful until the 9th? Taylor barely won a round from the 5th onwards.When the KO happened Abraham was ahead by 107-102,105-103 & 106-102 on thescorecards.
Now Scott,tell me what Dirrell has achieved so far? NOTHING,that’s what.
We all know Dirrell will look to fight Abraham the same way he fought Froch.He’ll dance,he’ll run,he’ll pose and when they get close he’ll grab and hold for dear life.He’ll whine to the ref like a biggirl about how rough Abraham is.
I really hope for the sake of boxing Abraham knocks this over rated sissy spark out!!
People who know far more about the sport than you scored the fight Scott, and before you said you scored it 9 rounds to 3 and now your saying 8 rounds to 3 with 1 even!
With Kessler having 14 straight title fights i rate him to be the most talented fighter in the super6.
Will be interesting fight, but can’t see Dirrell having the power to trouble AA, but at some point AA will atch up with him. I suspect a similiar result to AA’s first first in the Super 6, late stoppage win.
I agree with you-Dirrel is talented,but at the end of the day he lacked the heart of a champion for not stamping his authority on Froch when he had sized up his shockingly visible lack of skill.As for Abraham,he may not look the part but His clever tactics,lock-tight defense,chin and raw strength make him a rock-hard nut to crack.Styles make the game and not everybody is a beautifully slick boxer!
DOES IT SURPRISE ANYONE VTHAT THE BRITISH THOUGHT FROC WON THIS FIGHT? HELL THEY EVEN SEE HATTON AS A SKILLED FIGHTER.HA HA HA HA HA HA.
You make me laugh.
“Talented american, andre dirrell”
What happened to
“undefeated american, andre dirrell”
HA HA HA
your boy need 2 do a real number on abraham.if he just does enuff 2 win for the rest of hes boxing life its a wast of hes skill and a bore 4 the fans
come on scott you know dirrell spoiled and ran all night against froch. i under estimated dirrell so what i will say is this- if dirrell came to fight it would of been a very different result.
on a different note i can see abraham doing worse than froch did. froch walks his opponent down for the full 12 rounds. abraham sits off and boxes for about 20 seconds each rounds. can see a comfortable dirrell win. it will be like taking pot shots at a punch bag all night for him.
I’ll watch some Benny Hill. It should have the same effect as a Dirrell fight.
i thought i was the only one who saw that elbow shot ! out of all the articles i’ve read this was the only one that mention that abraham elbow ! lol! yea dirrell should hav gotten that win , …well i think its gonna be a hard battle against abraham…..but ….i believe andre will pull it off !