Abraham vs. Dirrell: Andre is going to Dismantle Arthur
November 1st, 2009
By Scott Gilfoid: Arthur Abraham (31-0, 25 KO’s) finds himself in the enviable position of leading the pack of super middleweights in the Super Six tournament by virtue of his 12th round knockout of Jermain Taylor. Abraham’s victory has had the effect of turning him from the fighter who least was predicted to win the Super Six tourney to the one that is now being favored by more than a few boxing fans who are seeing him with new eyes.
Dirrell lost his first fight of the Super Six tournament by questionable circumstances in a fight against World Boxing Council super middleweight champion Carl Froch on October 17th, in Froch’s home city of Nottingham. Although Dirrell fought his heart out and appeared to win the fight by a fairly convincing decision, two of the judges scored it for Froch.
I’m not going to beat this into the ground by rehashing this painful loss for Dirrell, but needless to say, Dirrell’s loss left a lot of questions about that fight. Unfortunately, there’s no rematches in the Super Six tournament, so this fight can’t be done over again unless by chance Froch and Dirrell meet later on in the tournament. Dirrell will be doing his part in making that happen by defeating Abraham next year in January.
Abraham is being given way too much credit for his knockout win over Taylor. It’s a great a win, but come on let’s be honest here, Taylor’s chin was probably compromised well before the Super Six tournament started and he might have been better off not participating at all.
I can’t give Abraham any credit for that win. If this was a knockout win over someone like Andre Ward, Dirrell or Mikkel Kessler, then I’d be ready to crown Abraham as the king of the Super Six, but that’s not what happened. What I saw was a sloppy fighter throwing wild shots and not being very active in his fight against Taylor.
When Abraham did eventually hurt Taylor in the 9th, he tagged him with a right elbow to the head. The referee, I suppose, didn’t see the elbow from Abraham and didn’t stop the action to save Taylor from taking needless blows to the head. Whether Abraham hurt Taylor or not, his hand speed was as slow as molasses and his work rate was just as poor it’s been in the past year.
Supposedly, the argument for Abraham’s low work rate was because he was having problems making the middleweight 160 limit. By moving up a weight class to the 168 pound super middleweight class, it was supposed to fix Abraham’s problems with low punch output. However, I didn’t see any change at all with Abraham.
And that’s not good news for Abraham, because throwing 10 punches per round, which is what Abraham was doing against Taylor, won’t get the job done. Abraham won’t be able to depend on the judges’ in Germany to give him the benefit of the doubt, because the fight is being held in the United States. Because of that, I see Dirrell working Abraham over like a punching bag, raining shots on him at every angle and making him miss all night long.
This is going to be a really easy fight for Dirrell and it’s going to change the minds of many people about him. After this fight, Dirrell will be the one that boxing fans see as the eventual winner of the Super Six tourney, not Kessler or Abraham.
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KING’S GONNA WIN AGAIN
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Arthur will punish Dirrell for your senseless article.
Dirrell is dead man walking!
Abraham wins big time
Ya sissy cats, you already gave your cons against Abraham before the Taylor fight, and now you’re all the same sissy cats are here to bark. For your confidence, Abraham will exhibit his typical strategy against dirrell, he will lure him and knock him out numb. Dirrell’s body will be senseless before hits the canvas.
This will stimulate scottik’s rage. Then I’ll give you the talk victory and I’ll take the walk victory. Hahahahahaha
Hold your breath In your fat belly till then scottik, when you’ll burst your breath out of your bat belly, after Abraham knocks out dirrell numb. Hehehehehehehahahahahabahahahsha.
abraham is not as good as u want him. that stand there and get hit – peek a boo style wont hold up to the cunningness of dirrel===and dont hate on dirrell——–young, fast, moves well and for sure beat froch—–mummy 40’s style fighter who cant land spit on a good fighter—the best thing bout super 6 is that at the end of the day– eveyone is going to get a solid shot at making their stand—- i say the fight to see is dirrell vs ward- where dirrell taks the belt away from head butt master– pidder patter ward== dont get me wrong– he won kessler who doesnt understand how to make adjustments in the ring when things are not going as planned–
It’s all up for grabs and when two contrasting styles like this meet, who knows what will happen. I think european fighters do have trouble with American fighters because Europeans come to fight and KO whereas Americans come to win on points and KO if the opportunity arises. Dirrel is an awkward switch hitter but seems to lack a knock-out punch. Fighters like Dirrel use flurries but against Arthur’s tight defence Dirrel may find, like Taylor, that he expends energy trying to open up Arthur’s guard. Arthur is powerful but messy. If I had to choose, I’d go with Arthur by KO.
Dirrell is very quick and has great hand speed. I was impressed with his quickness in several fights of his that I watched. I don’t think that Abraham is nearly as slow as many have said here. If you watch his fight with Taylor, you will see that he can react very quickly to punches thrown his way, and not just use the peek-a-boo defense. He can move his head out of the way of punches pretty quickly, and also change styles to fight with his hands at his side, mostly for show, when he wants to. His hand speed is good – which you can see when he decides to throw combinations or throw a few jabs in a row. I think he just chooses to fight “economically” and not waste a lot of energy jumping around, though he is basically pretty fast with his hands and on his feet.
I think it Dirrell’s best chance is to move in and throw some quick punches and back out quickly. I think that Abraham might let him do this a bit (using his peek-a-boo defense to test how hard Dirrell punches), and then try to trap him in a corner or against the ropes. I think Abraham will win by KO, but Dirrell could win a decision if the speed difference between him and Abraham is larger than I think.
I have never read such a horribly written one side bashing boxing article in my life. This article is probably written by Dirrel himself. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? Has the writter of this article even seen any of Abrahams fights? I dont concider Dirrel a fighter after his lame performance with Froch and he deserved to lose! I’ve never seen more hugging in a boxing fight, I felt like I was watching a a love story on Lifetime(television for women). Dirrel is not a fighter, he is fast, yes, accurate, yes, powerful, no, chin, questionable. Dirrel will be S***ting bricks in the ring with a warrior like ABRAHAM. I predict Dirrel hugging and running around like a little B***** and Abraham getting an EASY victory by KO, possibly even a KO by body shots.
i agree — worst article in history. it is clear you love dirrell, but it is not quite clear why that is.
have you only seen abraham against taylor? man, open the eyes — this guy is on another level.
you see those google ads at the top of this website? well, this moron of an author is just trying to pull a fast one and trying to get hits to his website and gettin’ paid by google for their ad hits… can you blame him, i mean think about it, if you could write a story, to bring people to your website, does it matter what the story says, as long as their there right? RIGHT. its sort of like saying any publicity is good publicity because weather you agree with him or not, your at the website, he is getting paid.
Arthur Abraham will destroy Andre Dirrel, DISTROY, this is not an opinion, this is a fact, the current betting line is -950 Abraham. if you guys are not aware what that means let me fill you in,,,you have to bet $950 to win $100. Nuf Said?
ARTHUR IS THE GREATEST.
All you idiots who still haven’t relized by now that this tournament is fully conquered by Arthur… Than I suggest you dummies to volunteer to work as a punching bag at Abrahams training facility!
Speed kills. That why Direll will win. Abraham “defeat” of Taylor raises more questions than it answers. Abraham fights not only with slow hands and feet but in a straight line. What will he do against the deadly combination of hand speed , foot speed, and an ability to attack from all angles.
Unless Direll makes an uncharacteristic mistake he will win in style.
Scott what did you this morning?
German Armenian is gonna win this fight with no doubts. It’s inarguable
Andre Dirrel Boxed Very Good, But He Didint Fight At All, To Beat The Cobra You Need To Be Able To Box And Fight And There Is Only Two Fighters In The Tounement That Can Do That And That Is Arthur Abraham And Mikkel Kessler, Im Going With Froch To Win And Beat Them All And Stay Unbeated
Uhhh, not to rain on your anti-Euro parade (I’m American, but find your writing ridiculously biased) but Kessler and Abraham were both given equal odds as the most likely to win the tournament. NOTHING changed when Abraham knocked out Taylor.
Direll’s Strategy
Hit and run
Avoid getting hit with a big punch
Survive 12 rounds and score more points
Arthur’s strategy
Land one BIG punch for the KO win
I don’t see Direll winning, Arthur’s is just too smart a boxer and Direll unfortunatly for him NOT a smart boxer.
KING ARTHUR ABRAHAM easy win KO rounds 7,8,9
Direll will lose, unless he miraculasly survives 12 rounds, he then might win by points.
But i don;t see that happening, i see a KO win for KING Arthur Abraham around the rounds 7-9.
Direll is an easier fight for Abraham, unlike JT Direll has NO defence, and don;t tell me guys, dancing around the ring is |NOT a good defence. A good defence is like Arthur, protecting your face. All Arthur needs is to land a BIG one in Dirells face and it’s goodnight America.
dirrel is going to dismantle Arthur? man please. That sounds funnnnnnnnnny to me. you have got to be kiddin me. Athur is way more experienced. AA is got the power. what else do you want. this thing is going to be close for the first 4 rounds. than AA i going to KO dirrell.
Isn’t this what you said before his fight with Froch. Now i don’t care what you say you biased tos*er Dirrell lost that fight fair and square. It was a very close fight which could have gone either way but your the only person that thinks Dirrell won by a landslide. Opinion is generally 50/50 on who won the fight from what i’ve read. I think Abraham Vs Dirrell will be another close fig’m not holding my breath though.ht but please don’t come up with terrible excuses if he loses, just except whoever wins was the better man on the night.
I am seriously thinking of writing my own thoughts on this site so that it is not completely biased and verging on the racist side. I’m sure Scott can’t be that patriotic that he thinks that every boxer that has stepped out from the states is the next big thing. I don’t know quite how it works for the likes of Dirrell and Ward to be fighting champions already as whilst I believe in time they could be, somehow I think they are just not ready. Scott likes to rip into the European fighters but they have learnt their trade and done it over some time. Scott likes to bang on about Calzaghe, Hatton, Kessler, Froch etc… yawn yawn and how they are pretty much crap. Well I’m sorry, these guys have over thirty fights with some having over forty. They don’t have loss after loss on their records. Does that not tell you something and please don’t tell me they fought bums but I expect that’s what Scott thinks as of course they don’t have the little stars and stripes on their shorts. It must be frustrating for people like Scott who come from a huge huge country that at the moment is struggling to bang out talented champions. I expect that is why so many belts fly around so that the likes of Don King has a champion in his stable. I really look forward to people’s opinions on upcoming fights and what fighter is going to be the next big thing and yeah in Britain we have some boxers that sometimes don’t deserve a title shot but it’s one of those things that happens and money talks. What I really don’t like is the fact that Scott has so much time on his hands, probably does not have a job whilst American tax payers pay for him to write dribble. An opinion is fine but it’s starting to sound like Bin Laden spouting crap all the time and I thought most Americans are up for free speech but there usually is a cut off point. Talk about boxing and keep to the facts. I expect Scott will say Dirrell is the best champion ever if he beats Abraham but if it goes the other way it will be the ref’s fault, Dirrell’s shoe laces, corner or the scoring system. Scott I have boxed and teach it now and would love to get the gloves on with you. I have a broken elbow but even if your 20 stone I would have no problem in knocking some sense into your head because you just do not have a clue mate.
scott ye sh*thouse
stop blacklisting me because the truth hurts your feelings
let me have an opinion , you have yours .
Haha, good one Scott it did make me chuckle reading that headline.
let me see? dirrell could not beat froch abraham is gonna k.o. him. last to standing are gonna be abraham vs kessler. in the super six ,dirrell is fast and looks good but no power.
Dirrel will be a nobody by the end of the tournament, just like gilfoid. Maybe a career in athletics, he certainly did a lot of running vs Froch
Nice work again scottie, simply replace the name Froch for Abraham and youve got another six months worth of drivel to publish
didnt we hear things like this before dirrell-froch? can anyone take gilfoid seriously?
Dirrell to run for 12 and get a hometown decision. Be interesting to see how this site reports it if he does. I can’t see there being 20 articles questioning it anyway. Certain writers are remarkably biased.
I have seen Arthur Abrahams last 9 fights, and he fought 8 rounds with a double broken jaw and still won against the overhyped Miranda, then knocking him out easyli in the 4th round of the second fight.
Believe me, Dirrell cannot take Abrahams punch, if he lands it clean hes going down.
Dirrell will beat Abraham.
What a idiotic article. Lets jump on Dirrells dick cuz hes American. Well im American and i know Dirrell will need a miracle to pull a win off here. Abraham will not be hurt by a Dirrell who couldnt hurt (although he did win against Froch) Froch. Abraham would destroy Froch and he will Dirrell. Only one with a chance against him is Kessler. But i still dont see the King losing.
Dirrell is simply not experienced enough to be in this competition.
He will be out of his league against Abraham, a seasoned warrior, as he was against Carl Froch. Someone should tell these Americans. boxing is about fighting not running away.
Abraham to win on points.
scotik, please eat dung! your dry brains have no juice to cogitate effectively!
Abraham’s slow style could certainly play into Dirrell’s game plan, but he’ll have to play it smart. He’ll have to be the aggressor, but still try hard to avoid the power shots of a guy who obviously loads alot of power behind his punches.
Dirrell is gonna take out abraham and give his first loss.Dirrell is too fast and has superior footwork,hes not going to run against abraham because abraham isn’t as aggressive as froch is.Abraham only throws in spurts and doesn’t throw many punches throughout his fights.Dirrell also learned his lessson against froch,so he’ll come out to fight and make a statement against abraham.
agree with hovo. it will be arthur or kessler for the title
Totally agree JD this constant bias and love for Dirrell is sickening.
Dirrell doesn’t have the power to trouble Abraham and Dirrell himself appears to have a questionable chin – hence his constant impression of road runner, and ducking, clinching and falling to the ground he does all of this to avoid taking clean shots.
You seen the width of Abraham’s shoulders? One clean hit and Dirrell’s chicken legs are going to quiver and he’ll be done.
Do the boxing world a favor… write about another sport.
Dirrell is going to be the easiest fight for abraham in this tournament, its gonna take one outburst from Abraham in the 5th round to really hurt Dirrell… he can hit and run all he wants because arthurs defense is arguably the best in the tournament. When arthur catches him in the corner its lights out. And Abraham will knock him out.
dirrel should win this one, abraham doesnt have fast legs like froch to pressure dirrel.
im still going for abraham on this one, i despise anyone who has a hit and run style, the world doesnt need two mayweathers.
i like dirrels skills but he will never be a big attraction such as abraham and froch. dirrel cant and finish top notch fighters.
skills have nothing to do with stealing the hearts of true boxing fans.
its like asking.. who do you think people respect more as a fighter mayweather or arturo gatti?
dirrel should win this one, in a boring fight cuz abraham is very slow in comparison.
but i will still watch it and hoping dirrel gets caught and goes to sleep like taylor.