Dirrell = A bigger version of Floyd Mayweather Jr; Klitschko-Johnson on HBO
November 25th, 2009
By Scott Gilfoid: Since putting on a masterful performance against World Boxing Council super middleweight champion Carl Froch last month in their Super Six tournament competition in Nottingham, England, the world has been on fire with the prospects of seeing the talented Andre Dirrell (18-1, 13 KO’s) in action again. Dirrell, 27, who looks like a taller, heavier version of Floyd Mayweather Jr., showed incredible hand speed and defensive skills in fighting Froch and making him look, as one poster pointed out recently, like Bambi on ice skates. I have to agree with that comment.
A natural southpaw, Dirrell is quite adept at landing with either hand. Indeed, Dirrell’s right hand is in some ways even more powerful than his left. This is what makes Dirrell so hard to fight. Because not only does a fighter have to worry about his amazing hand speed, defense skills and left hand, but they also have to stay watchful that they aren’t clipped by one of his rights.
As most people know, the Mayweather-like Dirrell lost the Super Six fight to Froch by a 12 round split decision, in a fight that many boxing fans feel was a very questionable decision. I saw it as close to shutout for Dirrell, and was only able to give Froch a few mercy rounds where he turned to fouling in the 5th. It doesn’t matter, though, Dirrell will still get a chance at redemption against Froch if the British fighter can get by Mikkel Kessler and Arthur Abraham, his next two fights in the Super Six tournament. Dirrell has two fights ahead of him in Abraham and then fellow American Andre Ward. I believe that Dirrell will win both fights and then be in position to fight hopefully Froch one more time.
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Vitali Klitschko vs. Kevin Johnson bout to be shown on HBO
The December 12th bout between WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko and challenger Kevin Johnson will be shown on HBO, according to the latest boxing news from the world. This is great for fans, and for the Klitschko brothers because it was thought that the Klitschko-Johnson bout wouldn’t make it on HBO for lack of interest in the fight. Although Johnson is unbeaten at 22-0, he hasn’t faced stellar opposition during his pro career and doesn’t have a lot of power to speak of. On paper, this looks to be a one-sided fight with Vitali destroying Johnson.
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A close fight but I thought Froch deserved the decision – he was the only one moving forward. Dirrell danced and ran, and it wasn’t very pretty.
I reckon Dirrell is a good prospect, but he was sh*t scared of Froch that night. That’s why he lost.
It was such a masterful display if boxing that the man you are referring to lost! Get that into your head you muppet! You talk about bambi on skates, dirrell resembled a drunk breakdancer the amount of time he spent on the floor. When he wasn’t on the floor he spent more time holding than a contestant on strictly come dancing! I will look forward to seeing dirrell on a future episode of this show becuase that’s all he will be fit for after Abrahams finishes him off!
Scott take me up the @rse again.
froch won it although was very close thou he’ll definetly come again hes one for the future
Dirrel RAN, CRIED, and LOST the fight because his mouth hits harder than his fist!!! As much as I dislke Mayweather it is an insult to compare CRYBABY Dirrel to him!
Dirrell is green,Floyd a multi-weight legend!I feel sorry for you so I’ll give you a comparison-Olympic bronze!!
If you agree with me that Froch looked like Bambi on ice then how did your legend fail to convincingly beat him?!Scott ur a beaut!
You compare Dirrell to Floyd-there is one obvious difference-PBF doesn’t lose!
Ha ha your a clown, but not a very funny one.
How can you call Dirrell’s performance against Froch “masterful” when he lost? It was a close fight i admit that but a “masterful” performance would have seen Dirrell winning clearly or stopping him. Idiot.
Never compare Dirrell to the far superior Mayweather. No one fights like mayweather. Dirrell is crap, anyone that loses to froch on points doesnt deserve to fight. it took him the WHOLE fight to realise that he should have stood and traded with Froch, you compare him to Mayweather who can adapt to any fighter in the first 3 rounds… and win
hit and not be hit whilst staying in range is what makes a good boxer something that floyd does but dirrel dosent, hitting and running is for pu ssys
masterfull performance…bless…lol
HA! a bigger version of Mayweather would be undefeated, regarded amongst the best P4P and attract PPV!
Dirrell?
He lost one fight, most likely due to his inability to adapt fast/effectively enough or his lack of a proper game plan (i will forgive Haye for his running game plane considering the size of his opponent but i won’t forgive any fighter who does against someone of the same size).
In the Froch bout he didn’t really impress skill wise or excitement wise (you need 1 of the 2 for PPV, Mayweather has skills)
He will probably lose to at least 1 of his next 2 opponents as the only person he fought that was worthy(ish) was Froch who is probably a little less threatening as Abraham (considering his clean record and experience in middleweight) or Ward (clean sheet, recent performance against Kessler).
He jumped into a tough competition way too early in his career and will pay the price for that.
What he should have done?
Start fighting slightly tougher opponents, move onto the likes of Bute or Pavlik, THEN he will be ready for the elite of the division and probably have a better career.
I am from England, I thought Froch lost.
scott, froch did win that fight
Dirrell won that night and got robbed,it was a lesson learned.
That performance was anything but masterful and if you think he’s like Mayweather..well…
I am american and hought Dirll lost the fight . I bet on Direll thinking this was an easy bet . Direll is a better boxer and even toe to toe he had Froch beat . BUT , He gave the fight away !! you cant win a fight actually running away . Why he chose to run SO much is beyond me. In a rematch I would give 2:1 odds on Dirrell . But that night Froch was the deserved winner
Scott, you are right on target! To those across the pond, Come On! Froch couldn’t and didn’t hit Dirrell. Let me think now, the objective in boxing is to “hit”, and to not be “hit”. Once you understand the basics of boxing, then you will understand that Dirrell beat Froch, and Andre Ward crushed Kessler. One more thing. Dave, Ward is a dirty fighter? You think you understand the game. You don’t. Froch is the dirty fighter. If we had seen a better referee in the Dirrell-Froch fight, we would have seena different ending.
Scott i think you need therapy as you are suffering psychosis or you have just landed..
froch fights dirty so did dirrell ward repeatedly headbutted kessler and cut him twice due to the butts that aint dirty?
Dirrell showed some evasive skills and speed but a big Mayweather? Behave!
If we could scale Mayweather up to a natural 168 I 100% guarantee you that he would not be dropping any decisions to Carl Froch even if that decision is questionable.
A 168 Mayweather would have been at least as evasive as Dirrell but without running and with blistering counter attacks and suprise lead rights and left hooks. He would let Froch load up his bombs, slip them and shoot accurate counters in before gliding away without being hit.
“world has been on fire with the prospects of seeing the talented Andre Dirrell (18-1, 13 KO’s) in action again” have they scott mabe in your mind lol i think here and across the pond both thought dirrell and froch were poor froch was slow and dirrel just ran and hold prob the worst thing in boxing to watch lets hope hes next fight he does not hold and run lets hope he will use his speed and power and go and look for a fight im sure he would mabe git a knockout and im positive he would be a good fighter to watch as for froch we know he slow and not that skilled but hes a slugger and we like hes brave 1 thing he has got is power so froch will need to use that to win anywas keep up the bad articles scott it annoys me but i suppose it keeps me entertained
its funny the only people that thought froch won are from england!!
Dirrel is a Klingon, hit and hold, he just needs to master the headbutt and he might just get 10000 to turn up for his next fight but the next time it will probably be 5000 who turn up to watch.
dirrell will lose both of his next fights. just like he lost to froch. get over it scott. dirrell lost the fight. nothing can change that, no matter how much you complain, the result will not change, dirrell lost.
ste, Dirrell wasn’t ‘running away’, he was just too quick for froch, when froch threw, yes, dirrell did move away from the punch, but then he would throw quick combos back that froch had no answer for. but ya I agree about dirrell’s dirty tactics, this Scott guy is sooo biased, he should’ve mentioned that
dirrell like mayweather? are u sure u dont mean ward- he is more like mayweather!
Scott- You need to let go of the AD vs KF match. In all honesty it was a boring fight and to put it nicely both fighters had an off night. To put it plainly they both stunk the place up. See how AD does in his next fight, if he does well then blow your horn for him , doing it now is rather stupid.
oh right ok. dirrell was fighting dirty aswell mate. constantly ducking and running away. he wasnt that impressive atall.