Abraham-Dirrell: Arthur’s ‘o’ will go
January 4th, 2010
By Scott Gilfoid: In two months, former International Boxing Federation middleweight champion Arthur Abraham (31-0, 25 KO’s) will be taking on the toughest opponent of his career on March 6th against Andre Dirrell (18-1, 13 KO’s) in a Super Six tournament bout at the Agua Caliente Casino, in Rancho Mirage, California. Abraham, 29, will be turning 30 next month on February 20th, and is already starting to show signs of aging with his work rate dropping in the past couple of years.
Dirrell is faster of hand and feet, busier offensively, taller with longer arms, and the much better fighter on defense. The one and only thing that Abraham has going for him in this fight is a slight power edge. Some people mistakenly think that Abraham has crushing power based on his 12th round knockout win over Jermain Taylor on October 17th in their Super Six fight.
However, Taylor was hurt earlier in the fight from a picture perfect right elbow that Abraham landed in the 9th round that badly hurt Taylor. I think Taylor never adequately recovered from that elbow shot. The form that Abraham had in that elbow was quite excellent.
He had it looking like a punch but then he hooked his right arm enough to catch Taylor square in the grill, causing Taylor to stagger around after getting hit. This is a difficult weapon to defend against, of course, but I think Dirrell has it in him to avoid Abraham’s stray elbows as long as he doesn’t let Abraham to get in too close. Some people may not like this, but I think Dirrell needs to stay on the move for the full 12 rounds to avoid getting hit with one of Abrahams’ big shots.
As long as Dirrell fights hard in the first two and half minutes of every round, he should be fine for the last 30 seconds, which is when Abraham typically comes to life and starts throwing punches. Dirrell should have no problems figuring out how to deal with Abraham’s primitive attacks. He does the same thing every time he tries to attack an opponent, basically bum rushing them at a run and throwing punches the entire time.
For Dirrell, all he needs to do is step to the sides and let Abraham go by and then tag him. Dirrell can’t let Abraham get in close enough to let loose with the stray elbows because those shots are deadly.
Dirrell is coming off a controversial 12 round split decision loss to World Boxing Council super middleweight champion Carl Froch on October 17th. The loss, a bitter one for Dirrell, puts him with his back against the wall where he absolutely needs to win his next fight against Abraham or else risk not making it to the next round of the Super Six tournament.
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Scott you are such a dork!!
Obviously this is designed for the windup but ive got to point out how ridiculous it is anyway
is dirrell gonna fight this time?
Dirrell was scared of Frochs power so will be literally carrying sum waste around with him as hes running away from Abraham. I agree that his speed could be dangerous but hes too afraid of getting hit and no doubt ruining his looks
My prediction is that Abe will have far to much power for Dirrell. And after the way he held onto Froch for dear life I think the ref won’t allow it. Also Abe will brush him off in the clinches and rough him up on the inside leading to Dirrell being badly hurt and knocked out in the latter rounds. If Dirrell did open up and try to fight he will leave himself open to the power that Abe has and result in the same outcome. That is why he holds so much. He is not a confident fighter.
time 9.20 am tuusday 5 2o10 rest of super 6 mikkel kessler over carl froch andre over jermain taylor argree or dissagree
AA hass seen it all before. Dirrell will not bring anything new into the ring that Abraham has not overcome in the past. If Carl Froch can beat Dirrell then AA is surely the next fighter to do the same except in a more decisive, explosive manner.
I THINK YOU ARE DIRRELL
time 7.ooam tuesday january 5 2010 arthur arabham
On yer marks get set GO!!!!!and it Dirrell the Gazelle by a mile.
Arthur Abraham Will win. His punch is very very powerfull… He hits like a good heavyweighnt
What is it with you and Dirrell!!!! you really do jack of over his picture dont you Scott. This is the same Andre Dirrell who you said would dominate Froch, only for him to spend most of his time attempting to hold on rather than throw punches. Abraham will be far to strong,and has far to good a defence for Dirrell to do any damage.
I think this fight wont last longer than 6. Abraham KO.
a long boring fight if dirrell wins a or a spectacular knockout for abraham!! ill put my money on abraham he has an excellent track record the miranda 2x taylor? all extreme k.o with top notch opponents. dirrell fought who? and lost to froch>
Dirrel will need his track shoes and his judges to win. If he fights he wont need his ref or judges just a ringside doc.
ABRAHAM IS TOO EXPERIENCED FOR THE YOUNG DIRREL
I wonder if Dirrell will bring his new running shoes he got from his momma for xmas against Abraham?? ..I’m sure he’ll wear them in quickly. He’ll might even need a BIIIG comforting hug again during every round come to mention it!!
Can u please answer why ur so anti british and anti europe please, ur a bit boring!!!!!!!!!!!!!xx
Actually its more AA’s backyard, its in Southern California and there are lots of Armenians who are going to go to support him.
Direll is gonna get sparked out
Dirrell is going to outbox him like he did to froch but now its in Dirrells Backyard!
Newton’s third law states “for every action (force) in nature there is an equal and opposite reaction”. My role is to bring reason where there is stupidity, light where there is dark.
Gilfoid; “Arthur Abraham will be taking on the toughest opponent of his career on March 6th against Andre Dirrell”
Anti Gilfoid; Arthur Abraham has beaten Edison Miranda twice, Jermaine Taylor and Howard Eastman to name a few.
Gilfoid; “(Abraham) is already starting to show signs of aging with his work rate dropping in the past couple of years”
Anti Gilfoid; His style has always been tucked up behind a tight defence and only throwing a few shots hard which hurt. He’s never been a figher with a high punch output.
Gilfoid “on paper, Dirrell has the much better overall skills compared to the slow moving Abraham”
Anti Gilfoid; its not on paper, only his record is which doesn’t suggest anything like this as he hasn’t faced good opposition. Its purely conjecture on your behalf which no one who reads this site respects.
Gilfoid; “Dirrell is ….. the much better fighter on defense”
Anti Gilfoid; Abraham is renowned to have one of the best defences in the business. That’s why he’s so hard to beat.
Gilfoid; “The one and only thing that Abraham has going for him in this fight is a slight power edge”
Anti Gilfoid; Abraham has a massive power edge. His whole game relies purely on that fact and always has.
Gilfoid; “He does the same thing every time he tries to attack an opponent, basically bum rushing them at a run and throwing punches the entire time”
Anti Gilfoid; Abraham bides his time each round, intelligently waits until the last 30 seconds when they’ve spent their energy and then tags people with hard shots when they can’t avoid them as effectively.
Order restored. Mate, give up.
If Abraham can cut the ring off on Dirrell and i say if because boy can Dirrell run as we’ve all ready seen, it should make for an exciting fight,Abraham to to KO him.
Abraham has no boxing skills
Abraham has a lot more power and a much better defence, but i agree that if Dirrell stays on the move he can win the fight. I think Abraham will catch up to him eventually and take him out, but it isn’t impossible for Dirrell to win this one
time 5.o5 pm monday january 4 2010 rest of super6 y;all mikkel kessler over carl froch andre ward over jermain taylor
Artur has double the power of Dirrell.
Double.
although i hardly agree with anything you say,i do fink theres a great chance abraham may loose this fight,or if he does win it could well be controversial,because in my eyes abraham just seems far to slow to deal with dirrel i know abraham has huge power but so does froch but dirrel just moves to good to get caught with any thing big.i can also this fight being very boring as abraham just doesnt throw many punches at all,and dirrell likes to do to much dancing around the ring rather than trade.
slight power edge. ok
dream on scott
monday january 4 201o time 4.25 pm arthur arabham over dirrell