Dirrell-Abraham: Andre beating Arthur will be like stealing candy from a baby
February 9th, 2010
By Scott Gilfoid: Super middleweight contender Andre Dirrell (18-1, 13 KO’s) fights former IBF middleweight champion Arthur Abraham (31-0, 25 KO’s) on March 6th in the stage 2 Super Six tournament fight at the Agua Caliente Casino, in Rancho Mirage, California. Gullible boxing fans have become enamored with Abraham after seeing him knockout Jermain Taylor in the 12th round in their Super Six fight last October 17th.
Right now, Abraham is leading the Super Six tournament in scoring based on his knockout win. However, Dirrell is going to bring him back down to earth by beating him next month. Thus far, Dirrell has zero points by virtue of his 12 round decision loss to Carl Froch last October.
For me, I don’t count that as a loss, because Dirrell dominated the entire fight with his speed, counter punching and incredible boxing moves. The fight was held on Nottingham, England, the home of Froch. Personally, it was the worst decision I’ve ever seen in my entire life. I thought it was just bad scoring. But never the less, Dirrell is moving forward and will pick up points by beating Abraham next month.
This fight matches a primitive fighter in the 29-year-old Abraham, who has zero hand speed, poor stamina and a habit of fighting only 20 to 30 seconds of every round. Abraham holds onto his punches stingy miser, rarely punching until the closing moments of the round.
To beat Abraham is simple. All Dirrell has to do is use his brilliant hand speed to pound Abraham’s face for 2/3s of the round, and then move away from him during the last 1/3 of the round when Abraham comes alive. It’s that simple. Abraham generally charges forward like a mad bull when he attacks, throwing shots in all directions, missing most of his shots. The judges seem to eat this kind of thing up in his native Germany.
Dirrell, 6’2”, will have a big size advantage in this fight against the 5’10” Abraham. Arthur hasn’t faced a fighter as tall as Dirrell in his career or anyone near as fast. The speed, the size and the reach will give Abraham huge headaches as struggles to land anything at all in this fight. Dirrell showed movements that other fighters could only dream about in his bout against Froch, making him miss over and over again repeatedly.
Dirrell will do the same thing with Abraham, and maybe even worse. Froch was frantic in trying to land his punches after being dominated in the first four rounds by Dirrell, and began to chase Dirrell starting in the 5th. Abraham likes to run at his opponents, but he won’t be able to cut Dirrell down, because of Andre’s clever lateral movement.
Dirrell can change directions on a dime and throw huge counter shots at the same time. Once he has Abraham chasing him, Dirrell will start feeding him with straight left hands to the head and start busting him up. Abraham has a good chin, but I think Dirrell could possibly stop him late in the fight if Abraham starts taking too many chances like Froch did against Dirrell.
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Scottic, obviously your boy’s lateral movement was defaulted by a back injury. Yet unknown it’s truthfulness. My thinking syncs with Uli Wegner’s thinking that dirrell and shaw are playing mind games. I have the feeling that dirrell and shaw are looking for extra adventures on their asses which will cost them dearly. If dirrell’s team trying to gain extra time to compose a strategy, then I’d say that they are going to find themselves on the wrong end. AA has it all to answer to dirrell’s game plan. His best alternative is to clear his web-puzzled mind.
Obiously the author is a Direll fan who has only seen the Taylor-Fight. He claims: “Arthur hasn’t faced a fighter as tall as Dirrell”. He won his middleweight championchip against a guy who is 5 zentimeters bigger than Direll – Kingsley Ikeke. He had no problems with the distance and knocked him out on the ropes. The handspeed an footwork of Direll will be a problem for Abraham, no doubt. But he has the mental adavantage and a great ring intelligence, whereas Direll can not hit and run away 12 rounds. The other way round: Direll never faced a fighter with this power and killer instinct. He is afraid of Arthur, he is afraid of a big ko. He will get caught in the late rounds after a brilliant performance of handspeed, footwork and cheating.
“To beat Abraham is simple. All Dirrell has to do is use his brilliant hand speed to pound Abraham’s face for 2/3s of the round….” LOL
Never heard such crap before!! Scott Gilfoid, holding the guinness world record of trashwriting!! priceless!!
Long Live The King!- and He will. Loosing is not in his vocabulary.
Obviously judges did not see dirrell beating froch. Since judges didn’t regard dirrell’s effort, that simply means there was nothing there to be regarded.
Froch didn’t have to beat dirrell or chase him in the ring. Froch would have won the fight just by standing there for the 12 rounds and would have won the bout by default of dirrell’s inability to dethrone froch.
All froch had to do is just to be present in the ring on the standing position for 12 rounds. That’s all was required from froch to retain his title.
No man should anger himself over a halfwit. This article was not intended to predict an outcome or analyze a boxer, but it is in response to the readers’ reaction. Scotik obviously foresees the odds against him. consequently, he enjoys posting negative comments. He chose wrong line of job, he should be a comedian. “Lateral movement”? how about lateral runner? Dirrell is a big super flyweight.
Anyone that thinks that AA will beat AD, who was completely and totally robbed by a home town panel of judges when he definitely beat Carl “The British Phoney” Froch, needs their head examining. Dirrell, who showed excellent footwork and defensive ability and was never hit by Froch in the whole twelve rounds (I watched the fight and anyone who said otherwise is a liar), will sail through this one against Abraham, who got lucky against Jermain Taylor when he stumbled and would have fallen had he not accidentally hit the shot Taylor with his fist, is probably good enough to beat Froch or any other of those whining Limeys, but then so is anyone really, but against Dirrell he faces a challenge in style, boxing ability and also the way that he smiles at me every morning.
hey scotti boy, what will happen if abraham walks all over dirrell. u think u know boxing that well to just say whats gonna happen. i got news for u youngster AA will KO dirrell. After that we’ll see what kinds of artciles u write.
For the record, I thought Dirrell beat Froch, but I wasn’t ringside and by no means what it the worst robbery ever. Just as bad and Marquez vs. Pacman 2, Taylor vs Hopkins 2, Clottey vs. Cotto and Williams vs. Martinez.
The author cannot be serious…. U talking about an undefeated world champion here. A guy at the peak of this career (not like Kessler vs. Ward). I guess the 25 other KO’s AA has aren’t impressive 80.6% KO ratio… I think it is the author who is highly impressionable basis Froch vs. Dirrell. I wouldn’t count Dirrell out, but to discount AA like this is ignorant. This may be the most one-sided and miss-guided article I have seen on this site…
Dirrell is useless, simple as every one knows , espaecially when he backs him
Your articles just suck ass ABRAHAM his gonna win the whole tournament and after he does that his gonna knock you out 2.
I hope this writer dosn’t get paid. I think he’s better at writing fiction stories
scott hang urself u mug
This writer is dumb and bias he writes as if Abraham is a nobody with no boxing skills. Are you going to write when Abraham ko’s Dirrel?
FIRSTLY, YOU SCOTT DONT SEE THE LOSS TO FROCH AS A LOSS FOR DIRRELL. WHO ARE YOU, LIKE ANYONE BELIEVES WHAT YOU THINK.
SECONDLY IM NOT A BIG FROCH FAN, BUT I DONT THINK YOU A BIG DIRREL FAN EITHER. YOU HAD US BELIEVING THAT DIRRELL WAS GONNA KNOCK FROCH INTO NEXT WEEK WITH HIS SLICK SKILLS AND SPEED AND POWER. THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS DIRRELL WAS RUBBISH IN THAT FIGHT FROCH WASNT ANY BETTER. YOU WRITING ALL THIS RUBBISH AGAIN ABOUT DIRRELL DOING THE SAME TO ARTHUR AND YOU GET IT WRONG TIME AND AGAIN. WRITE ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE SCOTT CAUSE YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT BOXING.
Stealing candy from a baby?! LOL
When one steals candy from a baby they do not have to run as Dirrell does when he is fighting! He is fast and has skills but I hate it when guys fight like he does.That is why I have never been a fan of Sugar Ray Leanards,he ran around too much.
Tony Y, Scott will say the super talented Dirrel was robbed and that he scored it that Dirrel won all the rounds. Oh, and by the way that was an elbow that knocked Dirrel out and AA should have been disqualified.
Wards mouth is way too big for his boxing record. I hope he gets smashed up all nice and messy.
He showed all the typical flash boxing until he realised he was in a real fight and RAN.
Well lets hope hes got his track shoes on cuz hes in for more of the same.
By the way Scott I think your boyfriend Andre should take the US army stuff off his robe etc, if the allied forces spent the same amount of time in full-on retreat as the ‘brilliant’ Dirrell we would either be walking around talking German or Arabic, or a mixture of the two….rather like Arthur Abraham!
Another good ‘un Scott, the Pulitzer is as good as in the bag!
Did the writer not see the first round of the Super 6??
I would be very suprised if Abrahams were to lose here, the article has a race feel to it rather than being based on boxing.
Not sure really that that is overley welcome.
Abraham’s peek a boo style!! i like that one!!! A,A works behind a solid defence letting them throw there shots for half of the rounds with most of them landing on his gloves or forearms at the same time counter puching,then when they are tiring he unloads his heavier shots with the greater success!! “watch the taylor fight”,Direll is one of the weakish boxers in the super six, he’s over there and over rated!!!!!!!! A,A BY kNOCK OUT.
I’m beginning to think that this Scott character is actually Andre Dirrell himself.
Scott Sweetie,you really must stop heaping all this lavish praise upon me.
I know you find it hard to accept I lost to Carl Froch but you’ve got to take it like a man,something you’re always telling me!!!
See you tonight Honeybuns.
xxx
Dirrel boxed like an amateur against Froch and was scared to exchange at any cost. Why because he has a glass chin? no because he is made of glass. He will have to dance and clinch all night because one good contact and he will shatter and well you know that Scott.
* which is why he will have zero points *
Dirrell is the worst fighter in the Super 6 if you like his style so much perhaps you should be watching the amateur boxing. Froch and Abraham are rough fighters and they are beasts, Ward will trade and Kessler can do both… Dirrell does none of these things which is why he will have points after the next fight and have to leave the competition.
people more idiotic are ones commenting on this article, doesnt take a genius to figure out scotts ploys to write pieces contrary to the obvious so the people below me comment and give him more popularity… use some sense and dont comment!!!
Hahaha people are so impressed with silly pic-a-boo style AA brings to the ring & the tough man atitude he present in the ring. Remember what Calzaghe did to Jeff Lacy? He kept him behind that shell all nite by throwing multiple punches then moving as soon as he was done, leaving Lacy to wonder if Joe disapeared after each flurry. Direll will need to be in amazing shape & leave his imaturity Home with the rest of his video games but he can get it done. Ward & Direll remind me of Mayweather & Zab Judah. Two equaly very talented American fighters…1 is all business & razor sharp focused & the other is still a big kid prone to childish decisions & lack of focus!
Dirrell sucks just like all your articles
will be like stealing candy from a baby?…oh yes but you forget that this baby has two mallets in the fists and squashed the fingers of dirrell…
All u know it all know nots can make a fortune by betting on dirrel and putting your money where your mouth (or for that matter fingers that type this nonsence) hey suckers it pays $4 for every $1 you bet. Goodluck, might as well buy a scratcher. AA will “boom goes the dynamite” AD.
direll is garbage who has he beaten
???? he lost to froch cause he didnt want to exchange!!… abraham by k,o… easy…
I look forward to watcbing Arthur knock out Dirrell in person.
Dirrell is good, but ward is better. East oakland muthaf#ccaz!!
Scott you love thoes run and clinch jitter bugs but this will be a Fight and Direll will go down from a punch by a MAN
“Arthur hasn’t faced a fighter as tall as Dirrell in his career…”
Hey Scott,
Just to prove you wrong, Abraham has actually fought someone as tall as Dirrell even taller. His name is Kingsley Ikeke and thats the fight which gave Abraham the status of IBF Middleweight Champion. Ikeke was 6’4 whereas Dirrell is 6’2. I wont even tell you what the result of the fight was. Go watch the fight and you will see.
You Guy’s can speculate all you like,the fact is The King is on top for a reason.He does not need to throw a lot of punches.He picks his shots with power to provoke the opponent which tires them out,then he moves in for the kill.
With the exception of Froch Dirrell has fought nothing but C class fighters, and against Froch he did nothing little else but run and hold. Miranda broke Abraham’s jaw and AA fought on and took a decision, so it doesn’t seem likely that Dirrell will put him down for the count. As for the rest of your uninformed analysis; Abraham did not need to rely of German judges since 8 of his last ten fights ended in KOs. And as for your baseless assertion about his stamina, four of those KOs occurred in round ten or later. Now that Taylor is out and Green is in Dirrell becomes the weakest prospect in this competition.
abraham actually just times his shots…there isn’t a lot of work because he doesn’t waste punches & if you throw when there is no opening his power on the counter will destroy you. trying to outwork a guy with that sort of power is very dangerous.
taylor isn’t (& never was) a great fighter but he is much slicker, quicker, a bigger puncher & a better boxer than dirrell…if taylor couldn’t do what you’re saying dirrell should do…dirrell (with his inferior skills) has no chance.
having said that abraham is very beatable…dirrell won’t be the guy to do it though. ward & kessler could do it. maybe. bute could do it. calzaghe would have blown him away. but i’d be very surprised if dirrell did it. actually…i’d bet serious money that dirrell ends the super 6 with 3 losses.
You are on the dope, again. What a load of schitt.
i wouldnt count abraham out that quikly. dirrel fought like a little girl against froch by clinching all night. that fight should have been a draw due to two poor peformances.