Abraham looking scared of Dirrell
March 27th, 2010
Photo: Tom Casino/showtime – By Scott Gilfoid: At today’s weigh-in between Arthur Abraham and Andre Dirrell, I couldn’t help noticing how scared Abraham looked. He looked really scared much more than I can ever remember him being. Abraham looked especially timid when he was forced to stand and look Dirrell in the eyes while standing directly in front of him. Abraham appeared incredibly nervous, looking as if he wanted to get away from Dirrell as fast as he could. This isn’t a good sign for Abraham. He usually has a cocky look to him at weigh-ins and when entering a fight.
Tonight, Abraham will have to set foot in a foreign arena against one of the most talented fighters in all boxing, and I think reality is starting to dawn on Abraham. It’s one thing to think about facing a talented fighter like Dirrell weeks ahead of time, but quite another matter altogether when you realize that you’ll be facing him in less than 24 hours.
Abraham looks to be experiencing an old fashion case of the nerves. It could be that Abraham finally realizes he’s in with an opponent that he can’t beat. Dirrell is a one of a kind fighter, a 2004 Olympic Bronze Medalist for the United States, with blazing hand speed and power that most fighters can only dream of. Abraham has faced mostly a bunch of opponents that were badly over-matched due to the dreadful talent that permeates the middleweight division. Abraham was a champion in the middleweight division, to be sure, but a champion of what? There’s not a whole lot of talent in the middleweight division, so it really say much that Abraham was the champion over there.
I hope Abraham can work though his nerves before fight time because I want Dirrell to beat the best version of Abraham. Not some timid rabbit. A lot of people who have seen little of Abraham in action are already crowning him the champion of the Super Six tournament, all based on his knockout win over Jermain Taylor.
It’s too bad they haven’t seen a lot of Abraham’s fights like I have because if they had they would realize that he’s not as good as he looked in stopping Taylor. Heck, Taylor was stopped in his previous fight against Carl Froch, so there’s no reason to get excited about Abraham. If someone wants to know how good Abraham is I’d advise them to watch his recent fight against Lajuan Simon, which took place last year in March.
Abraham ended up winning the fight by a fairly large margin, but I had the fight about even. The fight, of course, was fought in Germany. I thought the scores were ridiculous. Anyway, Abraham fought like he always does, just covering up for two minutes and forty seconds of every round and then coming alive in the last 10 to 20 seconds to try and steal the rounds.
Mostly, Abraham badly missed with his punches in the last seconds. In replays after the rounds, the slow motion replay would show Abraham throwing a flurry of 10 to 15 punches, missing all but two or three. Of course, he’d still win the rounds based on this anemic total. At any rate, Simon made Abraham look old and slow in that fight, and that’s exactly what Dirrell will be doing.
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So… What now Ruler? LOL @ mentioning Pacman in a Middleweight contest.
yea hes well scared ent he? god, do me a favour, maybe he was trembeling aswell, im sure u saw that scott and no1 else did!! u a class a penis man, really u are! abraham gnna smash him, u wait and see. that ud be just about everyy prediction uv made this year to be wrong.
nice work, truly nice work….. haha
@ruler wtf does manny pac man have to do with how good someone is? freakin fanboys got me throwing up i swear. and dirrell will win by decision, and it wont be impressive. thats my prediction.
WoW Scott! What’s happening with you? The more you write the more you sound ridiculous. Abraham is not scared of Direll. It’s quite the contrary, Direll seems nervous.
Ok, so here’s my prediction. Abraham by KO round 6. Yes 6 rounds it will take Abraham to KO your idol, Scott. I don’t think you know it, but in the Lajuan fight Abraham was REALLY weight drained. He had to burn so much weight in a short period of time, that’s why he didn’t look as good.
Get ready to find excuses Scott, because today is the day you will be ashamed of having writing such biased articles. Direll’s fan will become Abraham’s fan today. Abraham is not Clottey. Abraham is much tougher, stronger, faster and sharper. Had Manny Pacquiao faced Abraham instead of Clottey, Manny would be KO.
Yes Abraham has the power to KO Manny Pacquiao and I believe that’s would have happened if they fought.
So Abraham 6 round KO, remember my name when you see Direll being KO.
After all, we(Abraham fans) are the winners and you Scott, are the loser.
Personally I thought Dirrell looked scared.
What counts is who gets in the ring focussed and ready to fight.
scott u bang on adout dirrell the bell so much i think u love him if he was a 1 of a kind why did he never win the gold ????
scott u bang on adout dirrell the bell so much i think u love him if he was a 1 of a kind why did he never win the gold ????
Ab fought with his jaw bone hanging off.. you seriously think the mans scared in the weight-in, ha,,,.
everybody knows that prefight looks rarely mean a thing,.. prefight mug shots do little to predict a winner,… Chambers was the picture of confidence going into Deutsland or where ever they fought,.. ” just 2 more days and I’ll be bringing home them belts”,.. he was saying,….but after one right hand to the face after round 2 … he was standing on end of the jab like every one else… AA can be beaten fo’ sho’,… but never with hard looks,.. or menacing stares,… lets see what happens in the ring…
The picture you have used to acompany this article says it all… Dirrell is bricking it!!
You better prey your boy dirrell wins tonight gilford cos if he loses the amount of time and energy you put in to knocking out these endless articles on the subject boy your really gonna hear about it
Considering you dont rate Froch as a fighter this fight is also the biggest fight of Dirrells career also, no? Due to the fact Dirrell (Froch aside) has fought no one of note. I hope King Arthur KO’s this chump.
If Abraham wins by KO, Scott will probably write some article about how:
‘it was a lucky punch’
‘the better man lost’
‘faulty officiating’
‘Dirrell is the greatest boxer of all time and could’ve beaten Ali and Foreman at the same time’
etc etc…
Just watched the weigh-in and if anything Dirrell looked scared. You’re a disillusion man Scott.
I imagine you just post these pointless articles because you find the responses amusing; as there is no way you actually believe the rubbish you write.
Ultimately though Scott, you’re the one who takes time to do them which makes you a sad sad sad man.
Arthur isn’t scared of anyone.
That being said, AA is a rhythm fighter so Dirrell’s ability to win will depend on how well he can stick, move and tie up. If I were his trainer I’d get him watching how Bernard Hopkins destroyed Kelly Pavlik over and over again. Casual fans won’t like it, but real boxing enthusiasts appreciate a disciplined game plan.
For AA to win, he needs to realize that Dirrell will be on his bike all night. Cut off the ring and go to the body in the early rounds. Then set him up for the kill late. Arthur is too clumsy with his punches to catch Dirrell clean without softening him up first.
Prediction: My heart is with Dirrell but my head says AA by late stoppage. Dirrell hasn’t reached a level of maturity yet as a fighter to execute a succesful gameplan against a world-class fighter like AA.
You only have to look at the picture to see who looks relaxed and who looks scared. Dirrell is bricking it.
Abraham scared? lol
Dirrel looks like he has just seen a ghost at every event him and abraham have been at.
He is bricking it, as from dirrells own mouth ‘This dude is a dangerous dude, dangerous period’
cant wait fot dirrell to get sparked out tonight. what you going to write then scot you tit.
It was well known that King Arthur had to drain himself to make weight against Simon.
How come no mention of Dirrell getting knocked down by Rocha and Hanshaw (ref called it a slip – he was hit with a punch)? How come no mention of how Dirrell would fall to a knee to avoid exchanges with Froch? We have youtube too Scott – I can look up Dirrell’s past fights where he couldn’t knock out tomato cans that AA would have stomped out.
My flight to Detroit leaves in three hours. I’ll be there firsthand to see your fantasy boy get KTFO.
‘he’s not as good as he looked in stopping Taylor. Heck, Taylor was stopped in his previous fight against Carl Froch’ is that the carl froch that beat dirrell then. man this bloke has real issues, were you bullied as a child scott? have you a poster of dirrell in your room?
Dirrell is the one with the uneasy look in the photos. One of AA`s assets namely his ability to be calm, cool and collected in situations were others might show nerves, this is yet again clearly evident in the current photo shoots.
How can the writer get it so wrong? Arthur Abraham showing fear is not in the cards unless you have a hand like Scott G. who largely struggles to bluff his way through his subjective articles that actually convey mostly his personal opinion rather than the whole balanced story as it presents itself.
abraham is allways focused calm and very confident, there was no nerves in king arthur, scott cant think of anything constructive to say coz he has no idea what he is talking about!
Come on Scott, don’t you realize how ridiculous your postings are? OK, Dirrel is a gifted boxer but so is Abraham. No one expects an easy win for Arthur and that’s exactly what the Super Six Tournament is about: Interesting fights, close decisions. Dirrel has a good chance of winning if he manages to dodge Abraham’s lethal blows for 12 rounds. But why on earth should Arthur be afraid of Andre? One lucky punch alone might be enough to decide the bout in favour of Abraham but Dirrel just doesn’t have that weapon. So, either Abraham KOs Dirrel or it’ll be a close decision on points. I’m really looking forward to it.
Dirrell, Kessler, Froch and Ward are jokes. Direll will get knocked out by the 10th round. He better wear Nike track shoes and work on his wrestling skills.
Damn I thought the fight had to happen before someone is declared the loser. AA will be ready. Dirrell post poned the fight so I hope he is fully recovered. This is going to be a great fight.
Today, is the day, That Gilfkcu would realize he’s a moron, moron!
I don’t think Abe is scared after watching Dirrell run around in the Froch fight.