Dirrell-Ward = the best fight of the Super Six tournament on September 25th
April 10th, 2010
By Scott Gilfoid: Perhaps the two most talented fighters in the Super Six tournament Andre Dirrell (19-1, 13 KO’s) and Andre Ward (21-0, 13 KO’s) will be fighting on September 25th in the final stage of the first set of bouts in the Super Six tournament. This fight will be crucial for both fighters, especially the 26-year-old Dirrell, who already has a loss from his stage 1 bout against World Boxing Council super middleweight champion Carl Froch.
However, both fighters have performed superbly, learning as they go. Dirrell had more problems in his first fight of the tournament in being matched against Britain’s Carl Froch, mainly because Froch, 32, after getting badly dominated by the talented Dirrell for the first four rounds of their fight last October, shifted into plan B by turning physical and roughing Dirrell up for the next seven rounds.
Dirrell, a fighter who before that had mostly fought conventional fighters, had to adapt to the roughhouse tactics from Froch. The referee wasn’t going to help Dirrell out in this case, leaving Dirrell to figure out how to deal with Froch’s constant fouling on his own. Finally, Dirrell took matters in his own hands in the 10th round and staggered Froch with hard left hands, causing Froch to hold on to keep Dirrell from unloading on him with any more additional howitzer left hands.
Ward fought probably the most perfect fight of the Super Six tournament in beating Mikkel Kessler last November. It wasn’t even close. Ward was just too fast, talented and active for Kessler and ended up dominating him until the referee mercifully stopped the one-sided slaughter in the 11th round, thus giving Ward an 11 round technical decision over Kessler.
It was a great fight for Ward, because he beat Kessler, the fighter that many experts had been picking to win the Super Six tournament. What’s interesting is now that Ward has beaten Kessler, a lot of people have come out of the woodwork to say that Kessler is over the hill and no the same fighter he once was a couple of years ago. In other words, these people don’t want to give Ward the credit he deserves for schooling Kessler in their fight. That’s so wrong. Ward showed massive skills against Kessler and beat a fighter that probably nobody else in the Super Six tournament could beat with the exception of Dirrell, who I think, would beat Kessler even easier than Ward.
It’s too bad that Ward and Dirrell have to face each other so early in the tournament. It’s a waste of talent to have these fighters meeting at this point. They needed to set it up where they only meet if both of them got to the finals. This way we would be seeing the best against the best and not having a case where the two top fighters are disqualifying each other at an early stage of the tourney.
As far action goes, I expect this fight to be by far the best fight of the Super Six tourney. Both fighters have amazing skills and awesome natural talent. It’s going to be like two gladiators going at it. I can’t wait to see this one.
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how come dirrel is a runner? because he use good foodwork and avoid power punches? that doesn’t make a him a runner or a coward, it makes him a smart boxer.
and it doesn’t matter whether the punch hurted dirrell or not. it was an illegal cheap shot and dirrell got the win. rules are rules, and if you break them, you will lose. figthers are taught this before they go in the ring.
Even though Dirrell is a coward i hope he makes it in HOLLYWOOD
Well, after watching the acting of Dirrell for the 3rd time I started to hate him for that. Dirrell is a little scary boy, not a man. This fight was a disgrace for boxing and two loser get out of this fight: First of all Dirrell and in second place Abraham!
This will be a horrible fight. Is anyone really looking forward to this?
Direll will get Kod By ward a smart fighter who knows how to use his head .Ward is the superior Fighter in the super six….to Call Direll a Warrior is beyond laughable
Qard will beat the faker Direll is a fake font actorand he will go down if he can be caught
I’ll probaly slip into a coma during this one. Also for the record I loth dirrell
Dirrell vs Ward could go either way… Absolutely fantastic showcase of superb boxing skills… OR… a boring jabbing contest with both fighters running all night. Either way I predict a split decision win for Ward.
P.S. Guilfoid is the worst boxing ‘journalist’ on the web… FACT!
any fight involving dirrell is likely to bore you stiff. he should change sports to track events hes running style would be well suited there.
After Dirrell loses this this fight he should retire from the fight game and get his bunny ass on the track. He certainly has potential to be a very fast runner and could seriously challage Usain Bolt in the 100m if he puts his mind to it.
@ Kyle Simpson
Totally agree mate, with Froch v Kessler a close second!
Sully
How come you know more than anyone else then, are you god?
The fact is this “The tournament is wide open”
Wew dont want schooling we wan a full on fight.
So on that basis Ward and Dirrell can go school themselves all night long. Headbutting and theatrics.
I will stick to the god awful, no where near as good as Americans, basic, robotic European style where people have hearts and are prepare to fight it out like in a fight which boxing is meant to be.,
Just pure choice.
literally, half you dimwits dont know anything about boxing, what did dirrell do to abraham, he absolutley schooled him and taught that caveman a lesson. kessler, abraham and froch do not have half the talent dirrell or ward have, cant wait to see the to rank outsiders put these fools to shame!
How will Dirrell do in this fight??
Will he run, hug, foul. fall, hold, cry, act, fake injury???
Nobody knows but what we DO know is that it will a cowards move and that he will probabaly go out of the super six after ward beats him
Its funny how everyone says Carl Froch is garbage and says this person will whoop him. But nobody ever has, hes WBC champ and will fight anybody anywhere anytime.
Sully- Are you serious- Froch will lay Kessler out, and he would lay Dirrel out too if they ever fight again.
@ The North Fleet Mauler
“Froach will ko Ward mark my words.” quote from TNFM
Well then, you must certainly see Ward making it into the semi’s eh mate? I certainly can’t say the same thing for Froch. Actually, you are about to see Froch lose a decision to Kessler, and be sparked out by King Arthur. Froch is too stubborn and stupid to do anything else other than walk forward swinging and I would be willing to bet you anything you want that Arthur flattens that joker’s ass.
So – if you want to see Froch-Ward then you had better hope he can bring his referee and judges to Denmark cause otherwise it’s lights out for the trash talking Froch.!
The ‘talented’ Ward is by far the best fighter in this division and this tourney. The rest of you mugs will just have to wait awhile and talk some more trash before this all plays out and then you will know what I know.
This isn’t a fight that I was at all interestd in at the start of the tournament having never heard of either fighter but I must admit I am looking forward to this one!!
I am more impressed with Ward from what I have seen so far but I think Dirrell does have good speed and movement (I question his desire) I thought Abraham would have knocked him out (he kind of did though!) I will pick Ward to win this one becouse I don’t know where Dirrell can go after he is matched for skills which hasn’t happened so far.
The ‘talened’ andre dirrel is the most unlikeable of all the fighters in the super 6 he won’t win it cos a- he’s a p u s s y b- cos scott predicts he will, change the record scott, i bet you still live with mom and dad, and you are a virgin you sad twat
Problem for Dirrell will be that Ward is as fast on his feet as Dirrell, so he can’t run away
So Dirrell has to skip one of his talents, running, an concentrate on his other talent, crying
dirrell will fall down and cry his way to victory the first time ward uses one of his trademark headbutts
Well, I believe honestly, as Scotty does:
Dirrell is that skilled that sometimes he is afraid of himself having these tremendous skills: that is why he is running because he doesn’t want to unfold all his skills onto his poor opponent who could eventually die!
So, Dirrell just tries to protects his opponents by running and acting to stop the fight before his opponents get severely hurt – ins’t he full of honor and respect?
Every boxer in the tourney has to abide by the same rules of the schedule and you are just bitter that Dirrell is maybe going out. Dirrell isn’t a warrior. He’s an actor or runner. Froach will ko Ward mark my words.
Hey Scott you say Dirrel minus Ward equals the best fight in the super 6. So you think that Dirrel shadow boxing or something is the most exciting thing for you. I would have thought you should have put Dirrel plus Ward or can’t you differentiate between the two.?
Hey Scott, didn’t the ‘talented direll’ get a dodgy decision against froch in England? Why don’t you do an article on this? You’ve never really gone into it before have you? I can’t wait to see this fight between ‘the talented ward’ and ‘the talented direll’ You are the best boxing writer on the planet….or am I being sarcastic?
Look for Dirrell to get on his bike early and look for a DQ win in the later rounds.
wa-wa-wa-wa. Arthur Abraham is a cry baby!
And ALL his fans, STOP THE CRYING!!
Dirrell beat AA and got robed in the Froch fight. Too bad Froch will get KOed by Kessler and then KOed again by AA which will lead Froch to retire not allowing Dirrell to avenge his loss.
Its not the best cause dirrell aint that good i mean he would’ve and should’ve lost to AA
these two are certainly the most talented and skilled.
wARD WILL KICK DIRELLS DIAPERED A…S DIRELL IS NOT IN THE SAME CLASS AS WARD OR ANY OF THE OTHER SUPER SIX FIGHTERS ..DIRELL IS ONE OF THE FIGHTERS WITH THE LEAST HEART I HAVE EVER SEEN
Scott, just have write to Direll and ask if he wants to have sex with you. He might say yes, you never know. Perhaps then there will be an end to your tirade of S-H-I-T articals.
P.S. I know you do it to just get views.
as i recall, yeh, dirrell staggered froch against the ropes, tried unloading, froch got on the inside and backed dirrell up who then tried to hold…so was actually dirrell holding in the end…
Are you so sure dirrell will progress after a loss and a vicious knock out? Let’s be honest he’s fast but his chin is far worse than your victims haye and khan? I know you hate froch but you can’t dint his chin. I rekon dirrell is out next round and only one of six who ain’t won world title
Think this will be the most boring fight, probably ending in a points decision for Ward. Froch vs AA is the most promising fight.
@kyle simpson
I agree
Now, would they be because its the two Americans?
Carl the Cobra will beat Mikkel, then Arthur and then any Yank idiot left!
“World Series of Boxing” – does that mean an American has to win?!
Andre Dirrell vs Andre Ward is the best boxing match in the Super Six World Boxing Classic tournement Carl Froch vs Arthur Abraham is the best fight.
dirrell’s face will get turned to hamburger meat.