Is Froch capable of following Dirrell’s blueprint to beat Abraham?
November 27th, 2010
By Scott Gilfloid: Carl Froch (26-1, 20 KO’s) has said that he plans on using Andre Dirrell’s blueprint in his fight with Arthur Abraham (31-1, 25 KO’s) on November 27th to have a way of beating him. Froch saw how well Dirrell handled Abraham and figures he can copy what Dirrell did by going out and imitating Dirrell’s style of fighting for the Abraham fight.
Froch doesn’t have the talent to be like Dirrell, so this is bound to fail. If you break it down, Froch is missing a lot of areas besides hand speed and defensive ability. Froch just isn’t flexible in terms of making adjustments with his game like Dirrell. When you have as many flaws as Froch, you have to make an honest appraisal of yourself and be open to making changes.
I honestly don’t see that happening with Froch. Come on, the guy won’t even admit that he lost to Mikkel Kessler. Froch simply isn’t open to facing the truth about himself, his defects and above all his defeat to Kessler. He doesn’t want to face reality and instead tires to convince himself that he rally won the fight.
Froch is going to go out there tonight and face the hardest puncher in the Super Six tournament with his hands dropping down by his legs as if they’re completely useless. It won’t be Dirrell-esque, believe me. It will be some kind of primitive caveman display and it will guarantee that Froch takes a great deal of punishment.
Dirrell, who has amazing hand speed, wouldn’t dare fight with his hands down by his knees like Froch,. But Froch, who is one of the slower fighters you’ll ever see, fights with his hands low all the time and gets pummeled because of it.
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Dirrell is a champion boxer with hand speed, talent, carisma, looks, & he gave the world the “Blue Print” on how to whoop king or queen Abraham… give that man the credit that he earned & deserves & stop swinging from Abrahams balls & maybe u could really see the fight!
We seen it.
“That might be all well and good in theory, but I honestly don’t think it’s possible for Froch to carry that off. He’s missing the most important ingredient needed to be copy Dirrell’s style, namely talent”
Dirrell aint a world champion. But guess who is? And by the way, Dirrell didnt beat AA, AA got DQ’d. Do you even watch boxing Gilfraud?
another biest writter is completely wrong. told you that you would eat your words. know your fighters before writting about how good they are or aint
@ moobs, lol I hope you put alot of money on it. ;0)
You were wrong. What you gonna do now!!!
Direll would have been knock out in that 11th or 12th round if he had not faked injury
he didnt need to follow CRY BABY DIRRELS bluprint as dirrell lost to arthur….froch schoooooooooooooooooled AA.
I doubt it, Froch always resorts to his caveman RJJ routine.
Lol @ netstalker . Epic fail, you just listed some of the best fighters in this division along with the world light heavyweight champion who gave your boy bad chad dawson a pasting, and froch has only lost to kessler? Your backing a sissy like direell? Boxing requires more than just talent , you gotta be mentally tough as a coffin nail. Just ask dirrell, or Taylor, or green. “brits know nothing about boxing” your arrogance is only matched by your ignorance. FAIL LITTLE BOY FAIL
Scot, don’t misquote Carl. He did not say he would copy your man crush dirrell. He simply said dirrell
Showed abraham could not handle movement. So expect carl to use movement, not run like a thief
. It will be a hard fight, but carl can win with his jab.
Apollo, you are not from the uk, no one in the uk talks like you.
I’m with 24/7…… Come on Scott Gilfoid pick a winner. Don’t sit on the fence…. Predict the winner and the how the fight pans out.
I’ve done this already…. So here’s my prediction:
Froch starts off fast peppering Abraham for the first 4 or 5 rounds building up a comfortable lead. Abraham warms to the task coming on through the middle rounds. This will be where Froch throws the tactics out of the window and starts trading with Abraham. It will be give and take up to round 10 where Froch will show his class and revert to boxing at distance. Picking off Abraham with long raking shots. Froch will either stop Abraham in the 11th/12th round or run out a clear and unanimous winner.
If I’m wrong you can all gave me hard time and tell me you knew that AA would win. But I’m only taking notice of anybody that steps up and gives a clear prediction….. Starting with Scott Gilfoid.
May the best man win.
Outside of the hardcore boxing fans nobody really knows Froch. Which is amazing when you consider how TV and fan friendly his style of fighting is.
I did post earlier explaining a little about Froch, but the author must have taken offence at my comments – god forbid if any of us question the credentials if Scott Gilfoid.
He is a gob sh1te on tv, but I’m told off camera he is a really nice bloke…… Whatever, I watch him because he gives his absolute all when he’s in the ring.
Love him or hate him, he’s got balls the size of Britain.
SCOTT PICK A WINNER. WHAT IS THE PROLBEM. GROW A PAIR. YOUR RECORD HASNT BEEN TO GOOD LATELY. COME ON EXPERT. WHOS IT TO BE? TIMES RUNNING OUT.
Froch is not the same fighter as Andre D.,But Froch has terrific faith in his ability,s
froch has never fought anyone who can really punch, kessler, direll, taylor or pascal. none of these dudes are ferocious punchers. abe by far is the biggest puncher froch is facing, ever. yo brits know nothing about boxing. hes only got a granite chin cos he ant faced anyone who can bang like pavlik or miranda,
froch rd 8 tko
Scott need to respect what froch brings to boxing. any boxing mach involving froch is going to be explosive and exciting FACT! he might get hit but he also drops bombs. I personaly cant wait for this fight..
It makes me laugh all of you that think Abraham has KO power in every punch. Taylor lasted 12 before he was caught with a beautiful shot flush on the chin. Alot of Abrahams recent fights have gone 11-12 rounds and your all betting on the toughest SOB in the division to get knocked out? jesus chaps I urge you not to put your money where your mouth is at.
In answer to the question, I don’t think Froch would stoop so low as the throw himself down on the canvas after a glancing armpunch and fake a fit to get a victory. Have been rewatching Dirrell v Abraham. Not an easy fight for Abraham, always tough fighting a southpaw and one with a much longer reach with good hand speed and footwork. Abraham started to get the measure of Dirrell but a little too late. No way that 11 round ‘slip’ wasn’t a knockdown. It was a clear as day. I think Abraham had a chance of knocking Dirrell out in the 12th but Dirrell had a solution to that problem.
First he calls Dirrell a ‘girl’
.. and now he want’s to fight like a ‘girl’ to beat a Brutal Abraham !
Emulation of Dirrell requires similarity to Dirrell… and this is like a man with limp wanting to emulate a 100m sprinter ! .. after all.. he did also accuse Dirrell of ‘running‘ !!
Stop seeking to emulate those you insulted froch!! and do what you know best!
Froch is the only guy in this tournament that can take an Abraham punch.
This will be the best fight of the super six, an absolute war and will put shame to any fight put together by messers Ward, Dirrell or Green. Dirrell was petrified of Abraham and Froch. Froch beat him and Abraham put him in hospital! Ward fought a Kessler who couldn’t see straight. If Abraham wins tonight, look for Ward to avoid him like the plague. Abraham is the most feared fighter in this division, you think people are worried about patty punchers like Ward?
you mean can Dirrel act like Froch? hmm don’t know lets see in 5 hours:))
THERE IS ANOTHER ONE WHO WATCH A DIFFERENT FIGHT: DIRRELL NEED TO GO TO CHERCH AND LIGHT ON FEW CANDLES FOR THE PRESENCE HE GOT AFTER ACTING LIKE A HOLIWOOD ACTOR IN A BOXING RING. SO PITTY THAT PEOPLE STILL BELIEVE DIRREL IT’S BETTER THAN ABRAHAM. DIRREL JUST SHOW US HOW SCARED TO FINISH THAT FIGHT HE WAS ; HE WAS IN HE’S WAY OUT WHEN THE ACCIDENTE HAPPEN( LOOK AT MARGARITO VS COTTO ；if migue acted like dirrell the fight was different when antonio hit with a hard punch miguel was already on hes knees. these article are for morons. enjoy it.
scott knows his stuff, respect were its due.
you really are an idiot gilfoid. Dirrell is s*it and you know it. stop writing the same things over and over again. get a life or hang your self.
google pays me $173 an hour for my home job
Dirrells bluprint???? Nah Frochs a warrior not a little sissy boy yank who runs crys and fakes all night. God I hope that never fights again
@ pin point accuracy
I don’t agree with your prediction, but you at least back up your view with substance. Something unfortunately Scott fails to do on countless occasions.
But I do agree it’s going to be brutal for as long as it lasts.
froch out in two fact
but froch beat dirrell! did i watch a different fight in some kind of parralel (sp) universe. jesus dude buy a new record bored of this one
Froch is getting KOed
He does not need to copy nobody. He needs to cover him self.
i hope AA puts a stop to this peice of s@it once and for all, id like froch if he wasnt such a d@ck head
Dirrell has speed and Froch has power. Froch can stay out of range and put Abraham off coming inside by landing heavy shots. Abraham will try to walk through this and that will be his downfall.
Froch to win either by points or knockout in the ninth.
true comparing frochs style to dirrells is like comparing the performance of a vauxhall to a ferrari
Scott. PLEASE GO AWAY.
Carl Froch is a warrior he always gives 110% every fight.
Give credit where it is due, you tool
Wait and see, froch is a tough tough fighter and will come through whatever aa throws at him