By Scott Gilfoid: Andre Dirrell (20-1, 14 KO’s) isn’t worried about beating Andonis Stevenson (18-1, 15 KO’s) in their proposed fight for August 11th at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada. Dirrell sees nothing in the 34-year-old Stevenson’s game that worries him, and he feels it would be a fairly easy fight for him to win.

The Dirrell-Stevenson fight is being negotiated at this time, and it’s far from a sure thing. Dirrell is okay with fighting in Montreal, but he’s not going to take the fight for free. He wants to be paid what he’s worth, and for a talent like Dirrell, I hope Stevenson’s promoter has deep pockets. This isn’t going to be an easy fight to negotiate.

The winner of this fight will become IBF super middleweight champion Carl Froch’s mandatory challenger. I don’t see Froch ever fighting Dirrell, because Froch has already got two fights lined up in front of him with rematches against Mikkel Kessler and Lucian Bute. If Froch wins those fights, he’ll likely choose to fight Jean Pascal and then probably retire. If Froch doesn’t retire, I still don’t see him fighting Dirrell. He’ll likely choose one of the other contenders rather than risk facing Dirrell and losing.

Dirrell told the Flint Journal at Mlive.com “His [Stevenson] one-punch knockout is all he has. I’m too hungry, first and foremost, and I’m really just ready to get in there. So, if the terms are right and everything goes smoothly, then I hope this fight is made.”

The fight would match two southpaws with blazing hand speed and excellent power. Dirrell, 28, is the younger and taller fighter compared to the 34-year-old 5’11” Stevenson. Dirrell also has faced much better opposition and has the better amateur credentials with his 2004 Olympic experience on the U.S team. Dirrell is the better defensive fighter by far and he puts his punches together much better. Like Dirrell said, all Stevenson has is his one punch knockout power.

Dirrell is good at making opponents miss, especially ones that load up with every shot like Stevenson does. Stevenson only has power in his left hand, and he’s predictable. Dirrell would dominate him and it doesn’t matter that the fight will take place in Canada. Stevenson is going to get schooled by Dirrell and knocked out.