Andre Dirrell Boxing News

Photo: Casino/SHOWTIME – By Jim Dower: At Thursday’s weigh-in for SHOWTIME telecast between Andre Dirrell and Darryl Cunningham and Jermain Taylor and Jessie Nicklow, Dirrell weighed in at 169lbs for his scheduled 10 round fight.

CABAZON, Calif. (Dec. 29, 2011) – Two of the most recognizable names in boxing will make their long-awaited returns to the ring tomorrow, Dec. 30, when Jermain Taylor and Andre Dirrell are featured in separate 10-round fights on a special edition of ShoBox: The New Generation live on SHOWTIME® (11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: If you want to see blazing high octane hand and foot speed then you need to tune in to SHOWTIME tomorrow night to see the incredibly fast Andre Dirrell (19-1, 13 KO’s) back in action against Darryl Cunningham (24-2, 10 KO’s) in a fight that’s almost guaranteed to end with Cunningham flat [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Floyd Mayweather Sr. says he sees Andre Dirrell and Andre Ward as becoming the big stars in the boxing world after his son Floyd Mayweather Jr. retires from the sport.

By Scott Gilfoid: Andre Dirrell (19-1, 13 KO’s) is looking to make up for lost time when he comes back this Friday night against Darryl Cunningham (24-2, 10 KO’s) in their televised fight on SHOWTIME. Dirrell, 28, wants to beat the 37-year-old Cunningham in impressive fashion and then use the momentum from this victory get [...]

NEW YORK (Dec. 28, 2011) – Two Super Six World Boxing Classic fighters, former undisputed middleweight champion Jermain Taylor and consensus top-five super middleweight Andre Dirrell, took part in a media teleconference call on Wednesday to discuss their return to the ring on a special edition of ShoBox: The New Generation this Friday, Dec. 30, [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: 37-year-old Darryl Cunningham (24-2, 10 KO’s) is looking forward to being in the spotlight against Andre Dirrell (19-1, 13 KO’s) on Friday night on SHOWTIME.

By Scott Gilfoid: Andre Dirrell (19-1, 13 KO’s) is looking to accomplish big things in 2012 with his comeback, which starts this Friday night against Darryl Cunningham (24-2, 10 KO’s) on SHOWTIME.

By Scott Gilfoid: SHOWTIME has saved the best for the last of the year with this Friday’s excellent fight card with Andre Dirrell (19-1, 13 KO’s) vs. Darryl Cunningham (24-2, 10 KO’s) and Jermain Taylor (28-4-1, 17 KO’s) vs. Jessie Nicklow (22-2-3, 8 KO’s). Both Taylor and Dirrell are coming off of head injuries suffered [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: WBA/WBC super middleweight champion Andre Ward has some advice to give IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute if he wants to fight him in the near future, and that’s to fight an A level fighter like Andre Dirrell.

By Scott Gilfoid: This Saturday night, SHOWTIME will be televising one of their best cards of the entire year when super talented Andre Dirrell (19-1, 13 KO’s) stages his long awaited comeback against Darryl Cunningham (24-2, 10 KO’s) in 10 rounds of action at the Morongo Casino Resort & Spa in Cabazon, California.

By Scott Gilfoid: Recently Carl Froch made a pretty astute evaluation of Andre Ward’s style of fighting saying that he saw his style as being boring to watch, and he felt that would hinder Ward’s ability to become a huge star in the future. When I first heard Froch say this about Ward, my initial [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Andre Dirrell (19-1, 13 KO’s) marches into his fight on December 31st buoyed with confidence in knowing that he’s about to accomplish big things in 2012. But first off, Dirrell must take care of his tune-up opponent Darryl Cunningham (24-2, 10 KO’s) in their Showtime televised fight.

By Scott Gilfoid: Boxing fans are going to get the pleasure of seeing two of the most talented fighters in the sport show their stuff at the end of the month on December 30th with defensive wizard Andre Dirrell (19-1, 13 KO’s) facing Darryl Cunningham (24-2, 10 KO’s) in 10 rounds of action, and former [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Andre Dirrell (19-1, 13 KO’s) was hoping to make quick work of his December 30th opponent Darryl Cunningham (24-2, 10 KO’s) and then look to put a fight together with IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute next year to take his title. However, with the news that Carl Froch is poised to [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: In what may be one of the best Showtime televised cards in years, Andre Dirrell (19-1, 13 KO’s) will be making a comeback after a year out of the ring to face the hard hitting Darryl Cunningham ( 24-2, 10 KO’s) on December 30th in a scheduled 10 round at the Morongo [...]

ANDRE DIRRELL RETURNS FOR FIRST FIGHT IN NEARLY TWO YEARS AGAINST SURGING DARRYL CUNNINGHAM ON DEC. 30 SPECIAL EDITION OF SHOBOX: THE NEW GENERATION Former World Champ Jermain Taylor Faces Jessie Nicklow; Unbeaten Light Heavyweights Luis Garcia and Alexander Johnson Round Out Tripleheader Live on SHOWTIME® From Morongo Casino Resort & Spa in Cabazon, Calif. [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward is set to even the score against WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch on December 17th in the final bout of the Super Six tournament. This is the fight that boxing fans have been literally drooling over for months now and Ward is set to capture [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Moments after watching his younger brother unbeaten super middleweight contender Anthony Dirrell (24-0, 21 KO’s) make easy work of #2 ranked WBC contender Renan St Juste in a 4th round TKO victory last night to become the WBC super middleweight mandatory challenger, Andre Dirrell shouted “I want Lucia Bute!” This came after [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: On December 30th, boxing fans will be getting a really good treat in the form of the Showtime fight between Andre Dirrell (19-1, 13 KO’s) vs. Darryl Cunningham (24-1, 10 KO’s) and Jermain Taylor (28-4-1, 17 KO’s) vs. Jessie Nicklow (22-2-3, 8 KO’s) at the Morongo Casino Resort & Spa in Cabazon, [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Making his long awaited comeback after a little more than a year out of action, Andre Dirrell (19-1, 13 KO’s) will be facing tough 37-year-old veteran Darryl Cunningham (24-2, 10 KOs) in a scheduled 10 round bout on December 30th on the same card as former middleweight champion Jermain Taylor’s comeback bout [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Super middleweight talent Andre Dirrell (19-1, 13 KO’s) returns to the ring next month on December 30th against a still to be determined opponent. The fight will reportedly be televised on Showtime with Jermain Taylor making his comeback fight on the same card.

By Scott Gilfoid: The marvelous talent Andre Dirrell (19-1, 13 KO’s) says he regrets having agreed to fight WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch in his hometown of Nottingham, England in the Super Six tournament in 2009. Froch beat Dirrell by a 12 round split decision that is still questioned to this day.

By Scott Gilfoid: Andre Dirrell (19-1, 13 KO’s) really regrets agreeing to fight WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (28-1, 20 KO’s) in his hometown of Nottingham, England in 2009, because it ended with Froch beating Dirrell by a very, very controversial decision that still bugs Dirrell to this day.

By Scott Gilfoid: Andre Dirrell (19-1, 13 KO’s) says he’ll be back in the ring in late November against a top 20 contender, although not a dangerous fighter because this is a tune-up fight for the young talent.

By Scott Gilfoid: Andre Dirrell (19-1, 13 KO’s) says he’s really looking forward to getting back in the ring to let some aggression out that he’s built up over the past year since he was injured. Dirrell has had to listen to the constant yapping from jealous boxing fans all this time, and he can’t [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Coming to the defense of his friend WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward (24-0, 13 KO’s), the talented Andre Dirrell (19-1, 13 KO’s) had some well chosen words to say about WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (28-1, 20 KO’s) on his twitter today.

By Scott Gilfoid: Super middleweight contender Andre Dirrell (19-1, 13 KO’s) will reportedly be back in action by October or November, possibly on ESPN. Dirrell has been taking things slow since being hurt from a right hand while sitting on the canvas after slipping in his last fight against Arthur Abraham. Boxing fans have been [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Andre Dirrell (19-1, 13 KO’s) was forced to pull out of the Super Six tournament last year after being horribly fouled Arthur Abraham last March. Dirrell was on the brink of fame at the time he chose to pull out of the tournament.

By Scott Gilfoid: Andre Dirrell (19-1, 13 KO’s) is picking WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward (24-0, 13 KO’s) to beat WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (28-1, 20 KO’s) in the finals of the Super Six tournament on October 29th at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey.