By Scott Gilfoid: Former IBF middleweight champion Arthur Abraham (31-0, 25 KO’s) might as well re-park his red Ferrari back in his garage and leave it there for the rest of the Super Six tournament after he gets pummeled by American Andre Dirrell (18-1, 13 KO’s) next month on March 6th in their stage 2 Super Six bout. Abraham, 29, had his brief bit of glory by beating Jermain Taylor by a 12th round knockout in his first stage 1 bout in the Super Six tournament in October, but that’s all about to change in Abraham’s next fight against the talented Dirrell.

Abraham is going to take royal beating that will make his head spin, and I almost feel sorry for him. I say almost because boxing is a tough business and losing is part of the territory. Abraham has had his share of success winning his first 31 fights of his seven year pro career.

Although in fairness to Edison Miranda, I think he should have been given the decision against Abraham in their first fight in September 2006, in a fight that took place in Abraham’s adopted country of Germany. That was the worse decision I’ve seen in my life, aside from the Carl Froch 12 round split decision win over Dirrell last October. But never the less, Abraham’s luck is about to run out next month against Dirrell.

Of the fighters that are taking part in the Super Six tournament, Dirrell has arguably the best talent and size of any of the fighters present. At 6’2″, Dirrell, as I’ve said previously, has the speed and boxing ability of a young Sugar Ray Robinson, Cassius Clay and Roy Jones Jr. lumped into one. The only thing that’s missing with Dirrell is a slight adjustment that he needs to make on his punch output. Beyond that, he’s basically an unbeatable fighter.

With Dirrell’s talent, I can see him humiliating Abraham and then sweeping through the remainder of the Super Six tournament and winning it with relative ease. I hope that Froch will meet Dirrell again, so that Dirrell can school him in the worst way. However, I have my doubts that Froch will get by his next two opponents Mikkel Kessler and Abraham.

My guess is Froch will lose both, and get drummed out of the tournament. Dirrell can always fight Froch at some point in the future and even the score, although I would much prefer that the fight not take place in Nottingham again for obvious reason. Dirrell doesn’t need to be fighting Froch along with 8000 screaming fans. I see it being Dirrell’s choice where the fight takes place after winning the Super Six tournament. After all, Dirrell will have the WBA and WBC super middleweight titles after winning the tournament and all roads will lead to him.

As far as Abraham goes, he’s too slow to do much against Dirrell. This isn’t even going to be sporting. Abraham will be hitting air all night long in his clumsy attacks and picked apart by Dirrell round after round.