Dirrell could be fighting in July on ESPN’s Friday Night Fights

By Boxing News - 04/29/2011 - Comments

Image: Dirrell could be fighting in July on ESPN's Friday Night FightsBy Scott Gifloid: Top super middleweight star Andre Dirrell (19-1, 13 KO’s) could be back in action in July on ESPN’s Friday Night Fights, according to boxing news from Dan Rafael. Dirrell, who has out of the ring since sustaining a head injury after being fouled by Arthur Abraham last year in March in the Super Six tournament, has been given the okay from his doctor to resume his promising career and has been training hard for his comeback.

There still isn’t an opponent, date or venue for the 27-year-old Dirrell’s next fight but something should be announced soon. Up until being injured in the Abraham fight, Dirrell had been dazzling his Super Six tournament competition, boxing circles around WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch and making him miss all night long with his shots. And in the Abraham fight, Dirrell was giving Abraham a boxing lesson and making him look bad until being fouled. Abraham was subsequently disqualified for the foul, which hit Dirrell after he had slipped on the wet canvas.

Dirrell has big things planned ahead of him in 2011 and 2012, and wants to face IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute as soon as possible. That fight might not be available for some time, because Bute has a full schedule. As such, Dirrell will have to be satisfied taking on some of the lower level guys until he can get a title shot. Dirrell doesn’t want to waste too much time fighting scrubs though because he wants to get his hands on a title as soon as possible.



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