When will Andre Dirrell stop fighting 5'7" cab drivers and face a decent opponent?

[Ben_London.]

I watched the mismatch last night and thought it was rather sickening. It was a skilled 6'2" former Olympian and top prospect vs. a little 5'7" cab driver.

Why won't they get better opponents for Andre Dirrell? Are they afraid he will LOSE, like he did in the Olympics against Gennady Golovkin?



Interestingly, the very talented Golovkin at 5'10" was four inches shorter and at quite a reach disadvantage, yet he managed to easily defeat Dirrell! People like Teddy Atlas cry about the height advantage the Klitschkos have over opponents, but being at a height disadvantage didn't stop Golovkin from beating Dirrell.

[KnockoutTheFat]

When you stop making duplicate threads jk

[Ben_London.]

When you stop making duplicate threads jk

What duplicate threads?

[Fox McCloud]

What duplicate threads?

This actually could have been an extension of the why do the Dirrell brothers fight terrible opponents, where people said that Findley was a replacement and Anthony Dirrell just came off chemo.

[Ben_London.]

This actually could have been an extension of the why do the Dirrell brothers fight terrible opponents, where people said that Findley was a replacement and Anthony Dirrell just came off chemo.

Don't you think it's time for Andre Dirrell to fight someone with a pulse?

When will he be ready for a top 15 super middleweight like Sakio Bika?

[Fox McCloud]

Don't you think it's time for Andre Dirrell to fight someone with a pulse?

When will he be ready for a top 15 super middleweight like Sakio Bika?

Yeah, I said that in your other thread about this.

I said, give him a break, Findley is a replacement, however, don't give him a break, because it was originally going to be David Banks, who is a huge step down from Hanshaw, Paschall and Oganov.

I would love to see him fight Balszay, but I have a feeling that location of the fight is going to trip that one up.

I don't know who he should face next... Bika, Green, someone like that. Green won't face him though... that's for sure. So Bika, maybe Manfredo (a little on the soft side, but a tough vet who won't be a walkover), Paschall, the loser of Froch-Taylor (especially if it's Froch... I get nervous thinking about Dirrell taking on Taylor at this point in his career)... all of those would be fine if he didn't go for a title.

He's ranked high in the IBF as well as the WBO, so if not Balszay, he might get a shot at Bute. That one also makes me a little nervous, but... he has to step up sometime, and he's not the RJJ type that you are 100% confident that he is going to win at the next level, so... I guess I'll just have to get nervous about something at some point.

[Ben_London.]

Edison Miranda would be a good test for him too.

I hope he gets into an IBF, WBA or WBO eliminator, followed by a title shot. Kessler-Dirrell would be great...

The only problem is, he may be one of those fighters like James Toney who would never leave the US, even for a title shot. There is probably more money to be made fighting Balzsay in Germany, but would Dirrell agree to fight in another country?

[Fox McCloud]

Edison Miranda would be a good test for him too.

I hope he gets into an IBF, WBA or WBO eliminator, followed by a title shot. Kessler-Dirrell would be great...

The only problem is, he may be one of those fighters like James Toney who would never leave the US, even for a title shot. There is probably more money to be made fighting Balzsay in Germany, but would Dirrell agree to fight in another country?

Miranda looks pretty flat since the destruction Pavlik put on him IMO.

Kessler would kill Dirrell IMO, which would make me very sad. Kessler is just way too damn good for that division, regardless of what the majority of the geniuses who underrate him on here say.

He might be someone who won't leave. I hate to say this, because I know that the US has a ton of bad decisions too, but Germany always seems to have some weird decisions, and a homegrown Euro champ would have the advantage on the scorecards from the beginning IMO. That's not always the case, but... since Dirrell is a favorite of mine, I would just feel uncomfortable with it.

That said, I'm sure Felix Sturm will never come back to America after the bull**** decision he got against ODLH, so... the ball rolls both ways.

I wish there was some sort of 100% neutral country (I would make a Switzerland joke, but those ****s robbed Holyfield blind against that big uncoordinated bastard Valuev, so...) where all championship fights had to take place to avoid this kind of ****.

Better yet, I wish there was no such thing as a corrupt decision.

[larryx]

andre dirrell win have a belt by years end..

[The Hammer]

Televised mismatches like last night are not helping the popularity of boxing (if the opponent had been Banks, the same would be true).