Abraham vs Dirrell: Can Andre Outhustle "King" Arthur?

[Leo Mayweather]

If AA hits Dirrell on the chin it's goodnight, like both fighters though

[damned1974]

Hope this fight is in Europe, american judges will rob AA.

huh? Isn't it only fair that they fight in the States? Abraham himself said he wants to be well known and fight there.Besides,he fought in his hometown,its time to get out of the comfort zone and fight in another guys home.
I would rather the fight be here in Australia-a place where there is no bias.At least we are getting RJJ vs Green soon =)

[-Hyperion-]

dirrell will win if he doesnt get caught..........................and it will be a boring ass fight by the way.......cant believe showtime didnt figure dirrell and abraham make for terrible fights....

[gdub27]

I think that JT had all the tools to be great without the smarts to apply them. When AA is on the offensive he can be hit, when the fight got late and AA's arms got tired he wasn't holding them up as much HE COULD'VE BEEN HIT. JT either didn't have the stamina or the know how to capitalize on the available opportunities to get off some meaningful shots. I like how Andre took his 1st loss, I felt he won but, fighting in the champs hometown you have to know the cards are stacked against you be it in Europe or the US (promoters could care less about integrity belts mean $$) so you have to fight like you lost every round. I think Dirrell might be too green to beat AA especially fighting him after taking his first pro L. Dirrell seems like the loss will help him become better. I hope so because it's not looking good for the home team right now.

[The_Demon]

this is a very interesting style match-up
if forced too pick id go with abraham KO just because he hits like a truck

[ThePunchingBag]

If Dirrell does his trademark clinches and AA goes to the body, I see Dirrell crumbling from a liver shot off of a massive left hook by the king. Otherwise this fight will be the same fight as the Froch fight except even more running and clinching from Dirrell.

[The_Visitation]

Abraham is in a different class to Dirrell, something that should be obvious to all following Saturday's fights. I can see why folks think Dirrell should have got the decision against Froch but I can't understand the apparent delusions about his 'performance'; he was awful, and it was was only a close fight because Froch was just as bad.

Dirrell doesn't have the 'style' to beat anyone at that level (including Froch) and won't unless he becomes prepared to take a few more risks in order to land more himself. That doesn't mean stand there and trading, of course, but to beat AA he'll need to go to fight as well as box... same as he needed to against Froch.

[-Mbandit-]

AA just doesn't impress me to be honest.I don't see anything special about him.Yeah he has great power and a decent defense, but I see someone that can give him different looks and is fast and accurate beating him pretty easily.Direll is fast,accurate and has a good defense himself.I also think he has decent power.I see him outboxing AA with lateral movement, fast & accurate combos and hard shots to the body all the while being slick enough to avoid AA slow and predictable shots.Dirrell is also a very good counterpuncher and AA can be countered when he throws those wide looping shots.

I think Saturday was more of a case of Taylor being shot to pieces and mentally damaged than AA being this so called monster!I mean is every one forgetting that Taylor has been brutally koed before?And TBH I think Taylor won at least 5 of the first 6 rounds and maybe one after that so it wasn't a blowout like every one is making out to be.

[Pullcounter]

is this fight in germany? cause Dirrell can't win a decision in Germany.

[gdub27]

AA just doesn't impress me to be honest.I don't see anything special about him.Yeah he has great power and a decent defense, but I see someone that can give him different looks and is fast and accurate beating him pretty easily.Direll is fast,accurate and has a good defense himself.I also think he has decent power.I see him outboxing AA with lateral movement, fast & accurate combos and hard shots to the body all the while being slick enough to avoid AA slow and predictable shots.Dirrell is also a very good counterpuncher and AA can be countered when he throws those wide looping shots.

I think Saturday was more of a case of Taylor being shot to pieces and mentally damaged than AA being this so called monster!I mean is every one forgetting that Taylor has been brutally koed before?And TBH I think Taylor won at least 5 of the first 6 rounds and maybe one after that so it wasn't a blowout like every one is making out to be.

I totally agree with you on Taylor being mentally damaged and I don't think AA is a "monster". Lateral movement would've given AA some problems but JT fights flatfooted and has none. I wouldn't say that AA is slow. He uses the same defense as Winky, Quartay and Clottey but unlike them when he uncoils he does so with fast, fairly accurate power punches, instead of a jab straight. AA does drop his hands for extended periods later in the fight but JT didn't take advantage. I worry about if Direll can mentally recover from his first pro loss without a tuneup to KO. No matter how anyone feels about AA he is far from anybodies tuneup.