Dirrell said he's going to train harder ...

[peewee1460]

except we don't know yet.

Balls can be grown with Confidence built in training, fights and experience.

Hell, his balls grew bigger when he lost that point because he had to make up for it. Losing the way he did can also increase one's balls size out of need.
Now he has no "O" to protect either.

touche....

[gingeralbino]

he looked like chrys byrd when he fought Ibeabuchi. he was whining like a spoiled *****. the worst part about it is that he has all the tools and tricks in the world, he just doesn't have the heart to use them. for that he gets no respect from me because he could have knocked froch out.

i agree but he's still young and can learn from it. Hate watching people fight like that, but the raw materials are there. He just needs the courage to use them more effectivley.

[mickey malone]

except we don't know yet.

Balls can be grown with Confidence built in training, fights and experience.

Hell, his balls grew bigger when he lost that point because he had to make up for it. Losing the way he did can also increase one's balls size out of need.
Now he has no "O" to protect either.

I liked the quote, but you're probably be right.. Many great fighters need a tough fight in which to learn from.. He's the greenest of the bunch, but may still come good.. One SD defeat to a world champ isn't anything to be ashamed of, especially after less than 20 fights..

[Bigchill79]

Needs to train how on how to counter-punch in the pocket for portions of a round and could be lethal. No reason why he cant do it. imho

[S H O B O X]

yeah thats the thing, if he trusts his quick reflexes more he could be much more aggressive. He's got super fast hands and feet, and great reflexes. If he stood in range more often and used his reflexes to slip punches all while getting of his own shots he'd win rounds much more clearly. The very very few times he did that against Froch he had the better of the exchanges. But he chose to run instead.

If he watches the fight and decides to learn from that and puts more emphasis on getting of his own shots rather than avoiding his opponent at all costs he could turn out to be a special fighter - even without great power. But he needs balls to do it.

excellent post

[Boxingwizard]

I really expect Dirrell to beat Arthur Abraham.

[Pullcounter]

dirrell needs to let his hands go more if he expects to win any fights outside of the USA.

[Ray*]

He needs more fight like he had against froch to give him the confidence that he could compete at this level, He has the stamina,Skills, reflexes but he doesnt have the self-belief to carry all of that advantage with him into the ring.

For some reason he was unsure of himself, And you could tell with the way he's fighting...He really need someone that can motivate him and bring his belief out of him, Its good to be nervous when going into a fight but you can use that to your advantage, He seem to grow in stature in his fight yesterday around the 10th or 11th round, He was able to let his combos go and last and you could see the confident flowing through him he needs more of that.

[Boxingwizard]

He needs more fight like he had against froch to give him the confidence that he could compete at this level, He has the stamina,Skills, reflexes but he doesnt have the self-belief to carry all of that advantage with him into the ring.

For some reason he was unsure of himself, And you could tell with the way he's fighting...He really need someone that can motivate him and bring his belief out of him, Its good to be nervous when going into a fight but you can use that to your advantage, He seem to grow in stature in his fight yesterday around the 10th or 11th round, He was able to let his combos go and last and you could see the confident flowing through him he needs more of that.

He's inexperienced and it didn't help that he was inactive from March until now.