Is it crazy for me to think that Dirrell can pull the upset against Arthur?

[KittenFlaps]

It's possible. I think you'll see a different Dirrell come into the ring for his next fight.

I am excited to see if he takes the loss and learns from it, because he is by and large the most physically gifted of the bunch.

[MACAQUEINBLACK]

Okay firstly Dirrell was "running" against froch because Froch was chasing and trying to land something big wildly, AA doesnt chase he stays in the pocket with his gloves in his face which would make Dirrell more static, You can run with no-one is chasing you and thats what would happen in this fight which would make the fight more difficult for Dirrell.

Smartest observation in the thread for my money.



Everyone picking Dirrell in this is doing so based off what he did against Froch, but he won't be able to get Abraham following him around the ring that way, Arthur's too clever and economical. I think he'll force Dirrell to take some risks -- factor in that Dirrell may possibly be inclined to take more of those anyway, after what happened in Notts -- and those risks will cost Dirrell.

[Stickman]

Abraham wins by late round ****cide.

[FreshOutOfHell]

If Dirrell ran from a so so fighter in Froch, how much more will he run from AA and just try to pot shot his way to a victory? Can the smurf cut off the ring, can he make it ugly can he leap in bounds? What strategy should the smurf use? I know that AA has a lot more experience but he has never been on this side of the pond and now the home town cooking will be in the running mans favor and most likely he will be rewarded for basically doing what Dirrell does best. I might seriously consider picking Dirrell to win this match.

Your thoughts.

I think Dirrell is made for stealing rounds, and Abrahams has a rollercoaster workrate throug out the fight.
He would need alot more determination than he showed against Froch thoug. He would need to fire his right hand a lot more than Taylor did.
I believe he showed his late round stamina is up there with the best.

It's possible, but I'm not sure his mature enough. I'm going for the AA stopage.

[Finn73]

Abraham has fought in the US, and KOed Miranda.

I think Arthur will win, he will adapt to Dirrell's negative style and find a way to get some big punches in.

But Dirrell has about a 4" height and a long reach advantage. And it may depend on how much holding and childish behavior the US ref allows Dirrell to get away with.

Exactly...AA will have no problems to not have the crowd behind him. He KTFO Miranda in his backyard and it is very possible that he KTFO Dirrell as well, because the AbraHammers he throws are harder than anything Dirrell has ever hit with in his career as a boxer.

[CiganoBoxer]

I think AA will have just as much trouble with Dirrel than Froch did...but AA will win !