Comments Thread For: Boxing Video: Arthur Abraham on Fighting Andre Dirrell

[hookoutofhell]

i think if dirrell fights the same type of fight against abrham as he did against froch then he will be ok.

imo if hes more aggressive then he risks running into a big punch from AA, i think he could afford to be a bit more agressive against froch because of frochs wide slower punches and the fact that the fight was in the UK. this is one of the things i fear about dirrell he may feel as though he needs to prove something and he may come out swinging.

i think he is stylistically made for AA and if he uses his speed, footwork and combinations he can frustrate AA. land punches on that high guard and slip in some loopy shots behind the guard here and there. but dirrel needs to be sure hes away by the time AA is setting his heavy artillery otherwise he might be caught.

he has all the tools to beat AA, he has the speed, stamina and footwork but he needs to bring it all together and execute his gameplan to perfection.

[Blue Heffner]

WAR Dirrell!

[Hitman932]

People said exactly the same bull**** about Dirrell going into the Froch fight.

The analysis of some people here is just ignorant of history, and devoid of reasonging.

Everybody said A)Froch will be able to KO Dirrell with 1 good shot and B)Dirrell can't hurt Froch.

Well it turned out that A) Froch couldn't hurt Dirrell with one punch and B) Dirrell did hurt Froch with a single punch, buckling his legs and driving him to the ropes.

Now people think AA is either gonna wipe Dirrell up with 1 punch or Dirrell will run to a decision. Thanks for nothing fellas. I could get that degree of analysis from a chimpanzee.

Several guys have lasted 12 rounds against AA's power and Dirrell is better than all of them. Those guys lasted with AA at 160 pounds. This is at 168, against a man who is physically bigger than anyone AA has ever fought. Not to mention night and day faster than anyone AA has ever fought.

Abraham cannot simulate in sparring the things that Dirrell can do in a fight. On the other hand Dirrell can probably practice for and easily build a fight plan for what AA is bringing to the table style wise.

Dirrell is going to be able to control the distance in this fight. All he really has to do it constantly pump his jab and change his stances and Abraham will not figure it out. Abraham starts slow and Dirrell is gonna take advantage by winning all the early rounds.

Where Taylor got tired is gonna be right about the time Dirrell hits his rhythmn in the fight and starts really beating AA's ass. At a certain point Abraham is gonna have to drop his bull**** turtle defense and commit to attacking. When he gets careless like that Dirrell is gonna be walking him into some bombs. Taylor was just too tired to do what he needed to do down the stretch to beat Abraham but he showed it can be done.

I feel Dirrell has a mental advantage going in as well. His back is against the wall in this situation whereas Abraham is sitting pretty. Dirrell knows what to expect and exactly what he has to do. I think he will fight with a real confidence this time because, quite simply, he has no choice. I think also that Abraham, regardless of what he may say, sees Dirrell as someone he should be able to knock out easily. I think his attitude going into this fight is similar to Kessler's prior to facing Ward.

It is important to remember also that this fight is in California. Abraham isn't going to be allowed to maul Dirrell in the clinch and punch him behind the head. Likely Dirrell's spoling tactics will be allowed to run their course. This will lead to another intangible advantage in that Abraham will find himself in the same frustrating situation as Dirrell was in in Nottingham, feeling that he is fighting his opponent and the referee.

I am going against all common logic and picking Dirrell to win by a TKO late in the fight.

Abraham will fall too far behind and when he opens up he will get picked apart.

[ИATAS]

People said exactly the same bull**** about Dirrell going into the Froch fight.

The analysis of some people here is just ignorant of history, and devoid of reasonging.

Everybody said A)Froch will be able to KO Dirrell with 1 good shot and B)Dirrell can't hurt Froch.

Well it turned out that A) Froch couldn't hurt Dirrell with one punch and B) Dirrell did hurt Froch with a single punch, buckling his legs and driving him to the ropes.

Now people think AA is either gonna wipe Dirrell up with 1 punch or Dirrell will run to a decision. Thanks for nothing fellas. I could get that degree of analysis from a chimpanzee.

Several guys have lasted 12 rounds against AA's power and Dirrell is better than all of them. Those guys lasted with AA at 160 pounds. This is at 168, against a man who is physically bigger than anyone AA has ever fought. Not to mention night and day faster than anyone AA has ever fought.

Abraham cannot simulate in sparring the things that Dirrell can do in a fight. On the other hand Dirrell can probably practice for and easily build a fight plan for what AA is bringing to the table style wise.

Dirrell is going to be able to control the distance in this fight. All he really has to do it constantly pump his jab and change his stances and Abraham will not figure it out. Abraham starts slow and Dirrell is gonna take advantage by winning all the early rounds.

Where Taylor got tired is gonna be right about the time Dirrell hits his rhythmn in the fight and starts really beating AA's ass. At a certain point Abraham is gonna have to drop his bull**** turtle defense and commit to attacking. When he gets careless like that Dirrell is gonna be walking him into some bombs. Taylor was just too tired to do what he needed to do down the stretch to beat Abraham but he showed it can be done.

I feel Dirrell has a mental advantage going in as well. His back is against the wall in this situation whereas Abraham is sitting pretty. Dirrell knows what to expect and exactly what he has to do. I think he will fight with a real confidence this time because, quite simply, he has no choice. I think also that Abraham, regardless of what he may say, sees Dirrell as someone he should be able to knock out easily. I think his attitude going into this fight is similar to Kessler's prior to facing Ward.

It is important to remember also that this fight is in California. Abraham isn't going to be allowed to maul Dirrell in the clinch and punch him behind the head. Likely Dirrell's spoling tactics will be allowed to run their course. This will lead to another intangible advantage in that Abraham will find himself in the same frustrating situation as Dirrell was in in Nottingham, feeling that he is fighting his opponent and the referee.

I am going against all common logic and picking Dirrell to win by a TKO late in the fight.

Abraham will fall too far behind and when he opens up he will get picked apart.

god damn, excellent breakdown man. I've been sayin this is the easiest fight to make money off of just bet on dirrell.

[Blue Heffner]

People said exactly the same bull**** about Dirrell going into the Froch fight.

The analysis of some people here is just ignorant of history, and devoid of reasonging.

Everybody said A)Froch will be able to KO Dirrell with 1 good shot and B)Dirrell can't hurt Froch.

Well it turned out that A) Froch couldn't hurt Dirrell with one punch and B) Dirrell did hurt Froch with a single punch, buckling his legs and driving him to the ropes.

Now people think AA is either gonna wipe Dirrell up with 1 punch or Dirrell will run to a decision. Thanks for nothing fellas. I could get that degree of analysis from a chimpanzee.

Several guys have lasted 12 rounds against AA's power and Dirrell is better than all of them. Those guys lasted with AA at 160 pounds. This is at 168, against a man who is physically bigger than anyone AA has ever fought. Not to mention night and day faster than anyone AA has ever fought.

Abraham cannot simulate in sparring the things that Dirrell can do in a fight. On the other hand Dirrell can probably practice for and easily build a fight plan for what AA is bringing to the table style wise.

Dirrell is going to be able to control the distance in this fight. All he really has to do it constantly pump his jab and change his stances and Abraham will not figure it out. Abraham starts slow and Dirrell is gonna take advantage by winning all the early rounds.

Where Taylor got tired is gonna be right about the time Dirrell hits his rhythmn in the fight and starts really beating AA's ass. At a certain point Abraham is gonna have to drop his bull**** turtle defense and commit to attacking. When he gets careless like that Dirrell is gonna be walking him into some bombs. Taylor was just too tired to do what he needed to do down the stretch to beat Abraham but he showed it can be done.

I feel Dirrell has a mental advantage going in as well. His back is against the wall in this situation whereas Abraham is sitting pretty. Dirrell knows what to expect and exactly what he has to do. I think he will fight with a real confidence this time because, quite simply, he has no choice. I think also that Abraham, regardless of what he may say, sees Dirrell as someone he should be able to knock out easily. I think his attitude going into this fight is similar to Kessler's prior to facing Ward.

It is important to remember also that this fight is in California. Abraham isn't going to be allowed to maul Dirrell in the clinch and punch him behind the head. Likely Dirrell's spoling tactics will be allowed to run their course. This will lead to another intangible advantage in that Abraham will find himself in the same frustrating situation as Dirrell was in in Nottingham, feeling that he is fighting his opponent and the referee.

I am going against all common logic and picking Dirrell to win by a TKO late in the fight.

Abraham will fall too far behind and when he opens up he will get picked apart.

Everything you said was on point. He will have to come out of that shell to beat the Matrix.

[The Gambler1981]

I think Dirrell can win, his style is difficult to beat especially if you are trying to knock his head off. I can understand people liking Abrham but I think Dirrell will have learned some valuable lessons from the Froch fight. Even though Abraham is different and a much better fighter than Froch I feel that Dirrell should be able to put it all together and become the fighter he is capable of being

[-EAGLE-]

Abraham got this one; he's too tuff; and his hands are bombs; pretty sure he'll win.

[Hitman932]

I get the distinct feeling very few people who commented on this thread actually watched the video.

[βetamax]

Abraham's punching power is going to be a concern against anyone but one thing about Dirrell is that he's hard to really hit flush, at least that was my observation based on the Froch fight. Abraham is a flat footed guy who needs his opponent right in there in front so he load up on his punches and Dirrell isn't going to stick around long enough for that to happen. Most of the punches Froch landed on him were when he was on the move which didn't allow Froch to sit on his punches and they really had no effect.

[FightFreak]

People said exactly the same bull**** about Dirrell going into the Froch fight.

The analysis of some people here is just ignorant of history, and devoid of reasonging.

Everybody said A)Froch will be able to KO Dirrell with 1 good shot and B)Dirrell can't hurt Froch.

Well it turned out that A) Froch couldn't hurt Dirrell with one punch and B) Dirrell did hurt Froch with a single punch, buckling his legs and driving him to the ropes.

Now people think AA is either gonna wipe Dirrell up with 1 punch or Dirrell will run to a decision. Thanks for nothing fellas. I could get that degree of analysis from a chimpanzee.

Several guys have lasted 12 rounds against AA's power and Dirrell is better than all of them. Those guys lasted with AA at 160 pounds. This is at 168, against a man who is physically bigger than anyone AA has ever fought. Not to mention night and day faster than anyone AA has ever fought.

Abraham cannot simulate in sparring the things that Dirrell can do in a fight. On the other hand Dirrell can probably practice for and easily build a fight plan for what AA is bringing to the table style wise.

Dirrell is going to be able to control the distance in this fight. All he really has to do it constantly pump his jab and change his stances and Abraham will not figure it out. Abraham starts slow and Dirrell is gonna take advantage by winning all the early rounds.

Where Taylor got tired is gonna be right about the time Dirrell hits his rhythmn in the fight and starts really beating AA's ass. At a certain point Abraham is gonna have to drop his bull**** turtle defense and commit to attacking. When he gets careless like that Dirrell is gonna be walking him into some bombs. Taylor was just too tired to do what he needed to do down the stretch to beat Abraham but he showed it can be done.

I feel Dirrell has a mental advantage going in as well. His back is against the wall in this situation whereas Abraham is sitting pretty. Dirrell knows what to expect and exactly what he has to do. I think he will fight with a real confidence this time because, quite simply, he has no choice. I think also that Abraham, regardless of what he may say, sees Dirrell as someone he should be able to knock out easily. I think his attitude going into this fight is similar to Kessler's prior to facing Ward.

It is important to remember also that this fight is in California. Abraham isn't going to be allowed to maul Dirrell in the clinch and punch him behind the head. Likely Dirrell's spoling tactics will be allowed to run their course. This will lead to another intangible advantage in that Abraham will find himself in the same frustrating situation as Dirrell was in in Nottingham, feeling that he is fighting his opponent and the referee.

I am going against all common logic and picking Dirrell to win by a TKO late in the fight.

Abraham will fall too far behind and when he opens up he will get picked apart.

Good analysis. Dirrell has a very good chance against Abraham, but I can't help but see the Armenian eventually catching him with a stinger that Dirrell's chin can't handle. How about a 500k on the fight? I like Abraham over Dirrell