The reason Andre Dirrell wins Saturday

[ragingvic]

And Froch has an Iron chin.....Arthur is moving up & has been rocked by Miranda at MW so who knows maybe a few solid shots & a great upper cut which Arthur is open for & Dirrell throws well and we have Abraham on his back.....hmmm. it's possible although unlikely. The upper cut will be the key for Dirrell tho if thats going to happen.

Uhhh Froch was on his ass against JT in the third round, JTs not really known for putting people away. AA went 7 rounds with a broken jaw hanging off against Edison Miranda (KO%= 80) and didnt even fall once. So how you just decided that AAs chin is shaky and Froch's is solid is pretty surprising for people who have seen them both fight.

[dc6112]

Uhhh Froch was on his ass against JT in the third round, JTs not really known for putting people away. AA went 7 rounds with a broken jaw hanging off against Edison Miranda (KO%= 80) and didnt even fall once. So how you just decided that AAs chin is shaky and Froch's is solid is pretty surprising for people who have seen them both fight.

I didn't say AA doesn't have a good chin. But I think the speed/height advantage of Dirrell is greater than the power/chin advantage of Abraham, and enough so that he will win comfortably

[Silky-Flow]

Totally agree with the op, Dirrell enjoys so many physical advantages in this fight it's crazy, height, reach, speed, movement, skills etc, he'll have been hurt after he got robbed so badly against Froch but in a recent interview he claims that it's only made him determained to improve his game and that he's been working hard in training to address certain things like less clinching, throwing more combo's, using the jab more etc, i think this is the fight where Andre finally makes a name for himself, i actually think he might embarrass AA to be honest, i think he'll be in and out with quick combinations and towards the latter rounds AA isn't gonna know what to do, especially when Andre switches styles, is AA any good against the southpaw stance? whatever happens i can't wait to see it.

[REMOVED SHARK 97]

Abraham's guard will block most of everything, and his chin will hold up. not so certain about how Dirrell responds to Abraham's spurts of aggression. Arthur will have Dirrell against the ropes and in the corner and unluck Froch, will have him hurt and running (not just running)

Jermain Taylor was landing even in the 12th round.

Plus AA is going to have someone that is 6'2 when he is 5'10 against the ropes and who has a larger reach advantage and also southpaw to make things worse.

AA loses the first opening rounds as usual and he will be losing the later ones as well.

[bojangles1987]

Abraham isn't as sloppy as Froch, and certainly not as open. He has a better understanding of how to effectively pressure as well. I don't think Dirrell is disciplined enough to keep Abraham from landing the big shots he has to.

[The_Demon]

the 3 hometown judges and hometown referee will help

[flexxx145]

If AA makes it in to a war Dirrell doesn't have the chin to win.

[eli porter]

AA is a fighter who needs the other fighter to wear down a bit. He baits a fighter into hitting the gloves enough and tire out. When the fighter gets closer in the mid-late rounds, he makes his move.

This has worked on a number of his opponents, go watch past fights and you will see this.

This will not work on Dirrell. Dirrell is not the type of fighter who will engage to the point where he will tire himself out on the outside punching and fall on to the inside range of Abraham...

This post makes a very good point but I think you might be underestimating a bit arthur abraham's ability to tire his opponent through bodyshots (even without great technique) and through walking dirrel down always posing the risk of a few wide swings.

[dc6112]

If AA makes it in to a war Dirrell doesn't have the chin to win.

The whole point I made is that AA doesn't have the speed or style that can bait Dirrell into a war. If anyone chooses to make it a war, it will be Dirrell who has that choice.

Think back to Mayweather-Gatti. Mayweather had the speed and know how to effectively break down Gatti without making the fight a war. Dirrell is not Mayweather, but he possesses the kind of quickness advantage over Abraham that Floyd had over Gatti.

[BMWM3P]

If Dirrell wins it will be because he ran and held like a ***** then gets a robbery dec courtesy of his handpicked hometown judges.