Ward refuses to fight another contender away from his hometown of Oakland, and Dirrell wants the fight to be in a neutral location.
What? Where is a link to this?
We do know that the fight has been rescheduled to November 27th at a venue to be named according to a Showtime Spokesman. Also, when I spoke with Dirrell, he said that the fight will happen, despite what has been reported.
just rewatched dirrell-abraham in HD...man dirrell has got to be the most complete fighter in the tournament next to ward...his speed, agility and reflexes are the best at 168-175 right now and he has very underrated power in both hands
ward is the better inside fighter and probably a little smarter too but lacks the power and is just one step behind on speed. ward has a major edge in mental toughness though not many fighters his age are that poised and mature in the ring
both these guys are going to take over at 168-175
I saw that too, I think since he was getting a rep as a boring pitty pat puncher who runs and doesn't like a tough fight he wanted to show everyone that wasn't the case against AA and I think he did that.
I don't like ward's "hold-n-hit" and "lead-with-the-head" style.
but if he wins the super 6, beats bute convincingly, and the winner of dawson/pascal/hopkins convincingly, and pac and pbf have retired, then he could possibly be #1 p4p.
Why are people saying Dirrell is mentally weak ? I'm curious to know why people have come to this conclusion. I mean, sure Ward has supreme mental toughness but Dirrell weak ? I don't see that at all.
Pretty sad for the sport if Ward is considered anywhere near "p4p" level status.
As long as Dirrell doesn't decide to put track shoes on he should expose the Billy Goat pretty easily. Unless its in Oakland, then I got the Billy Goat on cuts stoppage.
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