Andre Dirrell will announce his return in the next couple of days

[heat27]

I swear people would be happier if he never fought again, and had severe brain damage which affected his life... But instead he's going to fight again, and everyone is pissed off.

He got hit while on a knee, and people blame hiim more then AA over that... It's just shocking to me.

you really believe that crap lol

[The Hammer]

Dan Rafael says Dirrell's return bout is likely going to air on Friday Night Fights.

He will lower the ESPN2 ratings.

[davidoff]

It's great the haters know what contract Dirrell was going to be required to fight under against Ward.....

Showtime took Ward's side for the venue when there was no reason whatsoever to do so. **** they're still doing so up until this day. So I don't doubt the rumours that he was being shafted in other ways.

Dirrell's very talented and I'm pleased to be seeing him back in the ring again.

[jermainerambo]

ya I think he beats them both also. But Andre Ward beats Dirrell..

yeah andre ward beats dirrell but joe calzaghe beats ward

[physiker]

It is true that it is bad form to mock someone's illness.

But re "Dr.Shaw High". Dirrell's camp has an easy reply.
If his injury was real and serious, and there really was a neurologist who said that, they could release his name and even a statement from him.

Then Dirrell's camp could even say, "see how bad his brain was, he couldn't even get the doc's name right."

But none of this has happned, to the best of my knowledge. So seems to be little or no cred there.

[physiker]

Oh and BTW, I think Dirrell is very talented, and deserved a points win over Froch.

[UglyPug]

He'd need to do a serious Haye-esque con job to get the public (and any big networks) behind him. Not only has the guy proved to be flakey and undependable as hell, but he's quite willing to stink out the joint so long as he gets paid at the end of it. Are these the sorts of qualities that make superstars?

I see absolutely nothing enticing about a Bute Dirrell showdown; in fact I see very little enticing fights involving Dirrell period, and that's taking all his di****able out-of-the-ring antics out of the equation. He's simply not got a crowd pleasing style. He actively avoids engaging his opponents (defence is one thing, what Dirrell does is another), spoils, clinches, drops to his knees, and has shown that he'll stoop to any measures when the going gets tough in order to get the win.

I don't care how much talent the guy has, I'd be quite willing to never see this guy set foot in the ring again.

nah unlike delusional haye, dirrell has proved himself against world class opposition. he beat two of the best super middleweights, and we all know he beat froch, it wasn't the absolute ass whipping some people make out - but he made froch look pretty foolish for the most part, landed the much cleaner and more powerful shots, and should have won 116-112ish.

i was live at the abraham/dirrell fight basically ring side (3rd row - that was where i got the pic with the great tommy hearns) and that was a SHOT he decked andre with when he was completely off guard and open. this was a punch from the hardest super middle weight puncher with about 3 feet of leverage (dirrell was down) and OPEN. Abraham did legitimately knock him down, and he was having some moments near the end of the fight, but dirrell was going to finish the fight and win a wide decision.

[Jack Napier]

[UglyPug]

i dont understand what the issue is anyway? you hit somebody like that so blatantly when they are down then you are superseding the sporting boundaries and deserve to be DQ'd, period.

[physiker]

i dont understand what the issue is anyway? you hit somebody like that so blatantly when they are down then you are superseding the sporting boundaries and deserve to be DQ'd, period.

This is true, without or without what we saw after the punch, and genuine or an act, AA deserved an immediate DQ.

Maybe we should give Dirrell the benefit of the doubt on what he displayed after the punch.

But the "Dr. Shaw High" thing is a bit much. And they have had plenty of time to release the name of his neurologist and a bit of a report to back up Dirrell.