Are you ready for Anthony Dirrell?

[BoxerDood]

Anthony Dirrell looks to have all the attributes - talent, good skills, good speed & pretty good power - but he also had a very rough time with the extremely tough but limited Don Mouton.

Bika is the elite version of Mouton - much more skilled & experienced, who has fought a who's who of fighters in the last 10 years & beaten all but the very best.

I see Dirrell giving Bika some problems early but making the mistake of getting into a dogfight with Bika as the bout progresses. As things get messy, Dirrell will start to fall apart.

Bika by stoppage in the late rounds is my prediction.

To his defense, it was his first fight in almost two years due to the bike incident. I expect him to be a lot sharper this time around, especially for a title fight.

[MikeRo1972]

Ant' Dirrell has all the physical tools to he elite. Bika and his borderline MMA style will test Dirrell mentally, it'll be a telling fight for him no doubt. It's amazing to think that Anthony is this good yet his brother Andre is the one with a higher talent ceiling. Sad to see Andre become a 'never-was'.
He could've been a great one.

[boxingfeind]

Because next week he's taking bikas title, and probably his conciousness too.

Anthony is the real deal, 100% balls to the wall action, skills speed power and killer instinct.

This guy is a beast and he's going to run 168, he'll knock ward out you wait,

I`ve always been one of the few who hype Anthony Dirrell up because i see alot of potential in him.Next week is gonna be his coming out party which is gonna cause Andre Ward to move back down to 160 to avoid him once again.

[boxingfeind]

Anthony Dirrell looks to have all the attributes - talent, good skills, good speed & pretty good power - but he also had a very rough time with the extremely tough but limited Don Mouton.

Bika is the elite version of Mouton - much more skilled & experienced, who has fought a who's who of fighters in the last 10 years & beaten all but the very best.

I see Dirrell giving Bika some problems early but making the mistake of getting into a dogfight with Bika as the bout progresses. As things get messy, Dirrell will start to fall apart.

Bika by stoppage in the late rounds is my prediction.

The only reason he "struggled" with Mouton is because he chose to brawl with Mouton at times.If you watch the fight carefully,you`ll see that when Anthony chose to box he handled Mouton easily,but when he chose to brawl with him he got hit some but still outbrawled Mouton.He could have made it a easy night had he chose to just box but all night,but he chose to brawl a lot maybe to make it more exciting for the fans.

[BattleAxePurist]

The only reason he "struggled" with Mouton is because he chose to brawl with Mouton at times.If you watch the fight carefully,you`ll see that when Anthony chose to box he handled Mouton easily,but when he chose to brawl with him he got hit some but still outbrawled Mouton.He could have made it a easy night had he chose to just box but all night,but he chose to brawl a lot maybe to make it more exciting for the fans.

Looked more like he chose to brawl , it was stated earlier he'd been injured and his legs probably weren't where they needed to be , he should still be to fast for Bika who is nearing his limit in the sport.