Barry McGuigan “Froch got the decision but in my view he didn’t deserve it.”

Let's look at just one aspect of what Dirrell did against Froch. He repeatedly jumped in to clinch without throwing anything. Now ask yourself, how many right hands can Dirrell take from AA? That's VERY important because he will get hit not one time, but everytime, he does that with AA.

Direll has a ton of potential, but right now he should be fighting the likes of Joey Spina, Peter Manfredo, and Jesse Brinkley, not competing in this tourney. That's not a knock on Dirrell. It's just the reallity of where he is at this point in his career.

 

I disagree, I think he was scraping it up until that point by landing very infrequently even if they were quality punches. These were the rounds Dirrell actually impressed me and pulled away on my card, I've no idea how the judges saw that differently. I agree its a matter of gameplan and mentality, if he fought like that in the majority of rounds I'd have no trouble picking him against Pavlik. Perhaps he has taken confidence from that and will do in future, but if he fought the same 12 rounds against Pavlik I don't think he'd win the fight, so I'll assess him from now on see what he's learnt.

In my mind Dirrell is uncomfortable up close. Very intermittently did he look to hold his ground before the last few rounds, and when they were in close Froch seemed a lot stronger than him even throwing him around. He also seemed to jump out and grab hold of Froch rather than infighting on certain occasions which is okay as a gameplan but its not a sign of a fighter that is absolutely comfortable there, I'm sure he prefers to be at long or at least midrange.

I disagree, Pavlik's punches are a little snappier and even if they weren't they are certainly straighter which is much more likely to land compared to a wide hook that Froch was throwing. Anybody with reflexes can avoid a wide hook like that.

 

Let's see, Dirrell just lost a ridiculously winnable fight because he had no clue how to stay in the pocket, counter Froch, put him on the back foot, walk him down and knock him out. That's boxing 101, and Dirrell did not know how to do that, but ya, he belongs in the tourneyatsch

 

There was only one guy falling to the floor numerous times up close and jumping out from the ropes to hold without throwing and that was Dirrell. He looked weak to me at close range and I think its a primary area to work on along with his mindset and gameplan. I guess we'll have to agree to disagree.

I don't think it could get much worse than a slow handed fighter throwing uppercuts and hooks from the other side of the ring. It's easy to avoid that ****, and Froch was predictable with it too. You gotta give yourself the best chance to land against a quick reflexed fighter and the shortest distance is a straight line.

 

I don't think Dirrell/Froch and Pavlik/Hopkins are that similar in what happened. Pavlik very rarely even got in a position to punch, firstly because of Hopkins excellent movement and ring IQ, and secondly Hopkins threw him off completely with lead right hands and left hooks, he actually got off first a lot of the time as well as counterpunching. Pavlik didn't know when and how to come forward and was completely confused, made wary by Hopkins.

Froch got in positions but missed wildly due to a poor punch technique, lack of accuracy and a natural lack of handspeed. How many times did we see Froch just plain miss? All three probably contributed to his not landing much. So I think Pavlik would have more opportunities in that fight, whether he's good enough is another matter but I do prefer his punch technique and handspeed to Froch's provided he's got the opportunity.

 

I will be watching with interest to see if Abraham has more success on the offensive front. He has underrated handspeed. Sometimes lacks accuracy especially early in the fight but eventually he starts to time things so it should be interesting.

Dirrell will also have to come out of his shell a little or nobody is going to be punching. He'll want to get rounds in the bag early, I think we'll see a jabbing contest for a while. It's when we get half way and Abraham starts to open up we'll have a good idea how the fight will turn out.

 

Personally I think you have to hurt Abraham to beat him. Hurt him early and often so he stays in his shell, and then back him into a corner and suck the life out of him. I can't see Dirrell doing that.

 

AA will ko droolel.

 

Say what?

Please...

Comparin Dirrell to Hopkins. Now you said some dumb **** this thread, like, "It's better to throw wild haymakers against a fighter like Dirrell than short punches."

atsch

But show me ONE fight where Hopkins runs. ONE FIGHT.

I've never seen Hopkins run. And if you think the best way to beat Dirrell is with wild haymakers, I guess Andrade has got his number.

I guess Dirrell whups Hopkins ass at this point in his career along with every other straight punching fighter because they don't throw wild ass haymakers you need to beat Dirrell.

Man, if you got some kinda thing with Dirrell, like you want him to be your boyfriend or somethin that's cool....but don't let it cloud your opinion when you think BOXING.

 

Like i said, Dirrell has P4P habilities, but he need to fight like a man.