I got a feeling that Dirrell will outbox Abraham!

I think Dirrell will look very good early on, but might get worn down as AA starts to come on. I can certainly see another late KO(not quite as late as Taylor), but AA could be in trouble if it goes to the scorecards.

 

I thought Jermain Taylor would outbox Abraham, but he was pants, Mahir Oral was more successful than him. So i'll reserve judgement, Abrahams Peekaboo style, althought not stylistically as good as Winky wrights, sure does work for him and is very effective for him to land his bombs. One of those and its bye bye for whoever. but can he catch a very awkward dirrell?

 

:good I really enjoyed reading that! A class post!!

 

It's very possible. Abraham's fighting style can't look good against movers and defensive fighters, just hope Abraham doesn't land often, if he does it could be all over right there. Abraham's power is what carried him through styles that are supposed to counter him, that's what his style is all about but someone can take his punches and keeps outboxing Abraham would be in serious trouble of getting his first loss. Unlike other aggressive fighters, Abraham at least has some skills. You want to see zero skilled aggressive fighters that are equivalent to heavybags but in human flesh?, Pavlik and Margarito are two poplar ones today. I would also like to add Miranda but at least he has some decent skills and can fight if put in different physical positive whether backwards, forward or in the middle. No, he can't fight very good but he's not complete lost like the rest of the cans I mentioned.

 

Dirrell has talent and him outboxing Abrahammer isn't out of the realm of possibility but Abrahammer getting frustrated and throwing bull**** shots? Also Dirrell getting the better of Abrahammer in the counter punching department?

Don't think either of those things will be happening.

Um no, Bute or Timothy Bradley are great examples of guys who "Box", notice though how they don't run, can still take the fight to a guy and aren't cowards.

You're just a fanboy who can't admit when a guy you like is fighting like a ***** and shows no heart.

Abrahammer and Winky don't use a Peek-a-Boo style, they use a high guard. There is a difference.

 

The problem I see for Dirrell is Abraham's guard and accurate counter-punching bursts. If Dirrell stands in front of him like Taylor did just waiting for the guard to open, he'll get countered. He has to move round him and force Abraham to press the action and try to counter. If he tries to iniate the action from the outside, he'll be hitting nothing but gloves and arms and he'll most likely get countered.

The reason I think Dirrell will most probably lose is because of this and Abraham's under-rated intelligence and discipline as a fighter. I think he'll press forward with Dirrell on the backfoot, but force Dirrell to iniate by keeping his tight guard while pressing forward, in turn Dirrell will leave opportunities for Abraham to counter.

 

Yeah that certainly has the possibility of frustrating Dirrell. Also if Abrahammer focuses of landing some hard bodyshots early on, with his power, that will go a long way with helping convince Dirrell to drop his hands which will open oppertunities to land and Dirrell's chin.

 

Taylor stood right infront of Abraham throwing a pitiful jab and still won 4 rounds.

Abraham will have to press the fight if he wants to win.

 

:good I'm English and a Carl Froch fan, but I also thought that Dirrell, who I had never watched before (and was most impressed with) had won the fight! You say that if Dirrell doesn't get caught, he wins the fight? I for one cannot fault your logic! Abraham gives up far too many of the early rounds and were he to not pressurise Dirrell from the first round then Andre could have more than sufficient "Legs" come "King Arthur's" predictable mid-late surge! Taylor clearly has stamina issues (Which is a shame because I enjoy watching him fight) and Dirrell finished "Strong" against Froch! What will be interesting will be the betting for this fight! I presume that Abraham shall be the favourite, which does imo make Dirrell a good bet!! A great match-up nevertheless!!

 

:good I agree Danny!

 

I also think Taylor is a better stand-up boxer than Dirrell and he did take a few punches on the way to getting KO'd. Taylor isn't a slouch, he may lack the mental edge to compete down the stretch, but early on he boxes pretty well. I actually picked Taylor to take a SD aswell. Dirrell showed great maturity in the Froch fight but he's still not an experienced campaigner by any means. I think he'll be discouraged from boxing the way he did in the Froch fight because he lost on the cards to 3 international judges, I think he'll try and be more active but get sloppy at some point, and leaves gaps for Abraham to land.

 

Again what worries me is Dirrell getting complacent and dropping his hands. He could do that against Froch, Froch is not so much a 1 punch KO artist but a guy who wears you down. Abraham on the other hand has 1 punch KO power and every shot he hit Taylor with, shook him.

 

:deal

 

Going a little hard on Pavlik no? And what about Froch.....does he qualify? Andrade?

 

Whatever was left of Jermaine Taylor was gone after the Froch fight. The right hand was there for Taylor all night and I was imploring him from my tv set to throw it. But all he did was flick a jab, but amazingly because of Abrahams inactivety, he was able to win rounds.

I dont know what Dirrell will show up. But he needs to be moving much like he was against Froch. Dirrell should have sat on his punches and probably would have stopped Froch. Dont know if he should sit on his punches against Abraham. Abraham throws every hook wild and with authority. If Dirrell stays disciplined he should win. I dont see Abraham as a pressure fighter.