A Devastating Loss For Abraham

Bute is not as fast as Dirrell and in addition Dirrell put on a masterful performance against AA and used his reach advantage very effective.

Bute will have more trouble to avoid AA's punches.

I can see Dirrell winning the tournament if he fights as disciplined as he did against Abraham. Of course, first, he has to qualify for the semi-finals which won't be easy. I believe that Dirrell - Ward isn't a no-brainer for the SOG. He will have trouble to find Dirrell and to avoid to get hit from the outside.

Personally, I'm still one of AA's biggest fans. He looked limited and he deserved the disqualification for his stupid action. Unlike most of the other AA fans, I don't think that he would've been able to win the fight in the last two rounds - not this time. However, if Dirrell and AA meet again the fight will be different. If AA would've started to be more active right from the start (although more risky), then Dirrell would've been in all kinds of trouble. His inactivity and sporadic combinations don't work against Dirrell who is with regard to his potential and skill-set one of the best boxers and a league above Abraham.

Even if I personally believe that AA wouldn't have been able to stop Dirrell without being disqualified, nobody can really say what would've happened. To say that Dirrell was robbed makes no sense. Because of the disqualification, Dirrell didn't have to go the full 12 rounds and we all know that AA - in theory - is always capable to end the show with one punch even in the very last seconds of a fight.

 

LOL. Abraham the best fighter in the tournament??! Comon now mate. The guys is so ovverated its unreal. I respect his strengh and punching power but this dude cant box for ****. He looked like a novice compared to Dirrell.

 

TBH, I couldn't see the fight, had exams to prepare for. Still, I thought AA was going to KO Dirrell and looking at the reports... Well, won't regret if it IS a devastating loss. Such a silly thing to do. Wouldn't mind if he was kicked out of the tournament.

Leaving "emotions" aside, AA is like Winky Wright but with more power. Susceptible to volume of punches from a moving target. Dirrell, from what I've read/viewed, brought that volume and unlike in the Froch fight, where he was busy running around, in this fight he was bussy punching.

Doesn't matter if opponent keeps his guard high and blocks most punches, if you're outpunching him 5 to 1 you should win rounds. If you are moving well and keeping the distance, chances are you won't get KOd. AA's only chance was a KO. Could he have done it? Of course, since Dirrell was tired and he is a KO puncher, but he blew his one chance and... did it in an... unfasionable manner to say the least.

TBH, this fight highlights that... maybe Froch isn't all that bad. Thing with Froch, he goes for KO from round 1 to round 12. He doesn't let rounds slip. And heck, he had ample more reasons to play dirty against Dirrell than AA had. Power... AA has the more power, but Froch throws powerful uppercuts.

This tournament is getting exciting. I won't jump on the Dirrell high horse. I think Kessler, depending on the Froch fight, and Ward could beat him. Will just wait and see.

 

If AA opens up earlier he'll just get tagged earlier and it will be AA fading down the stretch and possibly stopped. Dirrell is just to fast for him and AA's 'under rated' boxing skills aren't going to magically show up anytime soon.

 

You're hinting that he didn't want to pitch a shutout to possibly entertain apes?:huh

What you saw is what Dirrell can offer and he does run out of gas late, against a puncher like Abraham that's chaotic since Abraham can KO even in the last second of the 12th as he already proved and against top opposition.

 

That's the point, he did open up earlier and got frustrated and reckless then ended up dropped. AA's style isn't to open up early it's to mostly outlast his opponents or overpower them early if their style allows him to. This isn't the first mover Abraham fought and it surely wasn't the first mover he hurts late or plans to KO late either. I think it's obvious from this thread not many have seen more than three fights of Abraham, the Miranda fights and last Saturday's fight.

 

I've seen quite a few, including Lujuan Simon. But let's be honest. His last year at MW is hardly indicative of much since he was weight drained and fighting some pretty questionable opponents because of it. I've been waiting to see if he would be more offensive once he wasn't weight drained. He also has to realize he is not longer a belt holder and doesn't have the prerogative of making fighters come to him. He still does that annoying shell up and wave the opponent in. WTF is that? Picture a more composed/experienced Chad Dawson in their with him when he starts winging in desperation mode. Dirrell has shown a lot of growth since his last fight which was his first real step up in class. Loew said people should keep an eye on him before the first tournament fight. He still has some upside and I'm kind of excited for the young man to be honest.

Jack also said for reasons of his own he wanted AA to win the tourney but pointed out that he had to get by Dirrell so Jack has seen something in Dirrell he likes. My best guess is that Kessler and Abraham both beat Froch and Dirrell loses against Ward since Ward has all of his fights at home. That means Froch and Dirrell tie with 2 points and Froch moves on by virtue of his 'win' over Dirrell. Dirrell and Green go home.

 

I think Bute manages his distances better than Dirrell did (and Dirrell surprised me in that matter Saturday). Bute also hits harder. I've always thought he'd won against Abraham and I haven't changed my mind.