When news of the super six tournament first broke, I was very vocal in my assertion that Andre Dirrell was in over his head. Based on his fights with Oganov and Hanshaw I thought he should be fighting guys like Zuniga and Brinkley, not world class operators. Before the Froch fight I was adamant that Froch would eat Dirrell alive. Come fight time we saw an ugly foul fest, but we also saw Dirrell hold his own every step of the way, and at times he made Froch look like a buffoon. Before the Abraham fight I said AA would knock Dirrell out the first time he made a serious mistake. I expected Dirrell to catch a straight right on the chin after making one of his normally inept attempts to clinch. That never happened. Dirrell swept the first five rounds, and when Abraham hit the stool after that 5th round he was already starting to look like a beaten fighter. Going into the 11th Dirrell was up 7 rounds to 3, and he was on his way to making it 8 rounds to 3 when Abraham proved he is more psychotic court jester than "King." Dirrell's power, his chin, his ability to stay focused and execute a fight plan, and his over all improvements over the past year shocked the hell out of me. I underestimated and under rated this kid by the proverbial country mile. I take my hat off to this kid, and to those fans who saw his innate talent long before I did.
I think maybe you have an inflated opinion of what your opinion means to everyone else. No press release? No open press conference?
Agreed, initially I was like who the f is Andre dirrell? He was the only name I didn't know. But after the froch fight I was an instant fan. He masters the sweet science but still is entertaining as hell to watch! This tournament is what boxing and sports is about. No one knew this Guy and now no one can stop talking about him. Go Andre.
Kudos on the Mea Culpa but in a way I agree with Haye. I think you give to much importance about what people on ESB think of you. The reality is 50% of the people on ESB are either fanboys or haters. The other 49% are aliases. Leaving only 1% of people who actually give a damn.
First off -- Haye is a complete ****-wit who never types an intelligent statement. Second -- I made a statement where I owned up to things I was wrong about. Perhaps a few more people ought to try that instead of going into complete denial of known facts.
Or maybe they should lighten up a little and take this ****ing forum a little less seriously. This isn't Parlaiment or a national newspaper. You dont have to issue 'public apologies' because you got something wrong. Do you think people are lying awake at night thinking 'booradley, what a ****, he was SO wrong over Dirrell, how can he ever come back on ESB, he will simply have to issue a public apology...'
no need to apologise, Dirrel never had any fans before the tournament started, and he only has a handful more now.
On the contrary, ****, do you think anyone who might be interested in this thread would give a **** about what you have to say?
Like I said, kudos for the mea culpa. I don't think it was necessary tho. I personally have the attention span of a fly. I've already completely forgot what I've read on ESB just an hour ago. So I don't really care much about public apologies.