I have always thought Bute is the best 168 lb figher. He just hast the most. Beating an old man, easily does not prove anything though about fighting Ward.
ok i had a little exageration here , i'll shut the throlling mode maybe i spoke to much with the president today!
Don't take Dirrell for a joke...he is the fastest on foot and in hand speed. in fact i believe in terms of natural athletic talent he is the best in the division he just lacks power, but he can back you up if he needs too. great iq also....BUTE FIGHT DIRRELL PLS
Dirrell didn't run vs Abraham and Dirrell has power. Not as much as Bute, but he has it. He was able to hurt Froch and Abraham
Don't confuse ring IQ with athletisicm. Fighters with great ring IQ like Tszyu for instance, don't consistently get backed into the corner like Dirrell did against Froch throughout and the latter stages of the Abraham fight. Thats not ring intelligence, he gets backed up and his footwork is shitty. Been a runner does not equate to having good footwork, that nonsense is thrown out there too much these days. Good footwork is subtle shifting of the feet to enable you to be the one in control of range. Dirrell just circles the ring. The day his excellent athletic ability leaves him he will be a very average fighter because he doesn't have a great boxing brain.
Watch fight camp 360 the build up before the abraham fight, sitting on his couch he analysed and broke down King arthur. People on the forums & Betting odds were not giving Dirrell a chance. he CREATED THE BLUEPRINT TO DEFEAT abraham...then eveyone else altered it slightly to suit their puposes. Ring IQ.
Hacked my ass. You placed that Avatar there yourself. Bute fans love looking at other men's bodies. See the sexiest & Ugliest boxers threads. Bute fans are a gaggle of Gay gigglers. :yep
Dirrell punches more effectively then Bute, because he has better; -Speed -Timing -Accuracy -Power Punch for punch, Dirrell > Bute :yep
dirrell is a bum,like all americans at smw.none of them have a heart and some are missing the jaw too.i expect bute to retire ward.but they won't ever meet cause froch will expose that bum and he will retire and go to circus to crack watermelons with his head,that's what his good for
dirrell has less power than sylvester stallone in rocky 6.not only that but he also have no heart and he is a bad actor.let me make it more clear: dirrell is a bum who would run scared in the ring even if he meet the janitor
Dirrell is 6"2 to Abraham's 5"9 and holds a 3 inch reach advantage and has exceptionally fast hands. There is no ****ing genuis gameplan, you fight whats infront of you which in this case was a much smaller man and Dirrell held every physical advantage. Don't make it sound like he re-invented the wheel. He was always going to fight AA long and would of been stupid to do otherwise. The fact that AA went on to lose to bigger men in Froch and Ward showed that he had no business at 168 more so than any master gameplan than Dirrell laid out. Because if they did follow his blueprint they did a poor job, i mean they forgot to get dropped in the 10th round ( stepped on his foot my arse!! ) and run around the ring in survival mode for the last few rounds