Abraham will KO Dirrell and Froch

believe it or not i think it will be harder for him to ko dirrell. in fact, dirrell has a much better shot of winning imo b/c of how he fights. if dirrell plays his cards right, it will be hard for arthur to find him. froch came forward all night and still had a hard time landing anything of note. that isnt aa's style so i think its going to be pretty interesting to see how this plays out. of course if he does find him it won't be pretty.

froch is going to get his head taken off his shoulders by aa. froch at one point was walking at dirrell with his hands almost straight down at his waist, then he would rock his left arm twice before flicking out a pretty slow jab. it was almost as if he was begging dirrell to time that jab and counter. arthur will clean him up badly if he fights that away against him i'm afraid.

 

Dirrell is fast... we saw it in the fight with Froch..he is difficult to hit,that could be a problem for AA.. he´s not the fastest fighter even on hands or feet.Dirrell will probably do ANYTHING to stay out of AA powerarsenal...trying to move and counter or RUN an counter:yep

 

I think Abraham is tailor made for Froch, stylistically. An aggressive fighter with a good chin who loops his punches a bit should be able to outpoint Abraham and avoid getting KOed late.

 

i hear ya, i just think froch is just too damn easy to hit. taking nothing way from andre at all (i like the kid and think he won), but if he hurt froch (which he did) then aa should be able to take him out.

i think the first KD in aa/miranda II was aa coming inside of miranda's looping shots. i could be wrong about that but for some reason i feel like i remember seeing a looping right hand and arthur coming inside with that left right on his chin...:think

 

i think abraham will smash froch to pieces. I think dirrell has more of a chance on points against abraham, but i doubt it. Abraham will win the whole tournie in my opinion. He is as tough as kessler, and punches harder, and has a great defence.

 

I think Dirrell will cause an upset. He impressed me in the Froch fight, and being a speed demon I think he could steal it againt Arthur.

Froch on the other hand, is slow, clumsy, and has a poor defense. Arthur won't have a problem catching him.

 

you could be right.. IMHO i think Arthur Abraham is a little bit overrated,so to speak.
He is a great finisher and a KO artist.. But his boxingskills isn´t that great,IMO.

And i think i will have a lot o trouble when he facing some of those who can box and punch...But who knows..:good

 

I don´t hope "I" will have a lot of trouble..(who knows).
but off couse "he will"..

 

And you think Froch can box and punch? Against Dirrell he reminded me of a headless chicken always coming forward with no strategy or gameplan whatsoever.

Froch is tailormade for AA! The guy comes forward, has virtually no defense and doesn´t seem to care about a strategy.And his chin is a little bit above averagy but nothing to brag about.If Dirrell can hurt him, AA should be able to do the same. Froch will run right into the hand the puts him to sleep.

 

Nah unless he gasses and gets careless I dont see how gets koed with froch the chances are higher since he defense is horrible ..

 

We saw Abraham exploding on the A+ level vs. Taylor, and his elite opponent had just as much trouble with AA's assault as anyone else in Arthur's career.

However, it's more like a style thing. Taylor is not easy to hit, but isn't a very good mover either, whereas an improved Dirrell (Andre definitely needs improvement on balance, something like Haye did between the Barrett and Valuev) could give a lot of headaches to Abraham. If on the offensive, AA is very quick to cut down the ring and corner the opponent, BUT we're yet to see the success vs. a very fast mover.

So AA could be in a tough task finding target, on the other hand though, "effectively countering Abraham" is something so nice to hear on these boards and from fighters/trainers, yet no one could do that for a major part of an Arthur Abraham fight. It's actually hard to counter him, and even more dangerous.

I think Dirrell will have to play with fire in this one though, you gotta land punches to put rounds in the bag and Taylor had tough time doing that.

 

More skilled fighters than Froch have not been able to outpoint Abraham. Taylr wasn't able toland enough meaningful shots after the third rounds to lead on the cards and Taylor is easily more skilled than Froch. Between AA and Froch, it is obvious that Froch is much easier to hit. Abraham loops his punches when his opponent is already stunned, but he throws quick enough punches to get to his opponents. Froch can fight one way, coming forward and getting into a give and take - battle. Abraham has a better chin and probably better power than Froch, so that fighting style would be his doom.

 

Which ones, other than Taylor? As I mentioned, I think part of the reason is that Froch loops his punches a bit. Taylor throws straight punches that get blocked by the turtle shell. Since Froch's punches tend to come in wider, he'll have an easier time finding the target. Watch the LaJuan Simon fight to see why I think Froch will win.

 

I'm gonna agree with the consensus here, I think Abraham will KO Froch, but I doubt he'll be able to KO Dirrell, though I'd like to be pleasantly surprised.

Dirrell just moves to well, I don't think Abraham will be able to keep up with his foot movement the whole fight, but I'm sure he'll be able to win the fight on workrate and aggression.