Abraham vs. Dirrell Analysis

I just watched this yesterday. This guy is always pretty insightful. Abraham is a better technician than given credit for. I recently had another go at Dirrell/Froch, painful as it was and I think I was too hard on Dirrell before. I think some of the awfulness just came from the fact that the styles clashed horribly.

 

Unfortunately his styles clash horribly with a lot of fighters. With all his talent I wonder if he'll ever harness it properly and become the fighter he's capable of being. I just hope it doesn't happen on the 27th!

 

i'm gonna go out on a limb and go with dirrell UD. i think he's too fast and too slippery for AA and he's not gonna be pressuring dirrell heavily like froch was.

AA will have his usual stamina issues later in the fight and dirrell will be reasonably fresh unless he leaves himself open and gets tagged with some bombs. i think people on this board underestimate dirrell.

 

he's a great analyzer but his voice kills me.

 

His usual stamina issues or his usual stamina issues after draining to make 160? I think 168 is a different kettle of fish, stamina-wise.

 

AA may look like he has stamina issues, but he carries his power extremely well for the whole fight. Otherwise most of his KOs wouldn't happen between round 9 and 12.

 

in the final analysis this guy says AA KO or Dirrell decision.

Isn't that ****ing obvious? Why doesn't he put it on the line and get off the fence.

I think Dirrell by Decison as it is in his home town and he can run all day and win, anywhere else but the USA and I think AA wins.

Apart from that his comments on both fighters are interesting.

 

Honestly, I dont think Dirrell is completly ready for this tournament.. Hes still too raw.... I think he got a lil rushed into it

He would have stopped froch if he was more polished and experienced mentally... He still does some questionable amatuer like stuff in the ring....

So unless hes improved on those things, i think that hes too raw.... Hes got more talent than Ward, but Ward is so ****ing polished he fights like a seasoned pro

 

You do understand he's advising people on betting on the fight, right? He's advising a betting strategy. Listen again, maybe.

 

I'm picking Dirrell to outbox Abraham

 

I agree. Although it seems to me Abrahams stamina issues are mostly in the beginning.

I think AA is overrated, seing that he lost a lot of rounds to Mahir Oral, who got around Abrahams guard a lot, and he failed to KO guys like Simon etc. Besides, there is a size advantage of almost Paul Williamsy proportions.

 

That's a pretty good take.

 

There is a difference between losing rounds and giving them away (to the Oral comment). Abraham publicly stated his difficulty making weight towards the end of his career at middleweight and there is a long, long, long list of big punchers who don't knockout unheralded opponents. Also, while no one is singing Oral and Simon's praises, it doesn't make them ****. Simon has still never been stopped.

 

Because it's "gamblers advisory" not a prediction page, Dwyer offers you the safest bet to make money, and in his opinion these two options are the most likely, but too close to pick one over another - and since both bets offer more than a 2:1 odds, if you bet on both, either option wins, you make money.

Clear?