Andre Dirrell: Running or Boxing?

Dude if you really think that Dirrell was not "Running" you should be banned for life from this forum, I am sorry but if you are to biased to wake up and see that then you really cant contribute to this forum with any logical sense.

 

Agree with this to a point.

Personally, I think Dirrell is still learning his craft, so it probably looked alot worst because of this. In time, he can learn to be a much better fighter by using his size and reach to keep himself in range and him opponent out of their comfort zone. That alone will boost his KO % and make for a more interesting fight.

Stevens needs to learn to go to the body and cut off the ring.

It looked more like an amateur match than a pro fight. That's what I found boring about it. I found myself telling Stevens to cut off the damn ring and go to the body, not complaining about Dirrell's running.

Yes, running.

 

Running. Paulie used his skills offensively and defensively while Dirrell was strictly defensive. What made the match worse was that Stevens didn't know how to cut off the ring and make Dirrell fight, so you had a runner and an inept opponent.

 

Tell that to Lennox, I'm sure he doesnt know anything about the sport either right?

Have you ever watched Willie Pep? A young Sugar Ray Robinson? Locche?

 

mispost.

 

Are you suggesting Dirrell was the "agressor"? If so, you are dumber than Lennox Lewis. BTW, dont use the worst comentator to try to make a point.

Anyway, Im done with this debate. Its just stupid to pretend Dirrell did not run in that match. I saw him run, the crowd saw him run and rightfully boo'd for most of the track meet and the vast majority of fight fans saw him run. atsch

 

Dont bring that Willie Pep Ray Robinson **** into this, this was no where near the way they "Boxed" this was a kid running from the sound of the bell to the end of the round, doing nothing but running.
Dirrell is an olympic prospect what do you think the HBO team is going to say? they have money invested in the youngster and will more than likely air his future fights, its in their finacial intrest to not bad talk their own stock.
But if you dont think he was running well okay then he wasnt running:roll:

 

Who threw more punches? Generally thats the more aggressive fighter, you know, the one actually moving his hands, not just walking forward getting punched in the face.

You can blame Dirrell, but Stevens did nothing to stop Dirrell from boxing his face off from both orthodox and southpaw.

 

Watch Pep. His style was eerily similar to what you saw from Dirrell the other night. Watch Cassius Clay, his style was basically the same exact thing. This kid is still growing into his body and when he gets more confident, he'll sit down on his punches more. If he doesnt, then yes, his bouts will continue to be boring until some one actually works hard enough to force him to fight.

 

he ran like a scared rabbit, anyone who cant see that is blind or dumb.

 

Scared rabbits dont get into the ring.

 

As my friend Bobby Z says, "It ain't nothing nice what ever it is."

 

if he used his jab consitantly then it would be called boxing, but one or two jabs a round is not boxing especially when your on your bike the entire night, I would be willing to bet that even if you dig up any Willie Pep fights, you wouldnt find one that was a carbon copy of that crap we had to watch.

 

Heh...

Running and winning>>>>>>Losing and being the aggressor

 

He was running though, Locche used to use his reflexes to avoid punches not run around the ring not wanting to fight.