Why I think Dirrell "SHOULD" be able to beat Abraham!

You think Dirrel was a disgrace against Froch wait till you see him against Abraham.

AA has to knock him out to win cause theres no way hes going to win a decision in Detroit.

 

If it were a foot race, I would pick Dirrell.

Dirrell's only chance to win is to fight or he will let yet another belt slip through his gloves. Too bad he has to do it against the Gremlin Smurf whom is a very tough customer. Dirrell winning is a doable thing but will he beat him or will he just run like the wind and try to get by on his hopes and prayers that he is fighting here in the states and that he might just benefit from a hometown brewing.

You use the word BEAT and I doubt this will be a beating that Dirrell will dish out. It will be a win maybe but not a BEATING. Do not confuse the two. :bart

 

the martix can outbox the king, old fashion slick blackness.he just better keep it in the middle of the ring, if he fights likw he did in the froch fight he can get koed with a one hitter quitter.im going with the matrix to hand the king his 1st defeat, but i can see king stoping him with a few punches after being outclasses the whole night.im till picking te matrix.

 

I definitely think Dirrell is being under-rated now and has a good chance to win this fight.

 

Honestly Dirrell spaz and if he doesn't sort that out he's not going to beat a dangerous tough as nails fighter like AA.

 

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I will not be completely suprised if Dirrell wins...I will be shocked if anyone would ever think this at any point. And I don't think there is anything he could do that would make me think that...

 

I'm going with the Matrix as well. Simply box and move - stick to the script.

 

I think Abraham wins this fight mainly because of his experience and mental toughness, but I don't rule Dirrell out because he's a really good and fast boxer.

Dirrell has handspeed and footspeed at his advantage. He also possesses a good jab.
Abraham has power, defence, ring generalship, chin. Abraham is also notably a slow starter, taking time to study his opponent.

Dirrell must absolutely win the first 3-4 rounds, never let Abraham set his shots up, keep his fast jab in his face, going in and out fast and work the body consistently. By this way, If he hits Abraham hard and often enough it will bring his defence down, tire him and allow Dirrell to hit his head. Dirrell must be intelligent, really active (but not waste his shots!), use his footwork in the ring and speed. But is is a hard task.

He must pierce Abraham's defence which is really hard to do. Taylor did not really succeed when almost everybody took for granted that Taylor would outbox Abraham and Abraham's only chance would be by KO. And attacking Abraham often the body seems like a good plan, but you must be fast because Abraham counters fast (he is faster than given credit for) and really hard, one shot could finish it all.

Abraham must like always keep his defense tight, not allow Dirrell to gain confidence, use his strong jab to time and break Dirrell's speed and not allow him to set up his body attack, counter hard on him (make Dirrell pay for everyshot he gives him), apply intelligent pressure and just discourage Dirrell by blocking his shots and allow him to tire late. If the knockout doesn't come, it's because in the last rounds all Dirrell will do after having tasted Abraham's power is run.


Abraham by KO :yep:smoke

 

dirrel cudnt beat froch when he had the perfect style. AA is a whole new kettle of fish

 

Abraham is gonna knock him out.

 

This is EXACTLY AA's tactic and he uses it to KTFO his opponents. It is his form of rope-a-dope. Dirrell best stay wary if he wants to win. :yep

 

I think Abraham will come with two different gameplans.

First would be to win via rounds, when he starts to step on the gas earlier than expected, and gives only 1 or 2 rounds away to learn what Dirrell does. If he gives Dirrell the first 4 rounds, Dirrell needs only 2 more, and the judges will hand him the last round if he is still standing to gift him the win. Abraham would need 8 big rounds to win that fight on points, probably some KDs, and he probably knows.

The second would be to go for the KO only. I won't give away how he would do that.