So I've wrestled with him a bit. ...and I was wondering what your takes were on him. This is how I see him at this point.
Andre Dirrell is an EXTREMELY gifted athlete. He has quick hands, decent power and good legs on him and uses great angles.
His inconsistency is what kind of kills me. He teeters in between two styles... One is all out running and another is engaging with technical brilliance... The thing is that it seems that the styles have had less to do with who's in the ring than with his mindset and focus.
People can say what they want about the shot landed by Abraham... Either way it was illigal and I think that the ref made a good decision on the DQ because he was down but in watching it over and over again in slow-mo, it looks like he makes an active decision to go down. He started to make an "it didn't hurt me expression" on his face for a split second before he went down. I probably would have done the same thing if I were him to seal the deal because Abraham was closing distance on him and getting tougher to keep at the end of a jab... but that's neither here nor there.
Although extememly skilled he's still a bit of a question mark in my mind and I can't really make my mind up on him.
Thoughts?
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