The Matrix Andre Dirrell.. His latest bout plus his Olympic match with GGG

This guy is too talented to be wasting his prime years like this. He reminds me of a watered down Roy Jones Jr..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnvWUCjqAWw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YN5BZGQGN54

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-M3f_dR98uI

You need to have it mentally as well as physically and he hasn't got it mentally.

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Originally Posted by Kirkland Laing

You need to have it mentally as well as physically and he hasn't got it mentally.

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Unfortunately, I believe @Kirkland Laing might be correct.

There it is from Kirkland Laing.

Joshua Clottey and James Buster Douglas were like that too.

I think some of us need to be reminded of what this man is capable of. And let me just add that heart and desire two different things imo..

Dirrell made a huge leap up in class by fighting Carl Froch on his biggest stage and dude did well enough to win in many people's eyes so how does he not have heart?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vbaJ-WPhPg


Leading up the Abraham bout, very few gave him a chance. They said he was going to run, they said he wouldnt be able to handle the pressure of Abe but he actually surprised many people by doing the opposite.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2qtjqUjfmE


Alot of people question his heart because he's refusing to stay active but I dont his inactivity is an indication of what his heart his made of. Maybe he's just lost interest for awhile or perhaps he's struggling to find what he wants but at least in the heat of battle in his biggest fights, he did show plenty of heart.

The Matrix Dirrell is just crazy with it

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Originally Posted by Kirkland Laing

You need to have it mentally as well as physically and he hasn't got it mentally.

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I sure had high hopes for the guy. You don't get the chance to see that many naturally gifted southpaws over a lifetime. Maybe its genetics or something because they all seem to mentally fold. Judah, Harrison, Andre. To bad he never had his brothers heart and soul or Anthony his skills.

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You need to have it mentally as well as physically and he hasn't got it mentally.

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I sure had high hopes for the guy. You don't get the chance to see that many naturally gifted southpaws over a lifetime. Maybe its genetics or something because they all seem to mentally fold. Judah, Harrison, Andre. To bad he never had his brothers heart and soul or Anthony his skills.

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Judah was the undisputed welterweight champion and won 2 junior welterweight belts also he fought 4 sure hall of famers, it's ridiculous to compare Zab to Dirrell.

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You need to have it mentally as well as physically and he hasn't got it mentally.

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I sure had high hopes for the guy. You don't get the chance to see that many naturally gifted southpaws over a lifetime. Maybe its genetics or something because they all seem to mentally fold. Judah, Harrison, Andre. To bad he never had his brothers heart and soul or Anthony his skills.

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Judah was the undisputed welterweight champion and won 2 junior welterweight belts also he fought 4 sure hall of famers, it's ridiculous to compare Zab to Dirrell.

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Take a pill. I was not comparing them per say. I simply said they are all mentally weak. Long on skill and short on cortex.

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Originally Posted by Kirkland Laing

You need to have it mentally as well as physically and he hasn't got it mentally.

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I sure had high hopes for the guy. You don't get the chance to see that many naturally gifted southpaws over a lifetime. Maybe its genetics or something because they all seem to mentally fold. Judah, Harrison, Andre. To bad he never had his brothers heart and soul or Anthony his skills.

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Judah was the undisputed welterweight champion and won 2 junior welterweight belts also he fought 4 sure hall of famers, it's ridiculous to compare Zab to Dirrell.

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Take a pill. I was not comparing them per say. I simply said they are all mentally weak. Long on skill and short on cortex.

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Kind of a myth if he had ducked Kosta history would be different.

Dirrell very skillful wasted talent, he will not be the first or last talented fighter, to just not fight,!
must be in his mindset.

I thought he was absolutely brilliant in the Abraham fight. Granted Abraham punches like the Energiser Bunny when he's fighting anybody bigger than him and Dirrell had the perfect opportunity to look good, but he looked like the real deal.

Then he got hit on the head when he was down, saw a way out and quit. He was having his finest hour and his mental side still couldn't hold up enough to complete the fight. Match that kind of talent with the makeup of somebody like Rios or Bradley and you'd have the next pound for pound number one.

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I thought he was absolutely brilliant in the Abraham fight. Granted Abraham punches like the Energiser Bunny when he's fighting anybody bigger than him and Dirrell had the perfect opportunity to look good, but he looked like the real deal.

Then he got hit on the head when he was down, saw a way out and quit. He was having his finest hour and his mental side still couldn't hold up enough to complete the fight. Match that kind of talent with the makeup of somebody like Rios or Bradley and you'd have the next pound for pound number one.

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I would alo put Chad Dawson in the category of "uncanny talent but no mental" type of persons.