do the dirrells want to be unlikeable?
first, i thought andre dirrell was a great fighter. i thought that he easily beat froch in their fight and was destroying abraham until that whole incident. at the begining, i gave him the benefit of the doubt that he was really hurt, but after all of his talking and acting ridiculous, i started to not believe him anymore and realize that he was just annoying and didnt want to get hit.
then anthony was alright. i didnt mind him until after the bika fight. raising his hands at the end of the 12th like he won for sure and then leaving after the decision and not taking the interview was ridiculous. he acted like he was robbed when he wasnt. it was a close fight and he was fortunate enough to get a draw.
do they want people to hate them?
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I know what you're saying and I agree. I also don't like all the complaining. Dirrell complained alot to the referee on Saturday night about Bika's rough and ready style and he seemed to stand there waiting for an apology instead of hitting him back.
I must confess I don't like Mikey Garcia for similar reasons. Like the Dirrell's, the kid has bags of talent but he kinda cried out of the Salido fight when he was giving him a boxing lesson and then he came in overweight for Juanma making a mismatch fight 10 times worse.
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For me, its more frustration rather than dislike because i really like Andre Dirrell... anthony is just whatevers..
Andre dirrell is the most physically gifted fighter ive seen since roy jones and it sucks to see him let it go to waste..
I dont dislike him at all. I just want to know where his head is at because I believe he could be the best fighter of his division if he can put everything together..
During super6 tourney, I believed he was the only guy who could beeat ward. Thats how highly I think of him.
I really think the abe fight scarred him mentally. Ive seen many amateur fighters who showed this kind of effect after certain fights or after gett7ng hit by certain punches...
Sometimes, its not the pain caused by the punch that changes a fighter's mentality but something inside of you tells you that u never want to get hit there again and from there u start second guessing yourself..
I love Andre Dirrel's style though.. he really is the Matrix...
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Whiny little :censored:'s
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From the few fights I've seen of Andre Dirrell, I felt he has good skill, but the thing that turns me off is that he "runs" just a bit too much. You know there is just that certain amount of evading an opponent in that manner and after it crosses that thin line into the "too much" category, it makes a big difference in how the fighter is perceived. And of course it doesn't help that Andre does that lifting both hands in the air while evading against the ropes. So, in summary, if Andre would stand and fight a bit more, I think many more people would have become fans. And yes, it's very sad to see that he has been absent from the scene for way too long.
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Whiny little :censored:'s
Das racist bro and its offensive. Das wrong bro
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Anthony definitely came off as unlikeable after the Bika fight. It was an idiotic move to assume he had won in a fight that close because I would have a hard time believing his corner was telling him he had it in the bag. Now that being said, I wanted him to win as he showed good skills but the running around with the hands raised gesture took any empathy I may of had for him in regards to that fight and threw it out the window.
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For me they don't "want" to be, but they are.
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For me they don't "want" to be, but they are.
Y u hatin cuzz?
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No hating meing, just don't care for what they show. Always seems to be some puffed up drama going on.
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No hating meing, just don't care for what they show. Always seems to be some puffed up drama going on.
Have you ever been sucker punched? I was in a 5 on 5 brawl one time and and during the middle of all the chaos, I got a motherfucker real good and hsd him out so while standing there for a split second admiring my work, other dude punched me from the side which I totally did not expect.... I really felt that one cuz u know what they. Punches u dont see coming are the ones that hurt you the most..
Andre dirrell was sucker punched by abe.. people argue that abe didnt get full extension on that shot but when you take a unexpected shot by a dude who is very heavy handed like abe, you are gonna get shaken up plain and simple..
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Never stand back and admire your own work unless you are serving cheese and crackers and trying to sell some shitty painting you insist is a masterpiece :cwm13: sorry ya got your ass kicked in an even fight too ;D
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Never stand back and admire your own work unless you are serving cheese and crackers and trying to sell some shitty painting you insist is a masterpiece :cwm13: sorry ya got your ass kicked in an even fight too ;D
True, I learned my lesson and I deserved to get hit for getting careless.. but i Iayed him out with a picture perfect two piece combo to the chin that I couldnt help but to admire my fatality job..feeling myself was one thing but I heard a crack when his head hit the pavement so I wanted to see if he was gonna get back up..
That's my thing though. When im in a brawl, my sights are locked on one and one target only.. its like a tunnel vision. As long as I hurt one motherfucker real good, I can sleep well at night.
Naw man.. we won that brawl at the end.. it was just me who took a blind punch for getting cocky but that was the first and last time I ever got hit with a flush punch on the streets..
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im not debating on whether or not andre is good because i believe that he is great. he just lacks heart of a true champion. does anybody know why he still isnt really fighting? i havent heard anything about him in forever.
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im not debating on whether or not andre is good because i believe that he is great. he just lacks heart of a true champion. does anybody know why he still isnt really fighting? i havent heard anything about him in forever.
Heck, you can say that about all of 50's fighters. But I just read an article where Andre called out Golovkin. That is a fight I would really like to see. I don't know if 50 Cent is in over his head or what but Andre does need to get active at least fight nobodies. Otherwise we'll have to starting calling his promoter 50 perCent...for the chance that his fighters will get even a single fight any given year.
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im not debating on whether or not andre is good because i believe that he is great. he just lacks heart of a true champion. does anybody know why he still isnt really fighting? i havent heard anything about him in forever.
I personally think Dirrell is done at the elite level. He got wrecked by Abraham and I don't think he's ever going to recover the necessary confidence to re enter the ring with top competition. I question whether his heart is still in it... Who can blame him, despite all his natural talent he got badly hurt and shaken up. Fighting more won't help his future health.
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im not debating on whether or not andre is good because i believe that he is great. he just lacks heart of a true champion. does anybody know why he still isnt really fighting? i havent heard anything about him in forever.
Heck, you can say that about all of 50's fighters. But I just read an article where Andre called out Golovkin. That is a fight I would really like to see. I don't know if 50 Cent is in over his head or what but Andre does need to get active at least fight nobodies. Otherwise we'll have to starting calling his promoter 50 perCent...for the chance that his fighters will get even a single fight any given year.
that would be the worst fight for him ever. if he thinks that getting hit by abraham is bad, GGG is actually going to throw punches.
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i dont think dirrell deserved the fight against froch at all
he ran to extremes and deserved to be DQ'd
He was winning against AA but the whole episode at the end was clearly a dive and he should have recieved a ban or at the very least a stiff warning
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i dont think dirrell deserved the fight against froch at all
he ran to extremes and deserved to be DQ'd
He was winning against AA but the whole episode at the end was clearly a dive and he should have recieved a ban or at the very least a stiff warning
dirrell was not running. he may have backed up a bit more than most would have liked but he landed more and landed the bigger shots. he also threw more punches. it wasnt the worst decision ive ever seen but it was bad. i had it 116-112 for dirrell and even a draw would be pushing it.
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im not debating on whether or not andre is good because i believe that he is great. he just lacks heart of a true champion. does anybody know why he still isnt really fighting? i havent heard anything about him in forever.
Heck, you can say that about all of 50's fighters. But I just read an article where Andre called out Golovkin. That is a fight I would really like to see. I don't know if 50 Cent is in over his head or what but Andre does need to get active at least fight nobodies. Otherwise we'll have to starting calling his promoter 50 perCent...for the chance that his fighters will get even a single fight any given year.
that would be the worst fight for him ever. if he thinks that getting hit by abraham is bad, GGG is actually going to throw punches.
Nah, it wasn't because Abraham hit him it was because he hit while he was down and not embracing. Plus, I looked at the tape a lot and I think Dirrell acted his way out of that ending and it was a nice way to get out of the Ward fight as well. The dude is not a fighter at heart he just has freakish talent. Besides he has been in there with hard hitters such as Abraham, Froch, Stevens, and even Golovkin in the amateurs. If he can get his heart into it Andre is a problem for anybody including Ward.
