Your take on Andre Dirrell

[PRIDE OF BOSTON]

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?

[Deanrw]

Dirrell has become my favorite of the Super 6. He is truly gifted, but also wild and vulnerable and will exchange when pressed.

He reminds me of Pascal in that you can see all that talent, but he has no issue with tossing it aside to get downright wild in there. It makes him an exciting fighter and it creates drama in his fights.

He also seems to have some power so when he exchanges he more often than not gets the better of them. He sent Abraham reeling quite a few times.

[PRIDE OF BOSTON]

Dirrell has become my favorite of the Super 6. He is truly gifted, but also wild and vulnerable and will exchange when pressed.

He reminds me of Pascal in that you can see all that talent, but he has no issue with tossing it aside to get downright wild in there. It makes him an exciting fighter and it creates drama in his fights.

He also seems to have some power so when he exchanges he more often than not gets the better of them. He sent Abraham reeling quite a few times.

I'd have to say Ward is my favorite in the Super Six. I love his movement and style. He doesn't mind taking it to the inside either. He doesn't make many mistakes. He has a good jab and power. Regardless of the headbuts he was making Kess look like an amatuer.(I'm a big Kessler fan so I was quite surprised)

[Deanrw]

Dirrell has become my favorite of the Super 6. He is truly gifted, but also wild and vulnerable and will exchange when pressed.

He reminds me of Pascal in that you can see all that talent, but he has no issue with tossing it aside to get downright wild in there. It makes him an exciting fighter and it creates drama in his fights.

He also seems to have some power so when he exchanges he more often than not gets the better of them. He sent Abraham reeling quite a few times.

I'd have to say Ward is my favorite in the Super Six. I love his movement and style. He doesn't mind taking it to the inside either. He doesn't make many mistakes. He has a good jab and power. Regardless of the headbuts he was making Kess look like an amatuer.(I'm a big Kessler fan so I was quite surprised)

I am not sure what it is, but I just cannot take to Ward at all. I think it is the Oakland officials or something. Maybe it was the Miranda fight. All I know is when he fights I want to see him get clocked good!LOL

He seems like a good guy and all, Maybe it is the fact all his fights are home fights for him or something. He seems to have it the easiest of the group for that reason.

[PRIDE OF BOSTON]

Dirrell has become my favorite of the Super 6. He is truly gifted, but also wild and vulnerable and will exchange when pressed.

He reminds me of Pascal in that you can see all that talent, but he has no issue with tossing it aside to get downright wild in there. It makes him an exciting fighter and it creates drama in his fights.

He also seems to have some power so when he exchanges he more often than not gets the better of them. He sent Abraham reeling quite a few times.

I'd have to say Ward is my favorite in the Super Six. I love his movement and style. He doesn't mind taking it to the inside either. He doesn't make many mistakes. He has a good jab and power. Regardless of the headbuts he was making Kess look like an amatuer.(I'm a big Kessler fan so I was quite surprised)

I am not sure what it is, but I just cannot take to Ward at all. I think it is the Oakland officials or something. Maybe it was the Miranda fight. All I know is when he fights I want to see him get clocked good!LOL

He seems like a good guy and all, Maybe it is the fact all his fights are home fights for him or something. He seems to have it the easiest of the group for that reason.

Yeah, I can see that. I loved the Miranda fight. What a beatdown. Bute sealed it, though. What a vicious uppercut!

[terrorsid]

I think Dirrell is a great fighter and he has a great future. I really dont think he'll win the super six tournament but he can never be slept on his skill level is far to good. He has some flaws but who doesn't now and day good fighters hand pick opponents he's fighting the real deal competition. these are no fights that have you feel funny like watching them hand picked million dollar fight from hbo.

[JonnyFolds]

Dirrell has become my favorite of the Super 6. He is truly gifted, but also wild and vulnerable and will exchange when pressed.

He reminds me of Pascal in that you can see all that talent, but he has no issue with tossing it aside to get downright wild in there. It makes him an exciting fighter and it creates drama in his fights.

He also seems to have some power so when he exchanges he more often than not gets the better of them. He sent Abraham reeling quite a few times.

We're talking about the same Andre Dirrel, right? The guy makes for stinker fights.. I think he's very talented, but he (or his trainers) don't trust/believe in his power. Therefore they are making every fight like a really long evacuation route. When he fought Froch he didn't even know he could wobble the guy. And he did that when he stopped trying to hit him with his biggest shots. Makes me feel like he still hasn't tapped the depths of his talent. I guess, what I'm getting at is he still fights like he's in the amateurs a lot of the time.

I completely agree with you POB... This guy is very hard to gauge as to how far he will go. I'll still give him a shout for winning the Abraham fight!!! Nice work, America!