Quote Originally Posted by FinitoElDinamita View Post
Quote Originally Posted by MMASUX View Post
When did Dirrell gain so much love on this Forum? It wasn't that long ago that many people were talking crap for him running in the Froch fight, then again for possibly faking in the Abraham fight. I think Dirrell is very talented, but the guy just fought for the first time in 21 months, and now he's gonna beat Ward? I agree he does have a the skill set to beat Ward, but let's see how his next fight goes then we can talk about a possible fight with Andre Ward.

With that being said with Froch, Bute, Kessler etc. being busy, i would say Bika, Andrade, Magee.
Actually, Dirrell had many believers up until the Abraham fight when people started getting off the bandwagon, callin him a faker etc etc..

Nobody said he's going to beat Ward right now. He still needs some fights to shake off the rust but like you said, he has the skills to beat Ward..

Bika is a fair matchup but guys like Andrade and MAgee are recycled stepping stones at this point and they are not going to teach Dirrell anything. It's a waste of time..
True, the same could be said for Bika as well.