How many guys are more athletically talented than Andre Dirrell

[Taeth]

What's wrong with his stamina? I've seen him load up on punches before without any problems, and I think he is too fast for guys to capatilize on him being wild, he definitely doesn't fight wild very often.

I really like him, I haven't seen problems with his chin, even against the hard hitting Oganov, I think that fight showed stamina as well. We will have to see how he does against Froch, that is the only person really worth testing him against, and that is definitely a huge step up in class.

[OumaFan]

Oganov was horrible. I'm sure he had some power but it was inflated big time by fighting nobodies. Did you see him against Fulgencio Zuniga? Zuniga's not very good and totally outboxed him and beat him up. Hanshaw rocked Dirrell at least once too.

I kind of question any young fighters stamina until he really proves it. Pretty much the same with chins. And I've seen him tired more than once. Mainly its just cause he'll go crazy and throw these twenty punch combos. He needs to fight a bit closer to the vest against the top guys.

But I like him a lot. Very interesting fighter.

[Taeth]

I don't know why Andre went down against Hanshaw, I mean Anthony never bothered him again after that, it was kind of a wierd situation, and I don't exactly know what happened because the ref didn't give him an 8 count or anything. Dirrel really impresses me off the ropes, he is really slick and has great upper body movement for somebody so tall, I could see Froch beating him, but he is so much more elusive, and so much faster than J. Taylor that I have a hard time seeing it happening. IMO he is the best athlete in the division since Roy Jones Jr left it, and his speed is right up there with Roy's, he doesn't have the power or combinations, but his speed is right up there.

[OumaFan]

I actually thought he was hurt more once with a right hand than when he went down. Granted he wasn't out on his feet or anything.

He should dominate early against Froch, just a question of does he stay concentrated, does his stamina or maybe his chin let him down late? Or does he maybe hurt and even stop Froch, I wouldn't be totally shocked by that even though Froch seems to have a solid chin. He should be able to hit Froch fairly easily and with some stuff he doesn't see.

[Taeth]

I actually thought he was hurt more once with a right hand than when he went down. Granted he wasn't out on his feet or anything.

He should dominate early against Froch, just a question of does he stay concentrated, does his stamina or maybe his chin let him down late? Or does he maybe hurt and even stop Froch, I wouldn't be totally shocked by that even though Froch seems to have a solid chin. He should be able to hit Froch fairly easily and with some stuff he doesn't see.

I personally didn't see that, but to each their own, I didn't really see him get hurt by Henshaw, but he could have.

[amat]

I think it was the first round he was definitely hurt. I won't namedrop but I have talked in extent to a couple people who have been in the gym with Dirrell and they always talk about the key for him is to keep his composure. It is a genuine concern for those around him. We'll see if he can stay calm when he's tested.

[OumaFan]

I think it was the first round he was definitely hurt. I won't namedrop but I have talked in extent to a couple people who have been in the gym with Dirrell and they always talk about the key for him is to keep his composure. It is a genuine concern for those around him. We'll see if he can stay calm when he's tested.

TM?

I agree his composure looks like an issue, has looked like that a few times.

[Taeth]

I think it was the first round he was definitely hurt. I won't namedrop but I have talked in extent to a couple people who have been in the gym with Dirrell and they always talk about the key for him is to keep his composure. It is a genuine concern for those around him. We'll see if he can stay calm when he's tested.

If you are talking about what happened ten seconds into the round, I think he just went down trying to slip punches, he wasn't shaky on his feet afterwards at all.