{"id":1833,"date":"2010-03-26T08:27:52","date_gmt":"2010-03-26T13:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ringsidereport.com\/?p=1833"},"modified":"2010-05-21T21:28:13","modified_gmt":"2010-05-22T01:28:13","slug":"team-rsr-fight-picks-andre-dirrell-vs-arthur-abraham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=1833","title":{"rendered":"Team RSR Fight Picks: Andre Dirrell Vs Arthur Abraham"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Compiled by Brian Wilbur<\/strong><\/p>\n

This Saturday night, March 27th<\/sup>, the Super Six tournament continues.\u00a0 Points leader and former Middleweight Champion from Germany Arthur Abraham will take on American contender Andre Dirrell.\u00a0 Abraham began the tournament as an established star and was toted as one of the favorites.\u00a0 He lived up to those high expectations by scoring a KO over Jermain Taylor in the first round of the tournament.\u00a0 Dirrell, who entered the tournament as a promising but unproven prospect, lost a controversial decision to Carl Froch in the first round.\u00a0 Dirrell is looking for redemption and to put points on the board against a very strong opponent in Abraham.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Dirrell has the hometown advantage this time, with the fight being hosted in his home state of Michigan.\u00a0 Arthur has fought most of his matches in Germany but he once previously fought in the United States, recording an impressive 4th<\/sup> round TKO against Edison Miranda.\u00a0 Abraham is the most polished of the Super Six contestants and thus is considered a slight betting favorite.\u00a0 Dirrell though, has tremendous upside and if his performance on Saturday comes close to matching his potential and talent, then we could have an upset on our hands.\u00a0 The team of writers at RSR offer their predictions.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Mike \u201cRubber Warrior\u201d Plunkett<\/strong><\/p>\n

Despite all of the hoopla and potential, Andre Dirrell hasn’t demonstrated that he can operate in the lion’s den.\u00a0 Arthur Abraham has.\u00a0 Look for Abraham to catch-up to Dirrell later in the fight and either force him to cooperate or stop him in the process.<\/p>\n

Geno McGahee<\/strong><\/p>\n

Arthur Abraham is a beast and will be too strong for the speedy Dirrell. \u00a0Look for Abraham to control the fight, cornering Dirrrell, and eventually stopping him, somewhere in the later rounds. \u00a0Abraham TKO -10.<\/p>\n

\u201cBad\u201d Brad Berkwitt<\/strong><\/p>\n

Arthur A. by TKO in six.<\/p>\n

Jeff Stoyanoff<\/strong><\/p>\n

Abraham is going to see some things here that he hasn’t seen before when he faces Andre Dirrell.\u00a0 Dirrell is very long and fast and moves with considerable fluidity.\u00a0 Abraham has been impressive, particularly of late, but this is the sternest test of his career.\u00a0 Dirrell will control distance better than Taylor did and should do a better job of limiting offensive opportunities for the smaller Abraham.\u00a0 It should be a close fight on the cards, but I look for Dirrell to spring the minor upset here and emerge with a tight decision victory.<\/p>\n

Gina L. Caliboso<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dirrell needs to constantly attack Abraham and hurt him.\u00a0 Although Abraham’s defense is quite effective, Dirrell needs to trade and fight.\u00a0 Dirrell faces a tougher challenge in Abraham so he can’t be tentative and wait for an opening.\u00a0 He must create an offense and take it to Abraham.\u00a0 But this is where I don’t quite know what to expect with Dirrell.\u00a0 It will be a close fight and since Abraham won his first fight against Taylor in the closing seconds of the final round, I expect a battle.\u00a0 My prediction: Dirrell by 12 round split decision.<\/p>\n

Joe Wilson<\/strong><\/p>\n

If Dirrell chooses to box and not get into exchanges with Abraham, he wins this fight by late stoppage or unanimous cecision. \u00a0If Dirrell chooses to exchange and go toe-to toe with Abraham, he gets KO’ed by Abraham in 9 rounds.<\/p>\n

Eion Redahan<\/strong><\/p>\n

I thought Andre Dirrell did just about enough to deserve the decision against Froch, but he did himself no favors by continually holding and running from a fight.\u00a0 Arthur Abraham is a different proposition to Froch though.\u00a0 He has a far better defense, he is a better boxer; and he is stronger.\u00a0 Dirrell will have some success in the early rounds before Abraham’s\u00a0vicious body punching slows him right\u00a0down.\u00a0 I see\u00a0Abraham winning by late TKO.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

SJ Jarapa<\/strong><\/p>\n

Abraham by controversial decision.<\/p>\n

Dan \u201cTex\u201d Cohen<\/strong><\/p>\n

I love the super middleweight tourney.\u00a0 The parity is beautiful.\u00a0 Every man had a fairly good shot against any other, and his tactics are unique in that respect.\u00a0 Arthur Abraham is a methodical fighter with the ability to counter as well as come forward.\u00a0 I expect Dirrell to create similar problems for him; this is much closer to a pick \u2018em fight than people think.\u00a0 Abraham and Dirrell will fight to a near draw, but I expect Arthur to eke it out by way of unanimous decision.<\/p>\n

Brian Wilbur<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019m not on the Andre Dirrell bandwagon yet.\u00a0 I\u2019m taking Arthur Abraham to win this one handily, probably by decision.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Geoff \u201cThe Professor\u201d Poundes<\/strong><\/p>\n

Abraham is one of those guys who always seems to find a way, but I felt at the start of the Super Six that he might struggle with the size and weight of some of the other guys \u2013 and certainly before he lowered the boom on Taylor he had his hands full. \u00a0Given that we know that Taylor is fragile late in a fight I think Abraham\u2019s win might be misleading. \u00a0Dirrell on the hand will have learnt a great deal from his loss to Froch, and has undoubted talent. \u00a0I\u2019m going to stick my neck out and take Dirrell to win a close decision.<\/p>\n

Final Tally<\/strong><\/p>\n

Arthur Abraham \u2013 7<\/strong><\/p>\n

Andre Dirrell \u2013 3<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Compiled by Brian Wilbur This Saturday night, March 27th, the Super Six tournament continues.\u00a0 Points leader and former Middleweight Champion from Germany Arthur Abraham will take on American contender Andre Dirrell.\u00a0 Abraham began the tournament as an established star and was toted as one of the favorites.\u00a0 He lived up to those high expectations by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[55,63,105,659,682,693],"class_list":["post-1833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-andre-dirrell","tag-arthur-abraham","tag-boxing","tag-showtime","tag-super-six","tag-team-predictions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1833"}],"version-history":[{"count":-4,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1833\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}