For all the talent Dirrell has, he seems to have fear inside the ring which kept him from giving Froch the beating of a life time. As I watched the fight, I kept thinking, if Dirrell just stops clinching and actually fights he will give Froch a good beating. Unfortunately Dirrell’s fear, style, lack of confidence, or whatever you want to call it, kept him from doing just that.

If referee Afu deducted a point in the 4th or 5th round we would probably be talking about how well Dirrell looked beating Froch. However, since the referee waited until the 10th round, we are left talking about how it was a close win for Froch. It seemed that Afu, not Dirrell, or his corner was the only one that could make Dirrell fight to his potential. By taking a point for holding Afu also took away Dirrell’s biggest weakness – his fear. Once Dirrell was forced to fight in the 10th and 11th rounds he was just too much for Froch. So should Dirrell be upset at Hector Afu? Yes he should be.

The Matrix

For the record I had Dirrell edging Froch by a point, but I didn’t feel bad for Dirrell at all because of the way he fought. Andre seems to be a good kid, but as the old saying goes "a tiger can’t change its stripes." I had not seen much of Dirrell coming into the fight, because honestly I didn’t want to see much of him. The first time I saw him was on an HBO Boxing After Dark card and I remembered thinking that it was one of the worst fights I had seen. When I heard he was added to this tournament I figured that maybe he had changed; however when the pressure is on we see a fighter for what he really is and Dirrell is a very talented fighter with a very boring style. Apparently it is true "no one can be told how ugly the Matrix can make a fight, you have to see it for yourself."

Abraham/Taylor

Arthur Abraham is the type of fighter that will make you forget about his performance with a single punch. He had that affect on me in his second fight with Miranda and he almost did it again with his sensational knock out of Jermain Taylor. I say almost, because this time I cannot forget his performance since I know the opposition he will be facing in this tournament. Abraham simply starts too slow. I gave Taylor the first five rounds and before the knock out I was ready to write about how surprised I was at the fact that Abraham was the one that seemed winded in the last round and not Taylor. Against Dirrell in the next round Abraham will have to step it up because unlike Miranda and Taylor, Dirrell’s chin has not been damaged and Abraham cannot afford to lose the first half of the fight and just bank on a late KO.

Random Thoughts:

So apparently after this weekends KO Taylor might drop out of the tournament. Now I’m not one to brag... Ok I am, but if you look at my prediction of this fight and the Marquez/Mayweather fight I’ve done pretty well this past month.

Seriously, can Abraham not buy better trunks?

So apparently there’s talks of Allen Green replacing Taylor in the Super Six. Why? we don’t need another Dirrell. Here’s an idea, why not wait to see the result of Andrade/Bute II and make the winner of the fight the replacement.

Ok so I know nothing about Football, I don’t like it, I don’t watch it and simply don’t care for it. After hearing that the Titans lost 59-0 to the Patriots I’m thinking that there must be several people in the Titans organizations payroll that are a lot like me.