DALLAS, TEXAS – The pick tonight is Arthur Abraham over Andre Dirrell at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, MI live as part of a free Showtime weekend starting at 9:30 PM Central Time.
Dirrell won’t see or feel a thing. A short left hook to the head followed by one of Arthur’s six – inch right hands will bring matters to an end as early as the third round.
Abraham has one of the most powerful, compact left hooks in all of boxing and nothing Dirrell has seen in his amateur or professional career will have prepared him for what he’s going to receive Saturday night.
Late replacement referee Laurence Cole from Dallas, Texas will let the boys swing away and make their way out of clenches themselves.
Either way, Dirrell has to pick Abraham apart with his long jab and collect the early rounds to even have a remote chance at a monumental upset.
Dirrell will be so self-absorbed with his own defense and keeping Abraham off of him they he’ll have no chance to mount any sort of offense that would bother Abraham.
Abraham will walk right through and reach Dirrell early, and Dirrell might have to decide to slug it out with Abraham while at least he’s at full strength and not at the end of the night when he’s desperate and his strength is sapped from running the equivalent of a 26.2 mile marathon.
A wise basketball coach once said you can’t teach height. A boxing trainer said great fighters are born, not trained.
Arthur Abraham isn’t a totally complete fighter yet, but he possesses as much devastation in his hands to handle anyone he may ever face at 168 lbs.
Considering the problems Dirrell had with Carl Froch, there is no way after just a few months of watching Abraham tapes, adjustments and special sparring sessions that the 2004 Olympian Dirrell can match wits or punches with King Arthur.
Bet the ranch on Abraham and the under.
