Abraham-Dirrell postponed until March 27
by Scott Christ on Feb 19, 2010 12:52 PM EST
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The Super Six World Boxing Classic showdown between Arthur Abraham and Andre Dirrell has been postponed three weeks after Dirrell suffered a back injury in training. The fight scheduled for March 6 will now take place on March 27.
This frees up HBO's Devon Alexander-Juan Urango show as the sole major boxing event of the evening on American TV, but now makes 3/27 a double-card night. That's the evening that Boxing After Dark will present Maidana-Cayo and Funeka-Guzman II, though the Boxing After Dark main event should run unchallenged, since that show will start later than the Showtime bill.
The location and venue are up in the air now for Abraham-Dirrell, but Abraham will stay in California to continue training, where he's been for a while now. He'll return to Germany after the fight.
No word on whether or not the Vic Darchinyan-Rodrigo Guerrero fight will move with Abraham-Dirrell, but I'd expect it to.
As a sidenote, this means that all three Super Six bouts in stage two have been moved off of their original dates. HBO's Pavlik/Bute double-header on April 17 pushed the Super Six double-header back to April 24, and now Dirrell's injury has moved this fight back, too. With Jermain Taylor dropping out, Carl Froch and Mikkel Kessler bickering over fight location in Denmark, and these three postponements, who knows what great fun awaits us in stage three and beyond?
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he planned on keeping his back to AA while in full run, this is a true problem.
seriously
you don’t need to run from AA, he don’t move, he stands in the middle and turtles.
AD by decision – probably wider than it should be because AA won’t get a home town decision.
also to reply to myself
this fight will likely be a nightmare to judge. You got AA who only fights for 1 minute a round, fighting Dirrell who doesn’t really brawl. Expect scorecards all over the place.
this fight will likely be a nightmare to judge.
I’ve had the same thought. If this goes the distance, there’s a really good chance this comes down to what a judge appreciates more.
Bad Left Hook
"To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day..."
by Scott Christ on Feb 19, 2010 6:59 PM EST up reply actions
While I think Dirrell has a good chance to win this fight, if he underestimates Abraham he does so at his peril.
Abraham doesn’t throw much but he’s pretty good at making every punch count. A lot of people assume he’s crude just because he’s a power puncher who isn’t fast, but he’s actually pretty skilled at countering. If Dirrell, upon seeing Abraham in a turtle shell, gets overconfident even for a split second about whether he can be caught by something coming back, that will be a big mistake.
weak!
Im tired of all these fights being cancelled and postponed 2010 has started off really slow. The biggest fights have been Johnson/Mack & Valero/Demarco. Horrible start to the year!
Luevano-Lopez was bigger than either of them (and Kaovichit-Kameda II in Japan), but I hear you. It’s been a rough start for sure. Good news is it’s about to get much better (knock on wood):
3/6: Alexander-Urango
3/13: Pacquiao-Clottey
3/20: Klitschko-Chambers
3/27: Maidana-Cayo, Funeka-Guzman II, Abraham-Dirrell
4/3: Hopkins-Jones II
4/10: Berto-Quintana, Cloud-Johnson (rumored)
4/17: Pavlik-Martinez, Bute-Miranda
4/24: Ward-Green, Froch-Kessler, Arreola-Adamek, Angulo-Julio
5/1: Mosley-Mayweather
5/8: Williams-Cintron (rumored)
5/15: Khan-Malignaggi (probably)
5/22: Vazquez-Marquez IV, Perez-Mares
Good run there.
Bad Left Hook
"To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day..."
by Scott Christ on Feb 19, 2010 2:19 PM EST up reply actions
When You List Them Like That
it really does look like a great line up.It’s just taking a while to get the train going.
I was wrong to say the first quarter has been barren.March is actually gonna be pretty good.
It was just the first two months that were quiet,although them second tier fights mentioned (Johnson v Mack/Lopez v Luevano/Valero v DeMarco) were all fairly entertaining.
This was expected
Trying to schedule three big fights can be hazardous given injuries and other stuff. Scheduling a tournament amongst six guys fighting in quick succession and these delays are inevitable.
Silver lining is that we don’t have to choose between the BAD show and this one.
It’s still going against a BAD show, and frankly one that probably has better fights.
Bad Left Hook
"To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day..."
by Scott Christ on Feb 19, 2010 2:24 PM EST up reply actions
I figure worst case scenario, those watching AA-Dirrell live will miss part of Funeka-Guzman, but Maidana-Cayo won’t be up until well after the Showtime card is over.
Bad Left Hook
"To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day..."
by Scott Christ on Feb 19, 2010 2:46 PM EST up reply actions
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