Andre Dirrell 2004 Olympic gold medallist and super middleweight World title challenger SIGNED Everlast glove.

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Andre Dirrell (born September 7, 1983 in Flint, Michigan), who won the middleweight bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Fighting style
A southpaw, Dirrell is a switch hitting and naturally gifted left-hander.

Amateur Career
Dirrell was a standout as an amateur and won the National Amateur Championship at Middleweight (165 lb.) in 2003. His younger brother Anthony Dirrell won it in 2004 and 2005.

He also competed at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo. His results were:

* Lost to Yordanis Despaigne (Cuba) 20-21

He avenged the Despaigne loss 41-28 in their second bout later and world champ Gennady Golovkin 15-14 at the 2003 USA vs. Kazakhstan Dual. He qualified for the Olympic Games by ending up in first place at the 1st AIBA American 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Tijuana, Mexico. Prior to the Athens Games he won the 2004 Acropolis Boxing Cup in Athens, Greece by defeating Cuba's Yordanis Despaigne in the final of the middleweight division.

He won the middleweight bronze medal for the United States at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece. His results were:

* Defeated Ha Dabateer (China) 25-18
* Defeated Nabil Kassel (Algeria) RSC-2 (1:59)
* Defeated Yordanis Despaigne (Cuba) 21-20
* Lost to Gennady Golovkin (Kazakhstan) 18-23

Professional Career
Dirrell began his professional career in 2005. Possessing exceptional athleticism and tremendous amateur experience, he is considered among boxing's young prospects. As of April 2010, Dirrell holds a record of 19 wins (13 KO) in 20 professional fights, with one loss. He and his brother, Anthony Dirrell, are featured regularly on ESPN fight cards.

Dirrell defeated prospect Curtis Stevens on HBO's Boxing After Dark in June 2007. He KOd Anthony Hanshaw and Victor Oganov.

Super Six
Dirrell will be one of the six super-middleweights competing in Showtime's Super Six World Boxing Classic, a boxing tournament, along with Arthur Abraham, Andre Ward, Carl Froch, Mikkel Kessler and Jermain Taylor, his first fight was against Carl Froch on October 18 for the WBC Super Middleweight Championship. Dirrell lost what was considered by many to be a controversial decision in Froch's hometown of Nottingham, England. Two of the judges awarded Froch the fight 115-112, with the other handing Dirrell the fight 114-113.

On March 27, 2010, Dirrell faced undefeated former middleweight champion Arthur Abraham in Detroit, Michigan. In the fourth round, Dirrell knocked Abraham down for the first time in his career. In the tenth round, Abraham landed a punch, sending Dirrell to the canvas. Dirrell rose immediately and the referee ruled it a controversial "slip". Dirrell was outboxing Abraham throughout the bout and comfortably ahead on the scorecards 97-92, 98-91, and 97-92. In the 11th round a slick spot in the corner of the ring caused Dirrell to slip to one knee. While down, Abraham delivered a punch to the chin of Dirrell, a delayed reaction was followed by Dirrell laying on the ground unconscious. The referee ruled the illegal blow by Abraham an intentional foul and awarded Dirrell a victory via disqualification. Some critics contested the ending of the fight, claiming that Dirrell may have overreacted after Abraham's final punch.

However, Dirrell said he was really knocked out, and did not know what happened after he fell down.

On 7 October 2010, Direll announced that he was withdrawing from the Super Six due to neurological issues.