On March 3, 2018, a 34-year-old Andre Dirrell (26-2, 16 KOs) and a 27-year-old Venezuelan boxer José Uzcátegui (26-2, 22 KOs) met in the ring for the 2nd time, in a super-middleweight bout.
Dirrell came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 57% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 9 months and 11 days. Uzcátegui was on a -1-fight win streak with a 78% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 9 months and 11 days.
In the rematch, José Uzcátegui stopped Andre Dirrell via RTD in the 8th round. Uzcátegui improves his record to 27-2 (23 KOs), while Dirrell adds a loss to his record at 26-3.
On May 23, 2015, 31-year-old Andre Dirrell (24-1, 16 KOs) and 29-year-old James DeGale (20-1, 14 KOs) fought for the vacant IBF super-middleweight title.
Dirrell came in to the fight on a 6-fight win streak with a 64% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 4 days. DeGale was on a 10-fight win streak with a 66% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 6 months and 1 day.
James DeGale defeated Andre Dirrell via unanimous decision . DeGale improves his record to 21-1, while Dirrell adds a loss to his record at 24-2.
On October 17, 2009, a 26-year-old Andre Dirrell (18-0, 13 KOs) got a shot at the super-middleweight WBC title held by 32-year-old British boxer Carl Froch (25-0, 20 KOs).
Dirrell came in to the fight on a 18-fight win streak with a 72% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 19 days. Froch was on a 25-fight win streak with a 80% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 22 days.
Carl Froch defeated Andre Dirrell via split decision and successfully defended his WBC super-middleweight title. Froch improves his record to 26-0, while Dirrell adds a loss to his record at 18-1.