give over, dirrell was successfully countering froch whenever he could be bothered, which certainly wasn't "all night long". that was the 1st time we witnessed the fragile psychology that has denied him superstar status, there's no blaming the judges for that.
I'd assume a little latitude as well, as in; Mexicans fighting SW CONUS, Eastern Euros fighting in Ex-Soviet states, etc ( Tho' this is of course down to the OP to define). Are fights included that might have been cooked through boxing politics (ie the ABC orgs.)- though I'd imagine the overlap considerable?
Found it (Brown vs O'Neil Bell) I haven't watched it in some time. Brown hurt Bell badly in one of the rounds...should have pressed and finished it, but was too cautious. Sad as Brown tried 4x for the title .. coming up short each time (except this fight vs Bell). He fought Jirov on the undercard of DLH - Trinidad and did really well before being put down with a body shot. Lost vs Braithwaite and Mormeck too? Great figher, just came up short vs the very best. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJE3KycKOtM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7g-KRefkUZ8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOIJw9rU-FI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCEWKiaigB8
This. Froch landed maybe 5,6 meaningful shots the entire fight. It wasn't close at all. You'll hear people making excuse after excuse about Dirrell "running" or faliing down or being negative but what they fail to understand is that a fighter should not lose because of what they fail to do, they should win because of what they succeed in doing. Dirrell succeeded in outlanding and outboxing Froch in almost EVERY round and to add to the mockery of the fight, he was deducted a point when the old warrior Froch was permitted all sorts of fouls with nothing said atsch
Yeah really disliked cox based on that because I thought he had potential and a good head at the start of his career