Who do you think won that fight, Froch or Dirrell?

Froch won the fight in my opinion by a point or maybe two

Dirrell was very negative, running and clinching. Did know one tell him he was being judged on his fighting?

Froch forced the fight all night. Reminded me of Calzaghe v Hopkins actually...

 

Never properly scored it, but I think I would have given it to Dirrell by 1 or 2 points. I thought it was closer than what others are making out though - still it should have been Froch who received the point off, not Dirrell (or at least both of them).

 

Dirrell by a couple of points, thats with a reduction too.

Froch was completely ineffective. He landed like 2 or 3 punches all night, the only memorable punches came from Dirrell, he hurt Froch 2 or 3 times and landed countless other eyecatching shots.

Yep he was negative and conning his way through at times when Froch got close but unfortunately Dirrell's negativity can't win Froch rounds when Froch is doing **** all. He didn't take advantage of it because his offense was inept.

Froch is like a slightly better Andrade. Kessler is gonna KO him regardless of what happens with Ward. Kessler has a route back into the tournament if that fight goes wrong.

 

Probably had Dirrel up at the end

Multiple rounds where nothing happened at all, they should be Froch rounds IMO

 

The General has exploded!:rofl Anyway, I didn't score it - I stopped scoring a while ago as I felt scrutinising every move detracted from the fun of the fight - but I think Dirrell maybe did enough to win by a couple of rounds. That said, it was a very close fight and I can understand why Froch got the decision in the end. IMO, it was by no means a robbery, though. A very close fight that could have went either way; in the end, it depends how you score fights, and many see fights differently.

 

Dirrell by 2. Bad decision but I;ve seen worse.

 

Dirrell. But he held a bit much at times.

 

Same. A fight like that comes down to taste, it has to.

First four rounds nothing happened, in which case the fighter on his bike loses in my opinion.

 

Correct :good.....

 

I wasn't upset with the decision, more the fight itself. I thought it was an ugly spectacle that could have gone either way.

I was frustrated with Dirrell. Not just by his behaviour in the ring, but the fact that he was the better boxer tonight and he didn't make full use of his talents.

Dirrell often made Froch look plodding and one dimensional but then failed to capitalise on it. He should have taken him to the cleaners with his superior accuracy, speed and footwork. Instead he acted like a whiny loser, desperate to steal a win.

 

Press Row Scores (If I have remembered correctly):

115-113 Froch
115-114 Froch
114-114

They were all British press though. Showtime had it very close (There 'judge' had it to Dirrell by 1 point before the round where Dirrell got a point taken off, but they didn't give a scorecard at the end, so it could have been as close as 1 point either way).

 

How close were you watching? It wasn't action filled at times but there were punches landed and most of them for damn sure weren't Froch's who was missing by miles. Dirrell was landing a lot of half blows early on, Froch had a strange guard covering half his head and leaning away, but he was partially caught.

He landed more and more, harder and cleaner as the fight progressed.

 

Disagree, Froch was landing jabs through much of the middle rounds

Which was enough to pinch rounds