Froch vs Dirrell controversy thread

exactly!!:good

 

Have you ever seen 10 point deductions stupid ****?:rofl

 

Funny how none of the judges were from England or the U.S. Funny how two of the three press row writers had Froch winning as well.

Anyway, BOT, I had Dirrell winning 115-113. It was a close and sloppy fight. Neither fighter deserved to win anyway and neither fighter will win the Super 6 anyway so who cares?

 

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Well said!!

 

I give Froch credit for taking tough fights but he should've lost his O not Dirrell, and that ref should never be allowed in the ring again, what a joke.

 

If you're an american, you probably voted for Obama too, right?

 

I enjoyed both fights

You = farce

 

He wasatsch

 

I had Dirrell winning by one point (before deduction) but get some reality - this was a close fight and a fair % thought Dirrell won. It aint Pernell Whittaker v Ramirez or Chavez - Dirrell only has himself to blame he kept turning his back and holding. He wasn't repeatedly "thrown" to the floor he went to the floor. I've never seen a fighter moan that much and get a points decsion in an elite fight. Dirrell has however proved himself amongst the elite SMW just now. Froch isnt great but he's very solid - you have to put a hurt on him to stop his momentum and I dont mean one punch - keep doing it, make him think not about points but about pain. I like Dirrell v AA though - but he has to punch AND move.

 

basically its a complete farce because your boys got handled.

 

Where was the homecooking for Abraham ? BOTH times, the low blows were low. The only time Abraham complained wrongly to me was in the last round I think, when Taylor threw a right to Abrahams body and connected the kidney because Abraham turned. That isn't illegal as he was turning, and it wasn't even nearly low. But the ref didn't react at all, so there was no "homecooking".

The low blow that got the stop was so low it's not even funny anymore that STILL some people complained "it wasn't low!!!". It was almost BELOW the nuts. The two lowblows in a row that got him the deduction were both just below the BELT (the beltline is the upper end of the belt), with the thumb barely connecting to the the belt part, but the fist part with the part connecting the power being well lower. With somebody wearing his trunks as low as Abraham does (it's below the navel most of the time, which is really what constitutes the border to lowblows, the navel line), this is low beyond doubt. These were bowl shots, not on the navel.

Oh, and I quite could see a bit of favorism to the local fighter in Dirrell vs. Froch. Dirrell landed more than Froch in rounds that got complaints later how much he clinched. If Dirrell outlanded Froch in 7 rounds, he should have won, whatever the number of his clinches was in the rounds he outlanded Froch. Froch didn't do more damage, Dirrell landed clean punches with some authority, not pitter pats. Didn't sit through the whole fight yet, so I can't say how many rounds Dirrell outlanded Froch in.

 

The only real winner on Saturday was Arthur Abraham.

I had Dirrell ahead on the MMA event.

 

you're wrong.

Froch was actually landing punches as Dirrell was moving around and was also forcing Dirrell to give up his offense for long periods of time. Alot of people aren't perceptive enough to notice the punches that were landing and also don't realise that when you force a guy to give up his offense and move from one 1 end of the ring to the other with his back against the ropes then that is effective agression whether you connect or not.

Froch won the fight fair and square. Even the judge who gave it to Dirrell only gave it to him by 1 point. If he was biased then he would have scored it for Froch.

Judges score fights better than fans, sorry to burst your bubble.

 

Rooting for Dirrell here is like saying John Ruiz got robbed. I'm not gonna do it. Nobody who uses those tactics deserves to win a fight.

Second: The fight was close in terms of punches landed, a LOT closer than people are making it out to be, and the edge in aggression was huge for Froch. Froch deserved that fight.