FROCH VS. DIRRELL Last thing ill say

You can't give someone the title by that sort of a wide margin when they fight so negatively. Froch was poor, failing to deal with Dirrell's awkward style, but you need to offer more than Dirrell offered to dethrone a champion. Dirrell backed off and switched stance as soon as Froch looked like tagging him. I saw this as a wasted opportunity by Dirrell - he could have won had he pressed the advantage that his speed gave him, but he let a flat-footed Froch off the hook. Even if you give it to Dirrell on the night, you couldn't do so by five rounds.

 

I had Dirrell win 115-112.

Ah well, there's nothing we can do about it now apart from letting this fight be a reminder of how overrated Carl Froch is, and that Dirrell is one to watch out for in a few years time.

 

Old ground. It is what it is. Time to move on.

 

Well said on all counts. If the Dirrell fight was an off night as Froch has since claimed a couple of times, he needs one enormous performance against Kessler to convince the fans.

 

I gave it to Dirrell by 2 rounds, but its not the worst decision I've ever saw and I certainly wouldn't call it a "robbery".

 

You see I'm not a supporter of this 'the challenger must do more' notion. To me this means the champion can get away with doing less, and in this tournament (which doesn't give a crap about who's champion and who's not) it seems belt holders have an unfair advantage in climbing through the competition. Dirrell has now unfairly lost points, whilst Froch has undeservedly gained some, all because Froch was the so called champion and home fighter.

 

I agree with you to a point, but I just don't think that Froch did less. On the night they were both poor for different reasons. So in a round where both fighters are poor and one is the champion, I would go with him. It makes no sense to me to score round after round a draw. Froch didn't do any less than Dirrell, they were just both not good enough.

 

Of course, Kingcobra. I understand the situation must be difficult for any Froch's fan.

 

this is pretty much how i felt about the fight as i watched it.... something wide

 

I agree.

Dirrell won it clearly.

 

After re-watching I struggle to see that Dirrell won any rounds until round 8. The first 7 rounds were the closest in the fight, and I believe Froch did enough in those rounds to win most of them. Perhpas the best work Froch did was when Dirrell clinched with him and Froch usually landed a couple of nice shots in the clinches. Which is of course fair game until the ref says break. It wasn't pretty, but it was effective as this is what caused Dirrell to moan the most. Dirrel had the most decisive rounds, particularly 10 & 11. For the record when I watched it first time round I thought that Dirrell had won by a couple (I never score a fight when I watch live, I want to kick back and enjoy it), but re-watching the fight with volume down etc, I scored it 116-111 for Froch.

 

Not difficult but tedious. You should be able to relate though since your favourite fighter was clearly the beneficiary of some seriously dubious officiating. Now that was a robbery by the ref! :good Let's hope that Andrade gets a fair shake this time eh? :thumbsup