this fight is up for debate...because dirrell won the fight...he made froch look bad...froch landed next to nothing and got hurt a few times....8-4 at least...eerily similar to malignaggi....my 2 fav fighters outside mayweather getting robbed in anothers hometown
i had direll winning by a couple of rounds. but due to the ambiguous early rounds i can see how they could have been awarded to froch if the ref's were looking for agression
It was very close. I was unsure at the end who had it. The only thing I could say was that if that fight happened in the US, Dirrell would have won. I think Froch was lucky he was on home turf but I wouldnt argue with a split decision for either of them. Bearing in mind Froch had the home advantage and was the belt holder, Dirrell and his team were slightly naive to think the apparent plan of running would get a win though!
ur right. coming to england fighting the wbc title holder, dirells camp was EXTREMELY naive to think theyd get a decision fighting like that
if you scored the fight to Dirrell by two rounds that means your score was 114-113, and if even 1 round goes the other way, Froch wins the fight. So you shouldn't be surprised to see Froch win an SD when you scored it for Dirrell by 1 point and acknowledge that many rounds were close.
I want you guys to know that I would feel the same way if it was any fighter no one deserves that **** and I mean no one ... it takes credibility away from the sport and it surely creates a bias in the minds of many fans and spectators of the sport. Just say that Froch vs Kessler happens in Denmark and Froch does enough to win but doesn't get the decision ... what the **** would you think about that? or if Kessler gets a raw deal when he goes to Cali next month? ...
Gary Shaw is a joke and he doesn't deserve to be a promoter on a big stage... I don't care if Dirrell got knocked out ... you have a guy in your stable who loses (a close fight)you're supposed to be in support of your guy ... but thats why his fighters leave him and go to other promoters. This is coming from a guy who lost Donaire, Kirkland, and is about to lose Bradley and Dawson ...