Dirrell, Froch, and The Great Train Robbery

Another one who doesn't know how to score a fight atsch

 

Right.

I think your understanding of the fight is somewhat off the mark. It was a messy bout with lots of awkward situations. Carl Froch was throwing non stop, and as agile as Andre Dirrell was, he couldn't avoid all of it. Maybe he should have got the nod, but there was no way he was controling the fight the way you imply.

I googled some pics for you. Please note the poor positioning of Andre. He's a great athlete but as a technician he is so-so, which was why Carl could get to him:

Typical jab landed by Carl. Andre sees the punch but fails to get away:

https://www.google.se/search?q=Carl...F19%2Fcarl-froch-andre-dirrell-boxing;460;276

Carl landing a left jab to the body, Andre takes it while looking confused:

http://www.google.se/imgres?imgurl=...9UzVf7NMsecsgHwlYFg&tbm=isch&ved=0CHMQMyhIMEg

Carl landing a right hand shot, while Andre struggles to get away. Significant for the whole fight:

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Iz4PT7A6P6g/St7FY5djr_I/AAAAAAAACd8/ypYqvrw7zV8/s1600-h/FrochDirrell9.jpg

Both fighters closing their eyes and misses simultaneously. The referee looks like he wants to shake his head Also significant for the fight:

https://www.google.se/search?tbm=is...hoto-gallery-carl-froch-vs-andre.html;512;340

Carl with a left hook:

https://www.google.se/search?tbm=is...hoto-gallery-carl-froch-vs-andre.html;640;427

Andre landed the crisper combos, and he avoided a lot. So you can give him the rounds based on effective aggression and superior defence. But you can also make a case of giving the rounds to Carl based on more punches landing. Because Carl was landing.

EDIT: fixed the links.

 

I thought Dirrell won the fight, but he didn't really engage Froch, and he was the challenger for the title. Not saying that's a good reason, but it's how boxing works - you have to go out and win the bout.

 

Yet according to Failey he landed the cleaner blows

 

Honestly, it wasn't that much of an effort. Perhaps 10 minutes of work :good

The stills pinpoint something you seem to miss out on: On the video of the fight you see Carl punching and Andre move away, so you assume Carl was hitting air all night. Truth is, many times Andre struggled to get away, because his technique is crude, and sometimes he was caught. It may have been those punches that made the judges give Froch rounds, rather than a general urge to do dumb things. Considering the topic of the thread, I think it's highly relevant.

That will be the last resort :bart

That's true, but this is ESB. Making too much sense will make a poster seem odd. I make sure to take this into consideration when I write some of my posts.