Dirrell, Froch, and The Great Train Robbery

He's a boxer, not a fighter.

His game is to hit, without getting hit. Scoring effectively, whilst defending himself with great reflexes.

People want to see Gatti vs Ward type fights, toe to toe scr*ps, that make you get off your seat and gasp.

That's cool.

But you have to be able to appreciate a guy slipping and countering.

It makes me sick when a guy who uses great footwork, gets labelled as a runner, as though he's somehow cheating.

I promise you, Carl Froch in 12 rounds, honestly only landed about 8/9 clean shots.

I'm not exaggerating.

Which one of the first 6 rounds did he win?

He didn't even win any of the first 7 rounds.

He was walking forward, flicking out a jab that was miles away, he was swinging wildly, and was eating blistering counters.

Honestly, I was embarrassed watching the fight.

At the absolute most, you could only have given him three rounds.

Ring generalship doesn't constitute as just plodding forward.

Seriously, it's now got to the stage where people can't appreciate a guys defence.

If a guy's not prepared to put himself potentially into a coma in a shootout, he gets penalised for it by some.

If Willie Pep was around today, he'd get dogs abuse on this forum.

It's a joke.

 

You obviously don't.

Because using great reflexes and footwork to make somebody off balance and miss you, and then countering them cleanly - IS BOXING.

 

The word DISGUSTING doesn't even scr*pe the surface.

It was like watching a pro spar a novice.

Carl walked forward, got tagged and didn't land anything.

Oh, but let's get give him the rounds based on aggression.

atsch

Outrageous!

I actually felt sick at times watching it.