Froch vs Dirrell controversy thread

Dirrell by miles...

 

Dirrell. He ran but he landed more punches, which = win

 

Personally i think it was a very close fight, and was quite sure froch would get the decision legitimitely going into round 10,11 and 12. I'm just surprised at people posting scores of 9-3 dirrell and others saying he won the first 7 rounds and screaming robbery. Froch threw (and missed a lot of punches) Dirrell threw a lot less and tended to miss or get blocked. The boy can slip and without a doubt has a decent defence. When he's running away and hugging his opponent a lot after getting hit, he's not gonna win.

I think a lot of people,myself included, need to re-watch this fight to get a clearer picture

 

I just scored the fight.

114-113 Dirrell

7 rounds to 5 for Dirrell minus the point deduction.

 

There was nothing to expose, we knew what Froch is and what his strengths are already

 

HUGE CO SIGN !!


I wish Showtimime had put up some punch stats or their scores .

 

No he should have won because he hit Froch more then Froch hit him, He hurt Froch and Froch never hurt him. Froch is a moron, "He wouldnt stand a fight me" Hmm dumbass why would he??? Froch looked like a amateur in the ring mising shot after shot while getting tattooed. Dirrell won the fight and i think the poll pretty much proves that. And here is the thing its alot of posters here that arent from the US and most of the poster that arent from the UK think that Dirrell had the fight stole from him by the judges. 75% for Dirrell isnt really a sign that it was a that Froch should have got the win, If it was slightly in Dirrell's favor then you could make a comment like that without sounding like a total moron, but to say that he shoulda won because he is American when many of the posters that felt he won arent themselves American make you sound like a complete homer.

 

The ref completely lost control of the fight. Frankly, both guys probably deserved two point deductions.

 

poll is a LANDSLIDE really.. and i'm glad..

 

But 1) Dirrell has been cheated out of a title he deserves; and 2) Dirrell is now going to find it hard to make it through to the second round. This wasn't just some harmless hometown decision: Dirrell was shamelessly cheated.

 

At least he did one thing he exposed all of Froch's weaknesses ..He right now looks the weakest in the tourney outside of JT who imo should not even compete in it again due to the KO loss .

 

is not a close fight. Is close if you factor in the hometown biaseness. meaning giving the home guy all the close rounds.

 

First of all i scored it 116-113 to froch. although there was one round that could have gone to dirrell.
here's my round by round scoring:
R1: Even
R2: Froch
R3: Dirrell
R4: Dirrell
R5: Dirrell
R6: Froch
R7: Froch
R8: Froch
R9: Even
R10: Froch (10-8 with deduction)
R11: Dirrell
R12: Froch

overall, it was a pretty **** fight, with Dirrell being to unwilling to trade and being content to hold for much of the contest in an attempt to steal a decision. for this holding he was rightly decucted a point in the 10th, although arguably Froch could also have had a point deducted for rough-house tactics. the reason i think this didn't happen was because of Dirrell's mistake in pissing off the referee by bitching about legitimate shots, which possibly made the referee ignore when Froch employed dubious tactics himself.

The fight was as lacklustre as it was mainly due to the sheer negativity brought into the ring by both fighters, but mainly Dirrell, who had the tools to trouble Froch (blistering speed, and fancy footwork) but who only seemed to come out of his shell after the point deduction (the 11th round being testament to this). One thing is for sure though, Dirrell won't be able to do the same in his next fight with Arthur Abraham, as he will likely get caught with a similar shot to the one inflicted upon Jermain Taylor, however he does have better speed than taylor and therefore may find it easier to decision the at times too ponderous Abraham.
Froch will also face a different type of match up in his next fight with the accomplished and perhaps slightly favoured Mikkel Kessler. but on thing is for sure the respective styles of Froch and Kessler will make for a much more exciting fight than this mornings offerings.

Oh and another point, for those that are using the Dirrell was robbed argument just listen to the commentators who had Dirrell winning the fight. one thing i have to mention is that at about the 8th round both Thaxton and the other commentator (John Rawless or something) claimed to have Froch up by 2 rounds, and yet at the start of the 11th Dirrell was leading by more than a point (despite the deduction). Strange if you ask me that Dirrell can pick up five points in 2 rounds without knocking down Froch as well as the fact that he had a point taken away from himself. so in other words don't put too much merit into the pretty shocking commentary. Oh and Jim Rosenthal's opinion also shouldn't be seen as gospel considering he is better suited to analyisng Formula 1.
Steve Bunce may at times be a bit of a loudmouthed **** but he had the right result.

 

So avoiding getting trapped on the ropes against a slugger like Froch is suddenly "disgraceful tactics"? Ali must be a chump to you!

It wasn't as if Dirrell was refusing to fight. He was just picking his opportunities carefully. If you can't appreciate boxing skills and just want to watch some crude wrestling match then why don't you ladies step over to MMA?