Dirrell had every right to hold like that. This man was getting hit on the break several times, rabid punched, Judo tossed. Come on bro, Dirrell's holding wasn't nearly as bad as Froch's dirty tactics.
No he didnt..no matter what your opponent does its still illegal as ****...as is taking a knee to avoid your opponents shots. But that wasnt the point I was making, I was just saying your comparison of Hatton and Dirrell is ridiculous and wrong
Question for the people bitching about rabbit punching and such..... Were you also bitching about it during Margarito vs Cintron II - which was basically the same. Cintron was ducking below the belt and holding a lot and getting hit.
and? so you would be happy for 3 british judges if Froch fights....lets say Ward in the final in the USA?.....they are in the US....so surely it doesnt matter....then again (and im not getting into a dick waving contest)...it would probably be like a home tie for Froch anyway since you guys dont trun up for boxing events and definatly dont create an atmosphere....without the history of MSG or MGM nobody outisde the USA would give a **** about fighting over there.
No it's not ridiculous & wrong. Please tell me, was Hatton allowed that bull**** in the Mayweather fight? I'll answer for you in just one word... NO
Dude, I'm not talking about the venues or countries in which the fights take place. I'm talking about the biased treatment. You actually mean to tell me, Dirrell deserved that point taken from him? Not that, that would have made a difference anyway, it's obvious those scores had Froch well ahead, but with Froch initiating the dirty play(which he did quite alot of), and not get deducted a single point, and Dirrell simply fustrating Froch right back with some holding, that's a point deduction on Dirrell?:blood
im not saying its fair, but for holding 14x in 1 round I would say that deserves a point deduction. Look at Hatton V Mayweather, there is a video on youtube, where Hatton is getting told to stop holding when its Mayweather whos doing it, now maybe thats reputation coming to haunt you, but Dirrell will go the same way if hes gonna hold 14x in a single round in what could have been the biggest night of his career, hes got amazing speed and reflexs....so why doesnt he just fight, he reminds me of Audley Harrison, has potential and skills but seems unwilling to actually 'fight' when he needs to.
press Alt +F4 if you seriously believe holding is a worse offense than striking a man behind his head, simply ridiculous. :verysad:verysad
You're right. That was reputation coming back to haunt Hatton. Hatton's style is as unpleasing as Harrison's. And I understand your point, but that's the thing, Dirrell fought when he needed to. He even backed Froch up when he chose to stand his ground. Tarver wasn't even sure why Dirrell was choosing to do that. Tarver himself said Dirrell should still be moving or something to that degree. Dirrell fought, he just chose when to do so. Dirrell wasn't the one connecting with air more times than not. Froch was. And holding isn't nowhere near as bad as getting Judo tossed right to the floor, and getting punched right in the back of the head, and hit on the break. No way. To be honest with you, I didn't really see the Pascal fight. The first time I saw Froch fight was against Taylor and now Dirrell, so that's 2 fights that I wasn't impressed with. And I'll tell you what Dirrell exposed on that guy, when Froch leads he's ridiculously open for counters. I understand Froch fans saying "well he was the one coming foward most of the night" but when he's coming foward and being made a fool of, that's credit for Dirrell. The proof is as clear as day, Froch either led and missed or led and got slapped up. Dirrell deserved that win.
About the holding, its to the ref's credit to deduct how he see's fit. It's not as worse as lets say Hatton /Tszyu or the klitchko bro, or even Cal/lazy. But he did hold. What gets me was holding and hitting and rabbit punches from froch where just as worse and was not deducted as well. If your gonna be hard on one fighter and not the other don't think it's fair. Froch even admitted in the commentator it was planned.
