James Degale vs Andre Dirrell: IBF SMW title

dirrell's defence is actually really bad. he sort of reminds me of amir khan in that he has all the physical tools but no ring iq and no fighting instincts. his chin was up in the air for most of the fight.

DeGale showed a very good chin. Took that uppercut well and caught another huge straight without hesitating. Dirrell still leaving his chin way too open and gets reckless.

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Wow great performance by chunky! Nit sure why he decided to give 5 rounds away, but everytime he decided to turn it on Dirrell could not deal with him. I thought Dirrell was gonna win but he looked lost at times. Maybe, just maybe Froch will have seen some areas he can exploit vs. Degale and might fancy this fight a bit more now? Bring on Degale vs. Froch/GGG/Ward please :D

Andre Dirrell seemed a little flat footed to me. I wasn't impressed by him at all. No combinations, just flashy jabs with little meat on them and the occasional left.

Scored it 115-111 by the way, I scored one of the middle rounds to Degale, can't remember exactly which one, but I thought he landed the better punches off the back foot.

Good fight. Andre Dirrell is a hell of a fighter, American's should really get behind him after that performance. He is seriously talented, and showed toughness and heart this time, he is more explosive than Andre Ward, would love to see Ward fight both these guys in the future, I think they are both capable of causing him problems. As for Degale...great performance, he pulled it out against a fighter who does most things a little bit better than him in my opinion. I don't think he was doing as bad as everyone thought in the middle rounds either. Sky Sports let themselves down big time again, I actually detest their commentary now so much, can't stand Watt, and him and Halling must be the worst duo ever. It annoys me even more that I come on here after the fight to see people influenced by their crap commentary.

Looking back at the replay, the 2nd knockdown was called wrongly. I said that when I was watching it live, from what I recall Degale was hitting him whilst holding, shouldn't have been called a KD really, although I do think he was going to go down again, he was on real shaky legs.

DeGale will take Groves' soul in a rematch.

fck...me three. i just realized this was for the britts. well good for yous. ive simpathized with you guys about the time. one benifit for me is i like bunce box nation and most of his crew. You missed Dirrell getting put down by a beautiful left hand. It reminded me of Prince Naseem Hamed.. Looks like your prediction was right in some way all along :boxing:

Now all we need is Groves to beat Jack, so we can get the rematch.

It's a shame a great guy like Darren Sutherland had to succumb to depression and not you. :lol1: :lol1:

SHT SON!! DeGale got thunder in that left hand sent him down like a sack of potatoes. Can't wait to gif that sh1t. Dirrell was actually doing ok in that round and then BOOM! Whoop dere it is!

Get some sleep, Kirk. It's a shame a great guy like Darren Sutherland had to succumb to depression and not you.

fck...me three.