Howcome When Hatton holds in England he's a *****. When Dirrel does it its smart???

[damned1974]

Americans were really quick to call out Hatton's style of fighting saying that the refs in england are more lenient to it than in other places in the world. But when Andre Dirrell does it against Froch and the ref gives him every opportunity to hold and turns the fight into a stinker it's smart strategy???

I think the question should be,why was Hatton a legend for holding in the UK (hell,he was allowed and lived off of that style),yet Dirrell is shamed for it....
just a hint-there may be nationalism or prejudice involved

[damned1974]

Maybe Dirrell thought the more he emulated Hatton by holding,he would be looked up upon the UK fans! lol

[Krakodil]

Americans were really quick to call out Hatton's style of fighting saying that the refs in england are more lenient to it than in other places in the world. But when Andre Dirrell does it against Froch and the ref gives him every opportunity to hold and turns the fight into a stinker it's smart strategy???

because since Dirrell is american then offcourse its ok for him to hold and run like a coward ***** ***** for biased european hating americans.

[mrbigshot]

dirrell did not hold, he tied froch up to stop him

rabbit punching
and hitting behind the head

dirrell won a good decision - he got robbed simple as!!!

[Benny Leonard]

The thing that really made me laugh was in the post-fight interviews, Dirrell actually claimed that it was Froch doing the holding. That was the same view shared by some of the Americans who were posting on here in the early hours of the morning too, tried to blame the holding on Froch lol. I stopped taking them seriously here.

Did they really?

Eh..ignorant poster comments then.

Froch wanted to fight while Dirrell wanted to keep a distance, shot in with one or two punches, get out...hold in close, etc.
It wasn't until he lost a point that I actually started to like what he was doing.
He still won the fight though because he landed more.


I like that Froch wanted to fight because that is what I like and I do think most fans like that...and I'm counting the large portion that are mainly average viewers and once in a while type fans that are attracted to the big fight.
But, he still lost on points.

I felt bad for AD that he lost when he should have won but he also should have done more like he did later on. He should have continued to jab and then throw combos throughout the fight. Only need to move when you really need to. Froch was having trouble when AD was throwing combos as well as throwing the jab.
Now, could AD have kept that up for 12 rounds, not sure. He did start to wear out because of all the moving though.

[joe strong]

I agree with you! So many Americans are bandwagon jumpers & sore losers! Always full of excuses.I agree I've read so much hatemail for hatton.Americans call him a bum for losing to the 2 best p4p boxers in the world.call hatton a clown for holding & now that trackstar,hugged dirrell holds & it's ok...typical Americans!

[joe strong]

I actually had dirrell winning 116-112 but he shot himself in the foot for holding,crying,ducking his head to allow froch to hit him in the back of the head.the ref let that go because of his constant ducking.he didn't just use good footwork to avoid punches he RAN! You don't win on the road doing that.the result was no surprise.deal with it Yankees! Your American fighters get some pretty favorable judging too in some states.just ask gil hoye in Texas!

[lyricalether]

yes there are people ripping into him for it but there are also those that believe direll was robbed regardless of how big of a stinker he turned the fight.

And most of those folks are the same folks that would turn around and rip hatton for holding so much. This thread was directed mostly for them.

americans americans americans..all u ****s talk about is nationalities...these are fighters who gives a ****...im not holding pom poms..if theres a bad ass in the UK then hes a bad ass...i dont discredit any fighter due to his race or nationality.. but you brits are pretty bias with this american yank shyt...shut up this shyt is not US vs Europe.

[Dynamite Kid]

Americans were really quick to call out Hatton's style of fighting saying that the refs in england are more lenient to it than in other places in the world. But when Andre Dirrell does it against Froch and the ref gives him every opportunity to hold and turns the fight into a stinker it's smart strategy???

Because no one in Boxing does as excessively as Hatton and in every!! fight.

[Krakodil]

americans americans americans..all u ****s talk about is nationalities...these are fighters who gives a ****...im not holding pom poms..if theres a bad ass in the UK then hes a bad ass...i dont discredit any fighter due to his race or nationality.. but you brits are pretty bias with this american yank shyt...shut up this shyt is not US vs Europe.

you americans are the ones making it europe vs usa. you americans never give credit or respect to european fighters, you americans think all european/russian/brittish fighters are hyped up bums. you americans think you are superior than us. and then you get surprised when europeans feel anger towards you? ***** it is Europe vs U.S.A and it always will be.