Just rewatched the fight? - post scorecards here

[120]

R1 Froch
R2 Froch
R3 Froch
R4 Froch
R5 Froch
R6 Froch
R7 Froch
R8 Froch
R9 Froch
R10 Froch
R11 Froch
R12 Froch

completely one-sided. i even scored it 122 and gave him 2 extra points for coolness

[Sαntα]

If running away won you fight, Morrade Hakkar would be world champion.

[Ryn0]

Froch didn't win a round untill the 7th. He wen't on to win the 8th round, and from there on I felt sorry and may have given him some rounds. Won 3 rounds, may have given him a round I shouldn't have. Like I said, he won no more then 4 rounds and landed no more then 3-4 solid shots. You can't win a fight if you don't land.

I gave him only 3 rounds, IMO he won the 5th landed a good uppercut.

Then won the 7th and 8th.

Thats it.

[Ryn0]

If running away won you fight, Morrade Hakkar would be world champion.

but landing nothing secures you a victory right?

oh wait, he did land rabbit punches.

[Special K]

but landing nothing secures you a victory right?

oh wait, he did land rabbit punches.

He did land on Dirrell, several times.

And the only rabbit I saw was Dirrell, frightened little bunny.

[-Mustang-]

I just watched the fight for the first time... Dirrell wasted a lot of time , whinning , complaining and i've never seen someone fall so many times without actually being knockeddown... that being said froch tried to run in and catch dirrell but andre's head movement was too much ... dirrell took 3 of the first 4 rounds , froch took almost all the middle rounds ... after the 8th i had froch winning 5-3 .... then dirrell stepped it up and even hurt froch in the 10th (even b/c of the 1pt deduction on dirrell) and hurt him in the 11th momentarily ... i also gave dirrell the 12th ... in a very close fight .....

114-113 Andre Dirrell

1 Dirrell
2 Dirrell
3 Froch
4 Dirrell
5 Froch
6 Froch
7 Froch
8 Froch
9 Dirrell
10 EVEN
11 Dirrell
12 Dirrell

[DiegoFuego]

R1 Froch
R2 Dirrell
R3 Froch
R4 Dirrell
R5 Froch
R6 Froch
R7 Dirrell
R8 Froch
R9 Froch
R10 Even 9-9
R11 Dirrell
R12 Dirrell

114 - 113 Froch. However a draw, or a one point win for Dirrell could be argued. I was in the arena with a good view last night, so I have experienced this fight from two perspectives.

One thing that was apparent straight away, was Showtimes biased commentary. Froch landed quite a lot of jabs and inside punches that were ignored and not commented on. On top of this when Dirrell landed they were making a big deal out of soft jabs that barely knocked Froch's head back. Also Froch landed quite a few counter shots in exchanges that went unnoticed, while Dirrells were exuberantly praised.

There were a lot of close and hard fought rounds in this fight, and a few could have gone either way, but I still don't think Dirrell warranted the decision. He spoiled all night because he didn't want to get caught up in the exchanges. Froch had Dirrell on the back foot for 10 out of 12 rounds, and landed enough of his own punches, and worked enough on the inside to win the fight. I don't see Froch's win as a controversial decision. Two of the judges score cards were definitely a little wide, but the correct fighter won.

No f.u.c.k.i.n.g way

[The Gambler1981]

All I have to say is that was not really a close fight, Al Bernstein basically said you could not give Froch seven rounds because he said 115 was to wide a margin that is seven rounds, I personally do not see how you could give four rounds to Froch.

If it was a close fight I could accept the subjectivity of judging but it was by no means a close fight, between doing nothing and doing something doing something always wins even if you do not like the style.

[Shadows]

All I have to say is that was not really a close fight, Al Bernstein basically said you could not give Froch seven rounds because he said 115 was to wide a margin that is seven rounds, I personally do not see how you could give four rounds to Froch.

If it was a close fight I could accept the subjectivity of judging but it was by no means a close fight, between doing nothing and doing something doing something always wins even if you do not like the style.

That's pretty much the way I saw it.

Dirrell could have been more aggressive, but still, I thought he won clearly.

[Mighty_Windir]

rd 1 direll
rd2 direll
rd3 direll
rd4 froch
rd5 direll
rd6 direll
rd7 froch
rd8 froch
rd9 direll
rd10 even
rd11 direll
rd12 direll