Mcguigan: Dirrell Beats Abraham, Froch Will Do Better

[Jim Jeffries]

Dirrell is slippery and elusive, amazing reflexes and is very hard to hit cleanly. But AA has one punch KO power and 36 minutes is a long time to run. Arthur isn't very active though, so if Andre is able to use his height/reach to stay away, he could win a decision.

[Dave Rado]

I heard most of the Primetime commentators scored the fight for Dirrell. Can anyone confirm this?

Yes they scored it to Dirrell, but narrowly - they thought it was close. Most other commentators also thought it was close. And no close fight can ever be called a robbery. Neither fighter landed very much, which made it difficult to score. And even the commentators who scored it to Dirrell mostly had little sympathy for him, because he was so negative. He had the skills to win convincingly but was too scared of Froch's power to do so.

[The_Demon]

I heard most of the Primetime commentators scored the fight for Dirrell. Can anyone confirm this?

ye they both had dirrell ahead
not by much but they were biased as hell towards froch but in the end they couldnt find a way too give him the fight
froch got a gift decision,kessler and AA will ko him though,so it will soon be irrelevant

[Dave Rado]

ye they both had dirrell ahead
not by much but they were biased as hell towards froch but in the end they couldnt find a way too give him the fight
froch got a gift decision,kessler and AA will ko him though,so it will soon be irrelevant

Most commentators had it close. Even Gary Shaw only had Dirrell winning by one round. You can say that Direll should have won narrowly, but you can't say it was a robbery. He just didn't throw enough punches. When he did stand his ground and countered effectively, he was boxing Froch's ears off, but unfortunately for him, he rarely did that. So he has only himself to blame.

He only had to win a couple of extra rounds on the cards to have won the decision, and he would have done that if he'd been just a little more aggressive. So he doesn't deserve anyone's sympathy, IMO. But he'll learn from the experience, and hopefully will be less negative in future fights.

[The_Demon]

Most commentators had it close. Even Gary Shaw only had Dirrell winning by one round. You can say that Direll should have won narrowly, but you can't say it was a robbery. He just didn't throw enough punches. When he did stand his ground and counter effectively, he was boxing Froch's ears off, but unfortunately for him, he rarely did that. So he has only himself to blame.

He only had to win a couple of extra rounds on the cards to have won the decision, and he would have done that if he'd been just a little more aggressive. So he doesn't deserve anyone's sympathy, IMO. But he'll learn from the experience, and hopefully will be less negative in future fights.

when you only manage a split decision in your hometown,you know you got outboxed

[Jim Jeffries]

when you only manage a split decision in your hometown,you know you got outboxed

How many of the judges were from England?

Look I though Dirrell edged it and the point he lost was absurd, but to call this a robbery is even more so.

[D-MiZe]

How many of the judges were from England?

Look I though Dirrell edged it and the point he lost was absurd, but to call this a robbery is even more so.

None.

The ref was from Panama. One judge was Mexican, the other Italian and I think the other one was from Belgium.

[Dave Rado]

when you only manage a split decision in your hometown,you know you got outboxed

The judges were from neutral countries.

Anyway, you can be outboxed and still win a fight. The judges have to take into account how effective the punches that land are, and how aggressive the fighters are. And although Dirrell did some good boxing, he also did a lot of out and out running, which is not boxing. As the boxingscene fight report said, he stank out the joint,

And when Dirrell's own promoter only had him winning by one round, and says he should have been more aggressive, you can't call it a robbery.

[Chunk..]

How many of the judges were from England?

Look I though Dirrell edged it and the point he lost was absurd, but to call this a robbery is even more so.

british_fan hates Froch with a passion.

[TheUndertaker]

kessler is really stationary, he might ko froch but i doubt he'd make froch look as bad as dirrell did, dirrell beat him on boxing, dirrell beat on the brawl, but that's because dirrell ducks, slips and moves, kessler does'nt

That's funny, I don't think that anyone that knows the sport of boxing would claim that the TURD that Diahrrea Dirrell laid last weekend was boxing! Running and hugging everytime he got touched isn't classified as boxing. This isn't the first time that Dirrell has laid a TURD in the ring go back and watch him on 6-16-07 against Curtis Stevens where Diarrhea Dirrell had a bad case of the RUNS! This clown literally ran from Stevens for the entire fight! When I mean RAN I mean full out like a track meat where one guy is chasing the other. I don't like Abraham but I hope Abraham catches him and drops him worse than he did Taylor!