My belated Froch-Dirrell scorecard (second viewing)

[Sweet Jesus]

I had it 116-111, 9 rounds to 3, for Dirrell.

[S.G.]

Well I'm glad you came to your senses, OP! I couldn't believe there were people on here defending the decision afterwards

[PittyPat]

pittypat what were you drinking the night of the fight?

Fake Red Bull****, man.

I don't "drink" in that sense of the word. Hence my being buzzed out of my skull by the time morning came. Those were some of the worst circumstances ever for scoring a fight, I tell ya...

Well I'm glad you came to your senses, OP! I couldn't believe there were people on here defending the decision afterwards

It was more a case of holding out until I got a chance to watch it properly. Even as I was attempting to score the fight, nothing seemed right and the shoddy quality of the stream made it impossible to see some of the punches which either landed or didn't. Deep down, even with the first viewing scorecard, I knew Froch hadn't pulled it off.

High-def is a beautiful thing. We're blessed by the efforts of our in-house capping team.

[-Antonio-]

Your score should ever have a swing like that. I can see a 3 point shift from stream to hdtv, I've done that too, but damn. You must have been pretty drunk. This fight was 8-4 or 9-3 Dirrell both times I watched it. Can't remember what it was.

[-EAGLE-]

Fake Red Bull****, man.

I don't "drink" in that sense of the word. Hence my being buzzed out of my skull by the time morning came. Those were some of the worst circumstances ever for scoring a fight, I tell ya...

Hahaha, yea man one judge was Daniel Van Dewiele; i know him personally; he lives in my city & i he's starting to hate me cuz everytime i see him i tell him that Dirrell won hahaha!

[PittyPat]

Your score should ever have a swing like that. I can see a 3 point shift from stream to hdtv, I've done that too, but damn. You must have been pretty drunk. This fight was 8-4 or 9-3 Dirrell both times I watched it. Can't remember what it was.

Like I said, drunkenness ain't my thing. Things just weren't right for me on that morning, and the stream was atrocious in terms of quality. Most of the times in which I gave Froch a round was because I was just frustrated at trying to stay awake, frustrated at the ****ty stream, and frustrated that I was shivering internally from too much Ben & Jerry's ice cream. I had no idea what was really going on in that ring.

Watching it the second time was a relaxing, calming experience with all the time in the world at my hands. I plan on re-scoring a lot of other seemingly close fights that way. It can be eye-opening stuff.

[apokalips]

For me that was a clear as day Dirrell win....I don't see an argument for Froch to be honest, he did nothing apart from get outboxed and moved constantly. There was rarely a chance for him to get off, although I do think at times Dirrell looked a bit scared his movement was still very good and he hit Froch with some good clean shots throughout the fight.

I was very impressed with the way Dirrell handled the result and I think he will learn a lot from it. I hope Dirrell beats Abraham

[-Hyperion-]

dirrell got absolutely robbed......i give up on kessler if he downt KO the caveman crotch....

[the330ballers]

First viewing with a ****ty live stream, late at night, buzzed out of my mind on ice cream and whatever other Red Bull****, with a buzzed out best mate (tired out of his skull), biased towards Froch going into the fight:

F || 10 | 10 | 10 | 9  | 9  | 10 | 10 | 9  | 10 | 10 | 9  | 10 || 116
D || 9  | 9  | 9  | 10 | 10 | 9  | 9  | 10 | 9  | 8  | 10 | 9  || 111

Second viewing last week with HD cap, each punch slowed down and analysed, close rounds re-watched, early in the morning, clear head, on my lonesome, no bias for either fighter:

F || 9  | 9  | 9  | 9  | 9  | 9  | 9  | 9  | 9  | 9  | 9  | 9  || 108
D || 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9  | 10 | 10 || 119

Just goes to show that first viewings really are the worst on which to form an opinion about a controversial fight. That's why I've refrained from joining in with the discussions on who won - I knew I needed to watch it again to get a better idea of what went down, rather than attempt to state anything on the basis of a horrendously pixellated live stream.

Basically, Froch looked like a pile of elephant **** and Dirrell boxed a truly beautiful fight. He didn't run, he boxed. I wish him all the best against the man-beast Abraham (it could be close), and for Kessler to further embarrass Froch. Yes, you people are right - it was one of the worst robberies of '09, if not the worst (Funeka-Guzman still edges it IMO).

And for those who think Froch won even a single round, let alone the fight...

It was Dirrells body language that gave you that first score card. Him falling all over the place? It's easy to just give Froch the round seeing him rough Dirrell up like that. But if you look at whos actually landing punches? No contest. Dirrell won that fight easy.

[Slap Chop]

dirrell won easily. home town decision