Some people owe FROCH an apology!

[The Gambler1981]

That was the upsetting part of the Froch-Dirrell fight for me, Dirrell could have done him a lot worse and just did not for whatever reason including Froch style which was very rough house but it was effective since it made Dirrell even more sloppy (I am using the term effective loosely but that was the best thing he could do to limit Dirrell).

A lot of people did rag on Froch though but it should be obvious to everyone that Dirrell is a very hard man to fight against.

[Clegg]

Yeah, Froch posed a lot more problems with Dirrell to figure out than Abraham did, although I thought Dirrell showed that he matured a lot as a fighter inbetween the Froch and AA fights.

Despite being easy to hit, Froch is a tough style matchup for a lot of boxers. He's not greatly skilled, but he is awkward and very determined.

Froch is a better counter puncher than Abraham. If you open up on Froch, he's going to throw right back and his strength, power, endurance and stamina means that anyone who tries to take advantage of his defense too much is risking getting involved in a war of attrition that they will lose, just like Taylor and Pascal did.

I always thought it was ****** for people to question his chin. When you get hit as often as he does, you are going to get hurt sooner or later. Dirrell doing more damage on AA than Froch shows that CF's chin shouldn't be in question.

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lol Arthur Abraham did a better job then Carl Froch. Carl only won 3 rounds against Dirrell.

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I'm really curious to see how Froch does against Kessler. I think he will feel even more confident in himself (if possible) after seeing how Dirrell did against AA.

[Clegg]

lol Arthur Abraham did a better job then Carl Froch. Carl only won 3 rounds against Dirrell.

Froch lost most of the rounds in my eyes, but a lot of them were close without much being landed. The nature of the bout (especially the point deduction) meant that AD needed to try and win every round.

That wasn't the case last night, where Abraham only started to win rounds once Dirrell had built up an unassailable lead on the scorecards.

Dirrell outboxed Abraham a lot easier and more impressively than he did Froch.

[charlieg]

Dirrell was nervous and cautious in the Froch fight. He didn't want to turn up and get caught cold, but he didn't settle down until too late on in the fight. Whilst Froch was crap and landed little of note, Dirrell didn't let his hands go until too late in the fight and all the Dirrell fanboys who whine about the result are just stuck on sour g****s I'm afraid - I agree he didn't lose that fight but he didn't win it either. You can't clearly win 4 rounds then complain that the rest didn't get split kindly for you.

He learnt his lesson and was much better against Abraham - but he may also have tired himself out. He was gasping for air between rounds 9/10/11.

No, I don't agree with the OP. This fight did not make Froch look better. It made Dirrell look like he learnt from his first loss. Froch got exposed in that fight as a man who has forgotten the boxing basics and become a brawler - but he's deluded himself into thinking he's as slick as a prime Roy Jones Jr.

[Guest]

Froch still has to fight Kessler.

I swear people are acting like AA is his next fight.

[Unbiased]

I said it before and I'll say it again:

Froch is a one dimensional bum. He's got absolutely no footwork and he can't handle any speed. If only Calzaghe was still around to shut him up.

Dirrell is still a little unpolished around the edges for all the talent hes shown at his young age. He's got sick potential and expect great things from him in the future.

[Khmelnytsky]

Froch is a tough fighter to break down

lol True, not even Froch knows what the hell he's going to do. He has no real style.

I love seeing him shadowbox. He throws his jab straight up into the air like there is a balloon on the ceiling and he's trying to pop it.

His delusion in thinking that he's a great great fighter and supreme confidence along with a solid chin (but not iron) and decent power and unpredictability make him a dangerous fighter.

[Clegg]

Dirrell was nervous and cautious in the Froch fight. He didn't want to turn up and get caught cold, but he didn't settle down until too late on in the fight. Whilst Froch was crap and landed little of note, Dirrell didn't let his hands go until too late in the fight and all the Dirrell fanboys who whine about the result are just stuck on sour g****s I'm afraid - I agree he didn't lose that fight but he didn't win it either. You can't clearly win 4 rounds then complain that the rest didn't get split kindly for you.

He learnt his lesson and was much better against Abraham - but he may also have tired himself out. He was gasping for air between rounds 9/10/11.

No, I don't agree with the OP. This fight did not make Froch look better. It made Dirrell look like he learnt from his first loss. Froch got exposed in that fight as a man who has forgotten the boxing basics and become a brawler - but he's deluded himself into thinking he's as slick as a prime Roy Jones Jr.

I disagree with this. If anything, Froch's main mistake against Dirrell was not being enough of a brawler. Too often he tried to engage in a tentative game of cat and mouse, and he spent the first 3 rounds having a low-output boxing match with Dirrell when he mostly just threw a few jabs.

Froch would've been better off throwing caution to the wind from the start and getting wild. Had he done that, there's a reasonable chance that Dirrell would've crumbled under the pressure.