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From box rec. Bare in mind the point deduction, and number of illgal holds, that poor boxrec had to count as an "attack".. Froch offically landed more...
http://boxrec.com/media/index.php?title=Fight:1433578
heres the full boxrec unbised opinion on things...
In an exciting Showtime fight which appeared as if it could go either way on the scorecards, Carl Froch remained unbeaten at 26-0 and retained his WBC Super Middleweight title by split decision over American challenger Andre Dirrell. Froch chased the southpaw Dirrell all night, and threw many punches 'into the wind' as the agile Dirrell constantly moved from side to side and slipped the majority of Froch's punches. Froch moved forward for all 12 rounds as the aggressor throwing many combinations, while Dirrell counterpunched extremely well and landed a number of powerful right hand leads. One point of controversy was that Froch frequently hit Dirrell behind the head, and was warned but not penalized by the referee. Dirrell was warned in the seventh, eighth and tenth; then the referee decided to take a point away from him for holding. In round 12, Dirrell was warned by the referee for hitting Froch behind the head, when in fact it was Froch that had hit just hit Dirrell behind the head! Without the point deduction, the bout would have been closer. Most of these rounds were quiet defensive gems, causing the crowd to boo the lack of action at the end of every round. At the end of round 11, Dirrell's grandfather told him in his corner "You better knock Froch out because they ain't never gonna give us a decision here." But the hometown crowd was quiet during rounds, so scoring appeared fair. In the post fight Showtime interview, the previously unbeaten Dirrell conceded he lost round 12, but looked forward to fighting Arthur Abraham.
http://boxrec.com/media/index.php?title=Fight:1433578
heres the full boxrec unbised opinion on things...
In an exciting Showtime fight which appeared as if it could go either way on the scorecards, Carl Froch remained unbeaten at 26-0 and retained his WBC Super Middleweight title by split decision over American challenger Andre Dirrell. Froch chased the southpaw Dirrell all night, and threw many punches 'into the wind' as the agile Dirrell constantly moved from side to side and slipped the majority of Froch's punches. Froch moved forward for all 12 rounds as the aggressor throwing many combinations, while Dirrell counterpunched extremely well and landed a number of powerful right hand leads. One point of controversy was that Froch frequently hit Dirrell behind the head, and was warned but not penalized by the referee. Dirrell was warned in the seventh, eighth and tenth; then the referee decided to take a point away from him for holding. In round 12, Dirrell was warned by the referee for hitting Froch behind the head, when in fact it was Froch that had hit just hit Dirrell behind the head! Without the point deduction, the bout would have been closer. Most of these rounds were quiet defensive gems, causing the crowd to boo the lack of action at the end of every round. At the end of round 11, Dirrell's grandfather told him in his corner "You better knock Froch out because they ain't never gonna give us a decision here." But the hometown crowd was quiet during rounds, so scoring appeared fair. In the post fight Showtime interview, the previously unbeaten Dirrell conceded he lost round 12, but looked forward to fighting Arthur Abraham.
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