Till this day, Forch's hometown gift over Dirrell dosen't sit right with me

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Dirrell is a little ***** who came to Nottingham to steal a decision, he didn't come to fight. Froch was the champion, it was up to Dirrell to take the belt off him, and he didn't, because he ran all night.

[IIG]

What kills me is that Froch has the nerve to complain about a hometown decision in the Kessler fight, even though he lost fair and square. Dirrell's robbery was one of the worst I've seen in recent times.

[BetterCallSaul]

What kills me is that Froch has the nerve to complain about a hometown decision in the Kessler fight, even though he lost fair and square. Dirrell's robbery was one of the worst I've seen in recent times.

One of the worst? Don't be ridiculous. I can understand why you may believe Dirrell won the fight and argue for that stance, but to call the decision a robbery is well wide of the mark. The fight was close, pure and simple. If that's the worst robbery you have seen, you must not watch a lot of boxing.

[Heru]

It was a close fight. Maybe Dirrell should have got the decision, but he ran all night and didn't really land a lot of significant punches. So Froch winning sits perfectly well with me. He pressed the action and put Dirrell on the back foot all evening. He fought like a coward. Saying that, a lot of rounds were extremely close and the scorecards were too wide, but a one point victory for either fighter is a just conclusion.

Another point, Froch maybe deserved the decision over Kessler, but it didn't work out that way. You win some, you lose some. Dirrell fans should stop *****ing and move on. It was a close fight, and in Froch's hometown, a close fight was always going to be scored for him.

I agree on the points in bold.

I don't agree with Froch winning that fight though. In all honesty neither fighter deserved to win that fight. They each rendered the others offense ineffective. A draw would've been the best result that could have happened.

The Froch-Kessler fight was close and could've gone either way, but the crowd completely swayed the fight in Kessler's favor, he missed a lot of punches, but the crowd would still erupt and sway the scoring.

[IIG]

One of the worst? Don't be ridiculous. I can understand why you may believe Dirrell won the fight and argue for that stance, but to call the decision a robbery is well wide of the mark. The fight was close, pure and simple. If that's the worst robbery you have seen, you must not watch a lot of boxing.

I'll have to dig up my scorecard, but I think I saw it as 9-3 at best. So yeah, one of the worst.

[BetterCallSaul]

I agree on the points in bold.

I don't agree with Froch winning that fight though. In all honesty neither fighter deserved to win that fight. They each rendered the others offense ineffective. A draw would've been the best result that could have happened.

The Froch-Kessler fight was close and could've gone either way, but the crowd completely swayed the fight in Kessler's favor, he missed a lot of punches, but the crowd would still erupt and sway the scoring.

I was thinking of exactly that...a draw would have been fair. Dirrell didn't do enough to deserve the belt, but Froch wasn't so effective that he should be credited with a victory. A draw is the logical conclusion.

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Dirrell came and fought a bad fight and lost to the hometown guy.

Froch came and fought a good fight and lost to the hometown guy.

There's a difference.

[BetterCallSaul]

I'll have to dig up my scorecard, but I think I saw it as 9-3 at best. So yeah, one of the worst.

9-3 at best. Wow. I think I scored the fight one point for Froch, and upon further viewing, one point for Dirrell. I'm stuck in two minds over who won the fight, but I never believed the decision was a robbery.

[SCtrojansbaby]

LMAO did Dirrell land one hard punch the entire fight lol. Dirrell LOST fair and square get over it

[IIG]

9-3 at best. Wow. I think I scored the fight one point for Froch, and upon further viewing, one point for Dirrell. I'm stuck in two minds over who won the fight, but I never believed the decision was a robbery.

I respect everyone's opinion, but I never saw it as being close at all. Here is USA Today's scorecard:

https://www.usatoday.com/sports/boxing/2009-10-17-froch-vs-dirrell-rounds_N.htm