Dirrell made Froch look like a mediocre to average fighter!!!

[prinzemanspopa]

Juan Diaz-Paulie Malignaggi was a robbery only to those who play far too much emphasis on workrate,not enough on clean punching,and are pitiful suckers to an emotional outburst from a raging ****sexual.To compare that fight,in which Diaz landed more clean punches in a single round than Froch did over the course of twelve,is an absolute disgrace.

[gauze]

Juan Diaz-Paulie Malignaggi was a robbery only to those who play far too much emphasis on workrate,not enough on clean punching,and are pitiful suckers to an emotional outburst from a raging ****sexual.To compare that fight,in which Diaz landed more clean punches in a single round than Froch did over the course of twelve,is an absolute disgrace.

thats kinda how i feel myself. froch vs dirrell is only a robbery to people who give rounds for running, holding, falling all over the ring, and being a general bitch. to each their own.

the scoring in the diaz-malignaggi fight was way more homecooked than froch-dirrell.

just sayin, there were bigger robberies in 2009 regardless of whether or not you think diaz-malignaggi was

[Joe2608]

It was a close fight, think i had Dirrell winning in the end but i didn't care that Froch won because Dirrell pissed me off the whole fight by running and hugging Froch all night. To take a man's title you have to go in there and beat him straight up not bag a few rounds and then run for the rest of the fight, i'm not surprised the judges were not impressed with Dirrell's tactics.

[Uturn]

Dirrell is arguably the most gifted fighter at SMW but the way he goes about his fights isn't pretty. He literally runs around the ring like a little girl. Dirrell must develop a stronger mentality imo.

[prinzemanspopa]

thats kinda how i feel myself. froch vs dirrell is only a robbery to people who give rounds for running, holding, falling all over the ring, and being a general bitch. to each their own.

The only thing that matters when scoring a round are clean,scoring punches.It doesn't matter whether a fighter is running around the ring like a spastic,or if he has his arse planted on the ropes for an entire fight - if he's scoring punches,that's all that matters.


When one boxer is outlanding another by such an obvious and clear margin,the rounds are neither close nor particularly difficult to score.The only solid blows Froch was able to consistently land throughout the entire fight were rabbit punches.

[apokalips]

I had Dirrell winning that fight and I reckon Ward beats Froch. Andre Ward is one of those fighters who just seems to know how to get the job done by all means necessary.

I think Dirrell has been coppin too much flak since the AA fight, he needs to get back in the ring and sort himself out.

[RubenSonny]

The only thing that matters when scoring a round are clean,scoring punches.It doesn't matter whether a fighter is running around the ring like a spastic,or if he has his arse planted on the ropes for an entire fight - if he's scoring punches,that's all that matters.


When one boxer is outlanding another by such an obvious and clear margin,the rounds are neither close nor particularly difficult to score.The only solid blows Froch was able to consistently land throughout the entire fight were rabbit punches.

Unexpectedly. I'm in full agreement with you.

[Sparked_1985]

We need to stop mentioning this fight.

On the night it was can't fight vs won't fight.

Both fighters had a stinker.

[slimshandy69]

The only thing that matters when scoring a round are clean,scoring punches.It doesn't matter whether a fighter is running around the ring like a spastic,or if he has his arse planted on the ropes for an entire fight - if he's scoring punches,that's all that matters.


When one boxer is outlanding another by such an obvious and clear margin,the rounds are neither close nor particularly difficult to score.The only solid blows Froch was able to consistently land throughout the entire fight were rabbit punches.

BUT THE FAct is he wasnt landing the lceaner punches as after 3 rounds his face was a bloody mess.

As for your "it doesnt matter if he was running2 excuse, he did more than that, he illegally held when he wasnt even tired and made no effort to box.

He illegally ducked his head, showing only the back of it, giving froch no option but to rabbitt punch and when ever froch was about to kncok him out he fell over.

Dirrells best round was round 10 and even though i could only give it a draw as he was rightfully decuted a point for blatant spoiling tactics.


If you are into cheating fighters that do not want to engage by cheating then so be it, but luckily you are in the minority.

But even with all your points, the punch stats, press row, and top boxing pundits all give it to froch, so move on with your life...

[crold1]

At the end of this fight, my opinion of Froch was lowish. It has since exploded and he has grown through an incredible opp run. Here were my thoughts from then:

http://www.boxingscene.com/-super-six-begins-post-fight-report-cards--22925

This fight was neither thriller nor sleep inducer.

It was a hot mess between two fighters whose style choice mixed like caviar and Taco Bell with more fouls and clinches than landed blows which somehow found a way to be intriguing anyways.

Let’s be clear straight away. Andre Dirrell could have, maybe should have, won this fight on the road against the U.K.’s Froch. That he did not was not the fault of a poor refereeing job of Hector Afu or the men with scorecards at ringside. Andre Dirrell gave this one away because he didn’t do what worked best for him for all twelve rounds.

In the two opening frames, and in a gutsy burst in ten and eleven, Dirrell moved his hands. He was fluid, assertive, and elusive. He had Froch rocked and looked like the total package some see him developing into. Particularly in the eleventh, Dirrell battled with a chip on his shoulder and showed resolve.

The problem was the rest of a fight this scribe ultimately scored 115-114, or five rounds to four with three even, for Froch. Had Afu not taken a point from Dirrell for holding in the 10th, it would have been a draw on this card. And, for the record, for Afu to take a point there but not for multiple Froch rabbit punches, punches on the break, or a hip toss in the fifth round, was head scratching at best.

Froch didn’t come with the best game plan. He oddly tried to jab with Dirrell early on, and missed wildly at times, before starting to do what he needed to in round three, roughing the younger man up in the clinches and landing on whatever body parts were available. Dirrell’s good footwork early became a mimic of the unwatchable Curtis Stevens affair of a few years ago.

Dirrell was almost running as the fight entered a critical stretch from round 6-9 and complained about fouls (some real, others imagined) when he should have been firing back. Dirrell landed good shots in every round but also began to occasionally lead with clinches. He was being outhustled and Froch was landing the best stuff he had all night.

It was so evident what could have been after the deduction in the tenth. In terms of intangibles, it was the difference in a low grade and what ended a solid one for Dirrell. He snapped out of it, remembered he was in a professional fight, and looked fantastic.

Had Dirrell fought the same way all night, had he used his fists consistently, he might have pasted enough onto Froch to stop him with the shots he was landing. As it was, he hadn’t exacted enough of a price and in the 12th, despite a strong start, fatigued as Froch rushed to muddy, and even, the closing frame.