Comments Thread For: DeGale Drops Dirrell Twice, Wins Decision and Title

[Unseen]

Eddie Hearn is as su****ious as the man with the hat. DeGale didn't do anything from round 6 and he didn't deserve to win this fight. What happened to Shawn Porter has happened to Dirrell. Something fishy here

Rounds 11 and 12 were Degales though.

[tiliheels]

I don't think he did, he maybe showed a gap in DeGale's fitness but not boxing-wise.

he showed that he could stay awy from degales hook from low and degale had very small success after that..he did not look gassed he looked confused..i think dirrell gave 11 away staying in the pocket letting punches in...i would have had dirrel winning 5-12...well five was a swing
i want to see 5,6,11, and 12 again

[Kagami Taiga]

This is what I mean about the joke that is "Haymon taking over"...
His guys suck, this isnt like other things where just throwing money around solves all of your problems. His stable is quite bad and he either keeps losing fights or losing leverage without the titles. His divisional representatives bring a tear to your eye. Peturd Quittin cant even beat Andy Lee, Anthony Dirrell loses to ****ing Badou Jack and "The Second Coming" Andre Dirrell loses to "euro level" James Degale. lol
If Degale is supposed to be euro level, then what the **** does that make eternal champion in recess(since he can never be an actual champ, you know, since he's so good he simply chooses not to...) Andre Dirrell?

Everyone loses fights. Undefeated fighters are rare at the world level and both these guys are world level. Wtf is wrong with ppl?

[Dirk Diggler UK]

he broke that guard several times..got degales respect even after getting dropped...that was a great fight of high class if degale done it again i'd respect him more than i already do

The replays were clear as day. Dirrell would throw 6 or 7 shots and maybe 1 would partially get through.

DeGale needed to make him pay though.

[marvel]

Cut the crap, Andre missed with the majority of his punches. It's called 'Effective Aggression' for a reason.

Dirrell landed the cleaner blows and was more effective in boxing than Degale was in being the aggressor.

[SP4RTICUS]

lol the only rd de gale won in the late rd was 11 he did **** in the mid and late rds dirrell won clearly stop being on chunky **** the dude will only have that belt a for a short time loses his first defense he's a trash fighter could'nt finish a hurt fighter instead wanted to run around dirrell won the rds cleanly

degale did win this fight, although i have to agree about degales tactics being very poor. He was trying to stand off. back off and counter, when he could clearly hurt dirrel at every opportunity, and then when he was sitting on the ropes i was going mental. he had to bully dirrell and push him back.

[ShoulderRoll]

The best thing bout this Haymon takeover has been the judging, i mean its almost as if he has personally told the american judges to be unbiased, and i can only applaud it.

Good observation.

In the round-by-round thread there was actually a couple of guys saying that Degale was going to be the victim of a "Haymon decision" on the scorecards. I was thinking to myself WTF are they talking about? One thing about the PBC is that the judging has been fair with several Haymon guys taking losses even when the fights are close.

People just hate the guy irrationally.

[Ham Porter]

lol the only rd de gale won in the late rd was 11 he did **** in the mid and late rds dirrell won clearly stop being on chunky **** the dude will only have that belt a for a short time loses his first defense he's a trash fighter could'nt finish a hurt fighter instead wanted to run around dirrell won the rds cleanly

Only rounds he won clearly were 7-10. That's it.

Log off, son.

[MrTambourineMan]

Dirrell landed the cleaner blows and was more effective in boxing than Degale was in being the aggressor.

No he didn't.

[boxingfan1986]

So was Degale gassed or was he deliberately staying on the back foot?