All three judges in Dirrell Abraham fight from Michigan!

[Fenster]

Come on now this is simply not justifiable (if true)

Three judges from the same country is bad enough but THREE hometown judges and a hometown ref!!! What's the point in even fighting? Dirrell just has to stand up to win

Put it this way, if Dirrel doesn't get ko and can't get what looks like to be a hometown decision, then he's a certified bum. Fact.

Well he's not getting a KO (you can now bet he will)

So they obviously stacked everything else in his favour

[Rantcatrat]

Come on now this is simply not justifiable (if true)

Three judges from the same country is bad enough but THREE hometown judges and a hometown ref!!! What's the point in even fighting? Dirrell just has to stand up to win

You know he can't just stand up for the whole fight c'mon now.

Quite simply Dirrell HAS to win this fight to make Ward-Dirrell worth anything. Showtime need this fight.

Abraham can slide back to Germany, 10 million TV viewers and 30,000 punters.

You're doing this on purpose now!!!!!!

All I can ask is that if there is a knockout in this fight either way that the conspiracy theories must be put to rest for a while.

Ward needs to make his fight with Green anyway and Abraham's next fight is in Britain versus Froch, right?

By the way, Fenster, in connection with the conspiracy theory, what "should" happen in the Froch v. Kessler fight?

[killersheep]

As for the official rules of the tournament

Tournament Rules
1. All bouts will be contested under the unified rules of boxing;
2. All bouts scheduled for 12 rounds;
3. Both the World Boxing Council (WBC) and the World Boxing Association (WBA) titles will be on the line at the outset of tournament competition;
4. Each boxer will fight three bouts against different opponents in the Group Stage— round-robin, points-based competition;
5. Points will be awarded after each bout. Scoring is as follows:
Win — 2 points (with a 1-point KO/TKO bonus)
Draw — 1 point
6. Following the Group Stage, the top four point scorers qualify for the Semi-Finals with the bottom two eliminated (In the event of a tie on points, a tie-break mechanism is in place);
7. Semi-Finals will match the point leader against the fourth place fighter and the second versus the third in single-elimination bouts (In the event of a draw in the Semi-Final bouts, a tie-break mechanism is in place);
8. The winners of the Semi-Final bouts advance to the Final.

source: Super Six World Boxing Classic Scorecard - Showtime Sports

Unified Rules of Boxing
1. No three knockdown rule is in effect
2. Only the referee can stop the bout
3. If there is an accidental headbutt, it will go to the scorecards to determine the winner, if four rounds of a scheduled 12-rounder have been completed.
Otherwise, the bout will be declared no contest.
4. A fighter cannot be saved by the bell in any round including the final round.
5. A boxer that gets knocked down receives a mandatory eight count

[Fenster]

You know he can't just stand up for the whole fight c'mon now.

Quite simply Dirrell HAS to win this fight to make Ward-Dirrell worth anything. Showtime need this fight.

Abraham can slide back to Germany, 10 million TV viewers and 30,000 punters.

You're doing this on purpose now!!!!!!

All I can ask is that if there is a knockout in this fight either way that the conspiracy theories must be put to rest for a while.

Ward needs to make his fight with Green anyway and Abraham's next fight is in Britain versus Froch, right?

By the way, Fenster, in connection with the conspiracy theory, what "should" happen in the Froch v. Kessler fight?

That's easy to workout. A Froch win is more valuable.

Kessler is soiled goods. His next fight would be Green (means nothing to anyone but an ardent fan of either).

Froch-Abraham would be big in Germany - Huge gate and TV audience. And Froch's biggest fight in Engalnd (as long as Dirrell don't spark AA)

[Violent Demise]

Imagine this was the case in Europe/Uk we wouldn't here the end of it!!!

Absolute joke this, Abraham is being fucked up the arse royally here.

My statement would be the exact same if it happened in Tanzania, UK, Germany or anywhere. Don't pull that poor me Europe/UK shit either, it's gotten old.

I am not talking about you personally but as a whole we over here have a far worst rep for this sort of shit which is unfair.

Not really we never here the end of the " Dave Paris won Hatton the Kosta fight " on here, I think it's pretty safe to say Europe/UK has a worst rep than the Usa for this sort of thing which is very bias, Fenster did a thread about robberies in Europe/Usa a while back.

Guarantee if this was the case if Froch was fighting Dirrell in Nottingham and all three judges were from Nottingham aswell as the ref the abuse Froch would get would be off the scale.

He did. Anybody with a brain knows that

[Lance Uppercut]

For a fight of such global significance, that seems a bit shady. Lets hope that Michigan judges are not like Texas judges.

[killersheep]

This is brilliant, vengeance for what Abraham's countrymen did to Dirrell last time. Next up on the get even score is Canada.

Brilliant.

Didn't see this before, Ouma has a point

[Gandalf]

Well, I think it is wrong and not fair. A big fight like this deserves a lot better.

I hope Abraham goes out and mutilates this turd of a spoiler.

[jolz]

just curious... why is the title not on the line?

None of them has a title.

no brainer,.,,

[Rantcatrat]

Quite simply Dirrell HAS to win this fight to make Ward-Dirrell worth anything. Showtime need this fight.

Abraham can slide back to Germany, 10 million TV viewers and 30,000 punters.

You're doing this on purpose now!!!!!!

All I can ask is that if there is a knockout in this fight either way that the conspiracy theories must be put to rest for a while.

Ward needs to make his fight with Green anyway and Abraham's next fight is in Britain versus Froch, right?

By the way, Fenster, in connection with the conspiracy theory, what "should" happen in the Froch v. Kessler fight?

That's easy to workout. A Froch win is more valuable.

Kessler is soiled goods. His next fight would be Green (means nothing to anyone but an ardent fan of either).

Froch-Abraham would be big in Germany - Huge gate and TV audience. And Froch's biggest fight in Engalnd (as long as Dirrell don't spark AA)

Fenster, at least admit this: there can't be a conspiracy if there is a knockout in this fight and/or if Kessler sparks Froch. Are we agreed?

What's the end game? A Froch tournament win and a showdown with Calzaghe who comes out of retirement for the biggest fight in British history?

[TheMacMagician]

Bad judging aside in what ever country, boxing boards of control should be in place to stop things like this happening. The very nature of Judging should, in the interest of fairness, be unbiased. Dirrel IMO is gonna need all the judging help he can get if he fights like he did against froch anyhow.

[HattonTheHammer]

Sorry killer but your in the wrong here

Title fight or no title fight had froch-dirrell of been judged by 3 nottingham based judges the americans on here would of been up in arms and claiming this was foul play

Abraham is being thrown to the lions here, everybody up to and including the ref are going to do there upmost to ensure andre dirrell walks out with the win. Expect plenty of foul play on dirrells part, forearms, heads etc and absoloutely no punishment for endless falling over

People on here the next morning will scream it loud that dirrell deserved to win the fight just like they did with ward completely oblivious to the fact he got into the position he did through clear cut cheating

[The Fightfan]

Damn so I guess my UD pick for Dirrell is more than likely.

[killersheep]

Bad judging aside in what ever country, boxing boards of control should be in place to stop things like this happening. The very nature of Judging should, in the interest of fairness, be unbiased. Dirrel IMO is gonna need all the judging help he can get if he fights like he did against froch anyhow.

It makes a good case for an International governance body to control these things.

[killersheep]

Sorry killer but your in the wrong here

Title fight or no title fight had froch-dirrell of been judged by 3 nottingham based judges the americans on here would of been up in arms and claiming this was foul play

Abraham is being thrown to the lions here, everybody up to and including the ref are going to do there upmost to ensure andre dirrell walks out with the win. Expect plenty of foul play on dirrells part, forearms, heads etc and absoloutely no punishment for endless falling over

People on here the next morning will scream it loud that dirrell deserved to win the fight just like they did with ward completely oblivious to the fact he got into the position he did through clear cut cheating

Yes cause clearly noone has voiced an issue with this at all compared to your fictitious example. If, if, if................