Official Super Six Follow Live Thread

[Jimanuel Boogustus]

dirrell is very very humble, all credit to him. He will gain alot more fans from that speech than any trash talk. All props to him, and i think he will beat abraham!

Humble

He actually thinks he lost..!

Wierd fight.

[Spicoli]

If this was not a tourney....second -third oppurtunities...Dirrell would have went fooking nuts in interview.Wheres the fire

[Jimanuel Boogustus]

I hate to say it but Froch makes a good point.

[Gandalf]

I hate to say it but Froch makes a good point.

I agree, and I also agree with Killersheeps comments earlier in this thread.

Dirrell was ugly, ugly ugly. He was diving around on the canvas repeatedly for nothing and he was holding like he wanted to bear Froch's children. He did get warned repeatedly and eventually a point was taken. Froch did hit on the back of the head, but I agree with him doing that. Fighters who hold excessively or lean down too much need to be hit somehow and that's what Froch did. I have no qualms with any fighter trying to make the fight and that's what Froch was trying to do. Maybe a point could have come off of him, but the excessive holding and bending below the waist was what was forcing Froch to bend the rules. Dirrell started the cheating each time and deserved the penalty first in my eyes.

It was scrappy fight, with a number of very close rounds. In those instances I favour the fighter who is trying to make the fight rather than the one who pot shots a couple of times and holds and dives to the canvas. At least Malignaggi was throwing a lot of leather and landing more than here and there in his fight with Diaz. Here Dirrell was landing at very irregular intervals with a lot of ugly nonsense inbetween. I frown upon the blatant cheating. Excessive holding is the worst thing in boxing for me.

Froch fought poorly too IMO. He couldn't cut off the ring and he should have had Dirrell on the ropes more and tried to be more concise with his punching. There was too much following around with hands held low.

I would be content with a draw and felt the scorecards were a little wide. But overall I preferred Froch's aggression so give him the nod. It might not be the popular view around here, but I don't care about being popular. I say what I think.

[ross]

Ha ha!!

"Usually, my hands hurt after a fight"

Thats because Carl, you are too slow and at 32 you arent getting any quicker, I thought Taylor and Dirrell were the weakest of the lot but going by this and how Taylor dropped him he will be having a few sleapless nights about the rest of the tournament.