Dirrelll just wasn't active enough in the first half of the bout to walk away with a win.

He's got good boxing skills and a lot of talent and potential but he needs a fighters mind set... cos right now he only showed glimpses of one.

Some of his 'head movement' was farcical too... I'm surprised the ref didn't pull him up on it more- I've never seen a pro fighter duck below the waist so blatantly... offering nothing but the back of your head isn't defensive mastery.

For the first half of the fight he was barely landing anything, he may have made Froch look stupid a few times but that doesn't win rounds... he was too inactive

From about the 7th round I thought he was starting to turn it on... but even that just became sporatic... looked great in bursts, but not enough to clearly win the close rounds... I wounder if it's just his mentality or his stamina... in the latter rounds he was breathing very heavily in his corner.

It may sound like I'm knocking him, but I actually think he has the talent to do very well, with hand speed and movement like that he could go all the way... but his mentality has to change IMO.