What More could Dirrell Have done

[JazMerkin]

I thought he won clearly but are you being serious? He could have just done more. Period. He spent too much time grabbing and not enough punching. He was on the road and he had at least one judge that was bought or somehow influenced (the guy that scored the 11th for Froch, I mean come on that's just corruption, there's no other explanation) and at times he did just enough to win rounds when sometimes you have to know that you have to do more than that, don't leave any questions, don't let an incompetent judge say yeah but Froch was coming forward. It was a bit Clottey-esque.

This. I thought Dirrell won comfortably, but if he'd just put the effort he put into the last 2 1/2 rounds into the rest of the fight, no one would be able to dispute it & he might well have KO'd Froch (although I'm convinced the European judges would have still found a way to give it to Froch).

The Belgian judge Daniel Van de Wiele recently scored against Witter costing him his "world" title on a Hennessy promotion.

So you think Mick made sure he gave him enough dough this time?

Yes I do

That fight was far wider than the scorecards suggested, interesting how both Barrovecchio & Van de Wiele have been on a number of Hennessy cards though

We also know which of Witter & Froch are worth more, especially in Nottingham.

Don't get me wrong, I think if Gary Shaw had significant clout in Europe, they'd happily swing it his way. But he doesn't, so Hennessy's boys get the breaks. Same as Golden Boy & Top Rank fighters often getting favourable scorecards when against fighters without major promoters. Berto might as well leave if the fight with Mosley in January is at all close because he ain't getting that decision against a GBP fighter in the States.