All three judges in Dirrell Abraham fight from Michigan!

[killersheep]

It's not a title fight, I agree that there should be judges from at the very least out of state, but it's not required since there is no title on the line. I'm not saying it's right, but it's not illegal either.

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.

[skel1983]

It's not a title fight, I agree that there should be judges from at the very least out of state, but it's not required since there is no title on the line. I'm not saying it's right, but it's not illegal either.

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.

[killersheep]

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.

Froch/Dirrell was a title fight. You seem to have some weird opinion that there is no complaining about decisions, referees in America. Of course everyone outside of the US is very understanding about things like Cortez in the Hatton/Mayweather fight right?. This is boxing, bias happens everywhere. I am in no way insinuating that the US is less biased on things than anywhere else, but to state that somehow the general opinion is that you get called out more in the UK is ridiculous.

[skel1983]

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.

Froch/Dirrell was a title fight. You seem to have some weird opinion that there is no complaining about decisions, referees in America. Of course everyone outside of the US is very understanding about things like Cortez in the Hatton/Mayweather fight right?. This is boxing, bias happens everywhere. I am in no way insinuating that the US is less biased on things than anywhere else, but to state that somehow the general opinion is that you get called out more in the UK is ridiculous.

First off the Froch/Dirrell fight was a hypothetical example, secondly what I have highlighted imo is very true not just on here but in general in the boxing world. Also I said Europe/Uk not just the UK.

[killersheep]

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.

Froch/Dirrell was a title fight. You seem to have some weird opinion that there is no complaining about decisions, referees in America. Of course everyone outside of the US is very understanding about things like Cortez in the Hatton/Mayweather fight right?. This is boxing, bias happens everywhere. I am in no way insinuating that the US is less biased on things than anywhere else, but to state that somehow the general opinion is that you get called out more in the UK is ridiculous.

First off the Froch/Dirrell fight was a hypothetical example, secondly what I have highlighted imo is very true not just on here but in general in the boxing world. Also I said Europe/Uk not just the UK.

That's because of your bias. The US gets just as much shit for this as anyone else if not more.

[skel1983]

Froch/Dirrell was a title fight. You seem to have some weird opinion that there is no complaining about decisions, referees in America. Of course everyone outside of the US is very understanding about things like Cortez in the Hatton/Mayweather fight right?. This is boxing, bias happens everywhere. I am in no way insinuating that the US is less biased on things than anywhere else, but to state that somehow the general opinion is that you get called out more in the UK is ridiculous.

First off the Froch/Dirrell fight was a hypothetical example, secondly what I have highlighted imo is very true not just on here but in general in the boxing world. Also I said Europe/Uk not just the UK.

That's because of your bias. The US gets just as much shit for this as anyone else if not more.

Bias haha get the fuck out of here.

[killersheep]

First off the Froch/Dirrell fight was a hypothetical example, secondly what I have highlighted imo is very true not just on here but in general in the boxing world. Also I said Europe/Uk not just the UK.

That's because of your bias. The US gets just as much shit for this as anyone else if not more.

Bias haha get the fuck out of here.

Serious man, the ONLY country that can make a claim for getting more shit about officiating than the US is Germany.

[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

[killersheep]

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.

[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

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.

[killersheep]

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.

I agree it's wrong, it's fucked up, but it's not against the rules. In hindsight Showtime should have used title rules for the entire tourney as per their own contract. And yes Showtime is trying to keep viable fighters/fights for the future, they need to do everything they can because HBO runs this game.

[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?

[eagle]

While its true that it is ridiculous all judges are hometown i dunno if it will effect this fight like some others. I was always of the opinion Dirrell was onna be KO'd or would win by a close decision anyway. It may in fact bring Abraham out of his shell a bt more and make for a more interesting fight.
It is all setup for a potential robbery as many have said tho, and something like that could really hurt the Super Six after the Froch-Dirrell controversy and Taylors withdrawal.

[TigerFan]

I thought the rules of the super six stated that the judges had to be from neutral countries

The first round fights all had judges from neutral countries and only the Ward-Kessler match had a hometown ref.

Mikkel Kessler vs. Andre Ward - Boxrec Boxing Encyclopaedia
Carl Froch vs. Andre Dirrell - Boxrec Boxing Encyclopaedia
Arthur Abraham vs. Jermain Taylor - Boxrec Boxing Encyclopaedia

[Fenster]

I thought the rules of the super six stated that the judges had to be from neutral countries

The first round fights all had judges from neutral countries and only the Ward-Kessler match had a hometown ref.

Mikkel Kessler vs. Andre Ward - Boxrec Boxing Encyclopaedia
Carl Froch vs. Andre Dirrell - Boxrec Boxing Encyclopaedia
Arthur Abraham vs. Jermain Taylor - Boxrec Boxing Encyclopaedia

Looks like they decided to ditch the impartiality once the fights didn't go as planned