All three judges in Dirrell Abraham fight from Michigan!

[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.

[skel1983]

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.

Fair enough Greg, I will have to agree to disagree with you.

[eagle]

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.

Unfortunately I think its getting worse in nearly all countries. Its like Germany led the way, and every other country decided to try it as well.

[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.

[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.

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.

I can't believe Team Abraham will accept this (if true).. unless they are getting compensation

[killersheep]

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.

I can't believe Team Abraham will accept this (if true).. unless they are getting compensation

I'm wondering if this is pre-fight hype too.

[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