All three judges in Dirrell Abraham fight from Michigan!

[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]

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.

[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.

[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]

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

[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]

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.

[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]

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

[OumaFan]

This is brilliant, vengeance for what Abraham's countrymen did to Dirrell last time. Next up on the get even score is Canada.

[Fenster]

This is brilliant, vengeance for what Abraham's countrymen did to Dirrell last time. Next up on the get even score is Canada.

Brilliant.

[generalbulldog]

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

Put it this way, if Dirrel doesn't get ko and can't get what looks like to be a hometown decision, then he's a certified bum. Fact.