Who won? Froch? Or Dirrell?

[BIG H]

. When he stopped to fight & sat down on his punches he looked really good.

he lost because he did this just once in 12 rounds

boxing is about fighting not running

I don't disagree with what you say (and I am about as patriotic Brit as you will find BTW) but if you look at it objectively and score it as the rules dictate then it is very hard to see anything other than A dirrell victory imo. Looking at it subjetively and from a point of view of who was coming forward etc then yes, you would look towards Froch

[erics44]

. When he stopped to fight & sat down on his punches he looked really good.

he lost because he did this just once in 12 rounds

boxing is about fighting not running

I don't disagree with what you say (and I am about as patriotic Brit as you will find BTW) but if you look at it objectively and score it as the rules dictate then it is very hard to see anything other than A dirrell victory imo. Looking at it subjetively and from a point of view of who was coming forward etc then yes, you would look towards Froch

no i think you have got it wrong, boxing is about fighting and entertaining

dirrell ran and threw a few punches along the way, it was a pretty aweful performance and he didnt deserve a round imo

remember when lennox lewis faught akimwanda (spelling!), i think only that was a worse performance of anti-boxing that I have seen

i agree, dirrell probably landed as many punches as froch, but when froch was pushing the fight so much dirrell had a lot more opportunity

when i say "froch pushing the fight so much" that is a massive understatement, ive never seen a fight so one sided in that way

Dirrell didnt deserve to win, and it would have been bad for boxing as a whole if a fighter can use those tactics and win a world title fight

[ElTerribleMorales]

. When he stopped to fight & sat down on his punches he looked really good.

he lost because he did this just once in 12 rounds

boxing is about fighting not running

I don't disagree with what you say (and I am about as patriotic Brit as you will find BTW) but if you look at it objectively and score it as the rules dictate then it is very hard to see anything other than A dirrell victory imo. Looking at it subjetively and from a point of view of who was coming forward etc then yes, you would look towards Froch

no i think you have got it wrong, boxing is about fighting and entertaining

dirrell ran and threw a few punches along the way, it was a pretty aweful performance and he didnt deserve a round imo

remember when lennox lewis faught akimwanda (spelling!), i think only that was a worse performance of anti-boxing that I have seen

i agree, dirrell probably landed as many punches as froch, but when froch was pushing the fight so much dirrell had a lot more opportunity

when i say "froch pushing the fight so much" that is a massive understatement, ive never seen a fight so one sided in that way

Dirrell didnt deserve to win, and it would have been bad for boxing as a whole if a fighter can use those tactics and win a world title fight

no boxing isn't just about fighting and entertaining, it's about strategy and using your best attributes to be able to pull off the win, and are you seriously saying Dirrell didn't deserve to win cause he was strategic and clinched? but that Froch who constantly fouled throughout the fight rightfully won despite ONLY using dirty tactics, ummmm interesting

[erics44]

Dirrell didnt deserve to win, and it would have been bad for boxing as a whole if a fighter can use those tactics and win a world title fight

no boxing isn't just about fighting and entertaining, it's about strategy and using your best attributes to be able to pull off the win, and are you seriously saying Dirrell didn't deserve to win cause he was strategic and clinched? but that Froch who constantly fouled throughout the fight rightfully won despite ONLY using dirty tactics, ummmm interesting[/QUOTE]


to be honest dude i didnt see the fouls like you did, but if you are talking about trying to get out of the clinches being fouling then yes, that deserves the win more than the clinching

and boxing is about entertainment, it would be a bad day for boxing if fighters start using the dirrell tactics and winning fights