Carl Froch wins split decision over Dirrell in stage 1 of Super Six
October 17th, 2009
By Sam Gregory: In the second bout of the stage 1 Super Six tournament, undefeated WBC champion Carl Froch fought undefeated Andre Dirrell at the Trent FM Arena Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom.
Round 1 Dirrell came out strong fighting right handed going right to the body; Froch missed with the right hook. Dirrell showed his confidence early talking to his opponent and switching to southpaw; both men fought very cautious until the closing bell.
Round 3 Dirrell came out throwing his jab, both men clinched, Froch punched in the clinch and was warmed by the ref, Froch cut off the ring, Dirrell was able to counter and catch Froch with a glancing blow. Dirrell landed very fast counter punches; Froch landed a straight right hand at the end of the round.
Round 4 Froch kept his distance using his jab to measure his punches, Dirrell landed a beautiful two handed combination. Blood began dripping from the upper lip of Dirrell. Dirrell countered very well with 2 punch combinations off Froch’s jabs. This was a very close round and could have gone either way.
Round 5 Dirrell landed a very quick, solid right hand to Froch’s face; Froch moved to his right, Dirrell was able to counter and land his jab being the busier fighter. Froch threw and landed a solid left jab; Dirrell countered and landed a straight left hand.
Round 6 Froch began showing his frustration at being beat to the punch. Dirrell slipped and went down, it was ruled no knockdown. Froch threw several wild left hooks; Dirrell landed a solid left hand. Froch looked frustrated with his wild left hooks, none of which landed.
Round 7 Froch came out throwing his jab, both men clinched separated by the ref; Dirrell punched out; Froch threw his left hook which didn’t land; he clinched and again was separated by the ref. Dirrell continued to hold which frustrated Froch; Dirrell landed a solid left
At this point unofficial scorecards have Dirrell winning by a point
Round 8 Froch had his hands high, Dirrell went to the body landing solid shots; both men were holding and hitting. Froch had Dirrell against the ropes and landed 2 solid left hooks to the head. Froch clearly won this round.
Round 9 Froch came out throwing solid left jabs that were finding a home on Dirrell’s face. Dirrell caught Froch on the chin with a right hand. Dirrell landed a couple more solid left hooks. Froch began finding himself against the ropes; Dirrell throwing double and triple jabs. This was a good round for Froch; Dirrell also landed solid shots and had a good round.
The unofficial cards have Dirrell by 1 round
Round 10 Froch threw his left jab then clinched; Dirrell punched out answered with a solid left jab. Ref stepped in and took a point from Dirrell for holding, Dirrell began landing big solid left hands and hurt Froch. Froch was hurt in the closing seconds of the round.
Round 11 Froch had Dirrell in the corner and unloaded with fast hard combinations; Dirrell punched out and hurt Froch, both men held on, Dirrell showed great defense rolling with the punches; Froch continued to hold and punch until the closing bell.
Round 12 Froch came out strong throwing his jab; Dirrell countered; they clinched separated by the ref, Dirrell lands big solid uppercut; Froch dancing around the ring throwing his jab; Froch briefly had Dirrell on the ropes but Dirrell punched out, both men held on, Froch threw punched until the closing bell.
After 12 rounds the fight goes to the judge’s scorecards: 114-113 for Froch, 115-112 for Dirrell and 115-112 for the winner by split decision Carl Froch.
Carl Froch improves his unbeaten record to 26-0 with 20 KO’s. Andre Dirrell suffers his first defeat and falls to 18-1 with 13 KO’s.
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Dirrel def won dis fight,was hitting froch and wasnt getting hit back…DIRREL WON
FROCH LEVEL WAS QUITE APPARENT IN THIS FIGHT AND EVEN THE TAYLOR FIGHT.HE DON`T KNOW HOW TO CUT OFF THE RING.SWINGING AND MISSING ALL NIGHT,AND BEING COUNTERED ALL NIGHT.NO ONE WHO KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT BOXING AND HAS ANY MORALS,CAN GIVE THAT FIGHT TO FROCH.THOSE OFFICIALS WERE BOUGHT.
Direll took Froch to school the ref had the fix going for the bookies blame him. Froch is just hanging on its a matter of 1 or 2 more bouts before his defeat. Froch needs to go in the Wrestling arena.Ha!
Froch loss clearly Dirrell landed way more
punches then Froch.
Froch should have had points taken
away from him for fighting dirty.
Dirrell hands down outboxed an unorthodoxed brawler. Its not the stronger fighter, but the smarter fighter who normally wins. Dirrell landed more punches and at a higher percentage. That said he did clinch to much. He knew he had to avoid Froch’s power. Froch looked like he belonged in a Tough Guy tournament and not the Super Six. But he is the Champion, and it always takes more from a contender to take a champs belt. If this fight wasn’t for a belt or if Froch wasn’t undefeated then it clearly would have went the other way. The commments about Americans who can’t except loss is unwarranted. It really isn’t a national pride issue. Some of the greatest boxers of all time have originated from the states. Regardless, I’m an American and a Froch fan, and I had a little humble pie for a midnight snack after that fight. I had to admit that Froch should have lost. But either way it was an entertaining fight and that is why the industry exist… to entertain.
This fight did more harm than good for Froch’s hope of Fame in the US. Direll won the fight. Outboxed him..
Froch looked unprofessional
they gaged Dirrell won hands
any points taken should have been
from froch who loves to hit behind
the head .
Maybe a questionable decision, but if you want to take a mans world title away in his back yard you MUST know you aint gonna win it by running and complaining
Manfredo? Is that a joke? Calzaghe dismantled Manfredo. Manfredo isn’t even close to being in the same league as Calzaghe was — he never laid a glove on him.
Manfredo should stick to reality TV.
As for Dirrell, he spent the whole night running and clinching. I only recall three decent shots that he landed with.
He lost. And he’ll lose again in his next fight.
the fight was close and could have been scored either way by a round or two, so a split decision is not robbery, and you americans who moan about a british decision should remember the judges were not british. take your loss and move on america
You Americans are such sore losers. Direll whinged and whined his way through the match just like you’re all whinging and whining about the decision. Live with it – Froch is unbeaten and will remain so.
What the hell is all this Manfredo nonsense? He was way out of his depth that night, the ref saved him from a real embarrasing beating.
As much as i would love to say i had Froch the winner, i do like a toe to toe battle but just cuz Dirrell chose to use his speed and footwork to stay out of trouble doesnt mean he needs to be punished for it.
Maybe the judges got sick of him between rounds and 10 which is when he did the running and the grabbing and favouried Froch in all those rounds, i dont know.
All i know is if i were a judge id of given that to Dirrell by 3. I was impressed with him, not very impressed like i was with Abraham but impressed none the less.
Tough fight but i had Froch ahead by 2 points, Hopefully Dirrell has learned you cant take a champions belt from him by running and holding all night. Dirrell has good skills, he should look at Calzaghes fights and learn from it .
I think Froch should eat humble pie when it comes to him saying Hopkins won the calzaghe fight i think Froch has also learned a lesson and tasted this negative style that makes you look bad.
Froch was the agressor who came to fight and entertain. Hats off he stil won like a Champion as a chamion always finds a way.
CALZAGE VHAD MANFREDO AGAINST THE ROPE THREW ABOUT 8 PUNCHES NONE OF THEM CONNECTING AND THAT CORRUPT BRITISH REF.JUMPED IN AND STOP THE FIGHT.NOW THIS,YOU LOT COMING FROM THE SAME COUNTRY AS HATTON,WHO IS THE KING OF HOLDERS,SHOULD BE THE LAST TO COMPLAIN ABOUT PEOPLE HOLDING.THIS WAS ROBBERY,ROBBERY,THE WORST TYPE OF ROBBERY.
What the hell is “roots” talking about when he says that this fight was even worse than Calzaghe v Manfredo? Calzaghe manhandled Manfredo and made that fight look like it was, a man against a boy! As for Froch v Dirrell last night, Dirrell should stop whinging because anyone who falls over and slips up as much as he did can’t really say he came to fight. He was scared of Froch.
i am officially done with boxing… I will never ever order another PPV. (im not saying this was PPV) but boxing, like hiphop, is DEAD! But they will still keep making B.S!
another win for 4 the cobra. Dirrill was scared of carl`s power
THIS WAS ROBERRY AT ITS WORST LEVEL.YOU ARE SUPPOSE TO HIT THE OTHER GUY TO GET POINTS.IT DOES´NT MATTER IF DERILL WAS RUNNING AROUND,HE WAS THE ONE LANDING THE PUNCHES.THIS WAS EVEN WORSE THAN CALZAGE-MANFREDO.I HAVE BEEN CHECKING ALL THE BOXING SITES,THE ONLY ONES WHO THOUGHT THAT FROCH WON THAT FIGHT WERE BRITISH.AND THE BRITS HAVE THE GALL TO CRITICIZE GERMAN DECISIONS
How can you lose when you’re landing shots and not getting hit in return? How the hell can Froch win when he landed MAYBE two clean shots the entire fight?
bs decision.
It’s not only the judges who can be biased at times. No one set out to ‘rob an American’. This was a very even fight. Personally, I had it as a draw, and so a victory for either fighter is hardly a great injustice.
Dirrell didn’t do enough to convince me that he was a clear winner. Evidently, he didn’t do enough to convince the judges, either.
Anyway, Kessler will beat Froch, and Abraham will beat Dirrell.
Some of the reports coming out of the US about this fight are laughable, though. I’ve seen people trying to claim that Dirrell ‘won 10 rounds’, and scoring it 117-110. LOL!
just wish the yanks would accept defeat…. abraham ko’d taylor and froch beat dirrell, get over it
he got robbe most def. i agreed that if direll won his next fight he needed to step it up. i guess to the judges he wasnt fighting like the challenger. still got robbed.
This is the reason boxing is losing its fan base and ufc is taking over. Im one of the biggest boxing fans ever, but how can yo continue with bullshxx like this.
what a good win
What bugs me is that this was supposed to be the rebirth of boxing, yet already they robbed an American fighter. I definitely did not think Froch would get this victory, and I even laughed at the announcers for trying to make us believe that they could possibly score it in favor of Froch. In fact, I left the room for a minute after round 11 because I was positive that Dirrel did enough to win. And he definitely took round 12 too (for those who think Froch took it, you can’t win a round off of 10 seconds of rope pressure when you’ve been pounded before and after that in the round).
I scored it 116-114 in favor of Dirrel. I would have scored it 115-114 because I do agree that Dirrel held too much at some points, but Froch got away with many dirty tactics, most noticeably the punch in the back of Dirrel’s head. I hate how they never penalize favored fighters for that. Pacquaio also got away with it during his first encounter with Marquez.
I hope this doesn’t happen on Nov 14th.
…and the 8-4 was without factoring in the numerous fouls by Froch, for which he should have been penalized in some way..
This wasn’t the worst robbery I’ve ever seen but it was still a robbery in my books. I had it 8-4 for Direll…
Just can’t get away from these hometown decisions these days..
can you say robbed