Dirrell and Froch Disappoint
October 29th, 2009
By Glen Anglin: Saturday’s Super six level one match in Nottingham was a disappointment both stylistically and for entertainment value. Both men failed to produce a solid performance and the fight devolved to a dissatisfying spectacle lacking drama.
The highly-touted (in the USA, at least) Dirrell showed tantalizing flashes of the ring skills that have made many boxing pundits see him through rose glasses. He demonstrated very fast hand and foot speed; excellent head movement and reflexes; and a rare ability to shift stances smoothly and punch well from either stance, left-handed or right-handed. That’s the good news.
Instead, until late in the contest, Dirrell seemed content to pose, run, hug, talk, complain and fall his way to an unsatisfying decision.
Froch, on the other hand, was a disappointment for completely different reasons. His gifts of stiff whiskers, heavy hands and iron-willed determination did not enable him to dominate his less experienced foe. Not for lack of trying, mind you. No, for the majority of the fight, Froch marched forward with purpose. He also landed a fair number of good jabs. However, with only a few exceptions late in the fight, he could not force Dirrell into fierce combat. He seemed to freeze at times, for fear of receiving one of the American’s laser counter shots. At other times his frustration resulted in wild, amateurish flailing and excessively rough tactics. He was unable to do any real damage to the elusive Dirrell. He missed with a ton of punches while chasing Dirrell around only to be bound up by Dirrell’s holding when he closed the gap.
All that said, I did not see the decision as a poor one. Many of the rounds were close and often difficult to judge. In a close fight, I am satisfied when the man who pressed the action has his hand raised in the end. JGA
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once again, good article and above all fair. However ur lasting remarks on froch deserving the win mearly because he was chasing dirrell and trying to be aggresive i done’t agree with. don’t get me wrong i much prefer to see a fighter pushing forward then running away, but dirrell seem to land the more telling shots whereas froch didn’t pick his shot enough for me and often threw too many wild punches, (most likely out of frustration). on froch beating kessler well i can’t see him fairing too well. froch’s main weaponry beaing hard, numbered shots won’t be enough to beat kessler as he can ride some heavy hits, and has relentless pace which i think will be the decisive factor.
time to move on really,,good article and spot on,,carl will smash kessler and abraham,,im just a bit worried about fighting dirrell again in the final in the usa..unless he knocks him out,he wont get the decision,,tough against kessler,but he’l destroy abraham…
ROOTS won’t stop his nut hugging antics. The guy writes in all caps for crying out loud. He barely has the mental capacity to type like a normal human being, let alone undersand what good boxing is.
excellent article, and thank you for pointing out that it was a fair decision.
ROOTS, watch Ryan Rhodes and Jamie Moore on youtube, you will see how Rhodes fights on the backfoot yet trades and lands meaningful shots against a big puncher, after that I think you will lose a lot of respect for Dirrell
Its not the person who lands the most who wins. Thats points boxing, a whole different animal. Its the fighter who is the most effective. Style, damnage, aggression, defence; they all play key roles. The art of boxing is not just punching, if that is how you view it. Maybe boxing isn’t for you
IN BOXING YOU FIGHT WITH YOUR HANDS,THE FIGHTER WHO LANDS THE MOST PUNCHES IN THE ROUND WINS THE ROUND.DIRELL OUTLANDED FROCH ALMOST 2-1 THROUGHOUT THE FIGHT.FROCH WAS SOO INEPT, IF THIS FIGHT WAS NOT IN BRITAIN, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A LANSLIDE VICTORY FOR DIRELL.THE BRITS WOULD NEVER RELEASE THE PUNCH-STATS FOR THIS FIGHT,BECAUSE THEY KNOW WHAT IT WILL SHOW. THIS WAS ROBBERY.YOU WOULD FIND THAT THE SAME PEOPLE THAT SAY THAT FROCH WON, ARE THE SAME ONES WHO CLAIMED THAT HATTON WAS ROBBED AGAINST MAYWEATHER AND PAC-MAN
A couple of weeks ago i went to Las Vegas on the Monday after Mayweather v Marquez. I went to a store that i know to try and buy some fight merchandise and was told that ‘no we keep it until the next day then we move it out’.
In other words it was a big fight and we appreciate that but we are moving on to other things. Can we please adopt this same attitude to Froch V Dirrell. It’s over, it stank, it was close, forget it!!
That said this is a brilliant article and i look forward to the writers thoughts on non Froch v Dirrell matters.
A refreshing article on this site.
Finally, exactly how I saw the fight. When I see your name, you’re -unlike me- almost certainly from one of the two countries the boxers are from. Here that mostly means a biased article, but not in this case imo! Keep up the good work, great article on the matter!
Fair breakdown of what I saw. I agree.
Glenn Anglin you shud write all pacquaio and middleweight articles on this site as gilfoid and perez are biased and extremely stupid
Bang on!The best of many on the subject so far-proper analysis-Scott G take note!