By Scott Gilfoid: The marvelous talent Andre Dirrell (19-1, 13 KO’s) says he regrets having agreed to fight WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch in his hometown of Nottingham, England in the Super Six tournament in 2009. Froch beat Dirrell by a 12 round split decision that is still questioned to this day.
Dirrell said this to eastsideboxing.com’s On the Ropes Boxing Radio Program: “The only regret I have is fighting Carl Froch in his hometown….I just think I had an unfair shot at the title.”
There it is, folks and I completely agree. I thought it was the worst decision I’ve ever seen in my entire life. Believe me, I’ve seen some real stinkers, but this was all time high for me. Dirrell dominated Froch the entire fight and I saw Froch win only one round without holding and hitting, which he did a lot of. I had Dirrell with a commanding lead going into the 12th round, and totally dominated the last round like he had in 11 of the 12 previous rounds. It was one of the more controversial decisions you’ll ever see, because Froch couldn’t touch the lightning fast Dirrell with any of his punches.
It was an incredible performance from Dirrell in that fight, because it was like he was blend of Floyd Mayweather Jr., Sugar Ray Robinson and a young Roy Jones Jr. in his domination of Froch. We were seeing a true super star in the making in that fight, and the judges giving the fight to Froch instead of Dirrell really ruined Dirrell’s night to shine in front of the world like a gem.
I wish Dirrell had opened his trap and said ‘No’ when they scheduled him to fight Froch in Nottingham. If Dirrell had bellyached like Froch, when he refused to fight Arthur Abraham in Germany, Dirrell would have likely been given his way and he’d still likely be unbeaten today.
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