Not sure if anyone else noticed last night but the ref's counts were proper fast. Mind you I bet the fella Joshua beat was quite glad of the quick count.
Lee Haskins is a very tricksy slippery fighter. Can be awful to watch but is decent. My mate stopped him in the amateurs. He got stopped by a belgian last year fighting for the European title
Wow! That was Dirrell's round all the way. Cut De Gale with a great punch. With seconds left De Gale decks him with a huge left and Dirrell is saved only by the bell. Doesn't know where he is!
Cagey 3rd round, but De Gale finishes stronger and should take that as well. Dirrell recovered well between the rounds, but looks like he can't take too many more of these big punches from James.
Lovely 6th by James. Great right cuts Dirrell's cheek & then some more, with a very good left towards end of round. He should be taking more advantage of his power here De Gale.
I have the last 4 rounds going to Dirrell. He's turned it right round and could be just a point down or even level. De Gale just isn't doing any work at all. Can't win a world title away from home like this.
Unanimous for DeGale. 114-112 from 2 judges and the Canadian was obviously smoking some maple leaves...giving it to James by 8! Good fight. He just about deserved it, but nearly regretted not taking advantage of his power in the earlier rounds.
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Needs an outstanding performance to get anything from Crawford.
Crawford looks decent, I hope Burns turns it on but I think a curtain might come down tonight
'Now that was a burns round wee man'
Seriously he needs to conjure up a knockout here
Only the 2nd defeat of his entire boxing career.
Attempted to win world title in his 2nd pro fight
@buckshee yeah I thought the refs were being a bit swift too. Nothing made of it but it struck me as overly quick. Almost panicky
Degale is allowing dirrell to pinch these rounds by being lazy