Carl Froch V Nigel Benn

Of course Nigel Benn how dare you say that someone from the modern era would beat someone who used to fight.

Infact, I would go for Thulani Malinga to beat Carl Froch.




Of course not, It would be a close fight but I think Froch runs out the victor due to non stopping pressure.

 

Sumbu Kalambay

"would not lose a round"

against Carl Froch. He would bamboozle him. "Despite Froch being the bigger man."

 

Picked the wrong guy. Malinga was very tough, and a very capable operator who fought a lot of good fighters. He sounded the shittest so you picked on him, but that was also a solid era.

 

No its because Froch would have actually beaten him. atsch

 

Kessler did not box Froch. He made it a fight. Benn became more rounded at 168, and still hit hard enough that he wasn't a feather fist.

Froch will stun him at points and back him up, and Benn would throw back, with more vigour than Bute.

This is a close fight. Neither man had much in the way of defence but Benn was more fluid with his output whereas Froch is awkward.

Benn will land the cleaner, more eye catching work here. This isn't Arthur Abraham. But Froch can mix his approach as well as up the tempo, so it's a guaranteed exciting fight and a pick 'em on the cards.

 

How would Froch approach Malinga, stylistically?

 

Would aim for a points victory, not knocking that hard ******* out.

 

Malinga had a brilliant jab. He beat Benn with little worries first time round IMO. He could go on the backfoot and was extremely durable.

I can't help but think of Froch falling short and getting so ragged with his output like he did against Dirrell.

I just think it would be wrong to use 'Sugarboy' as the benchmark for Froch's supposed superiority over what was a quality era. He was inconsisent, but was known to put in very solid performances, and arguable wins, over the 'Elite' of his day as well.

 

**** me how old are you,proper spat your dummy out of the pram then :dead

benn was a powerfull man at 168 and below,he stopped blokes at each weight how any ****er can say he didnt or was chinny is beyond my meagre brain cell atsch gotta be a ****ing troll :bbb
froch is one of my fave fighters,tough ****er,no ***** ****ing about,just like benn was in the 80s and 90s,but froch has not the power or upper body movement of benn,and bute was no ****ing nigle benn,not by a long way,benn would of done a job on bute,just like froch,prob quicker :bbb

 

Actually, probably not, although it's difficult to compare at 168, as Taylor exclusively fought top competition as far as I remember at that weight.

Benn, meanwhile, fought average - good fighters in the main.

EDIT: No, I take that back. Benn was a harder puncher than Taylor at 168. And Froch did get knocked down - he got caught loads due to his inexperience at that level and Taylor's superior technical ability.

Benn doesn't have the technical ability, speed or ring generalship of Taylor. He does have similar stamina though.

 

The vast majority of that footage was at 160 - it bore no resemblance to the 168 Benn.

 

He'd lose a few. Was a better fighter than Froch though.

 

At 160 Benn was a monster puncher. Did not quite pack the same power at 168.

 

Outside of Wharton and a few others, Benn got rid of a few guys at super middle, even if he wasn't a humongous hitter at the weight.

It also has to be said Benn was hitting some of the best chins of that era up at 168 as well. Not too many of the more devastating hitters in this range I'd pick to stop Eubank, Collins, Malinga, McClellan. And if he wasn't injured I don't think Benn would've stopped Gerald either.