Calzaghe blasts Froch

Welsh legend Joe Calzaghe fuming over Carl Froch’s “Best of British” claim

[FONT=Arial Narrow, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][/FONT]By James Slater
Fight fans almost certainly knew it was coming! – some backlash and criticism aimed at Carl Froch after “The Cobra” made his recent “it’s between me and Lennox Lewis” claim as regards to who the greatest British fighter in history is.
No sooner did BBC Sport report this news did the arguments start. For though millions of fans both rate and respect the IBF/WBA 168-pound king, many more still cannot rate Froch above British greats such as, well, such as Joe Calzaghe. And Calzaghe himself, in speaking with South Wales Argus writer Michael Pearlman, has vented his anger over Froch’s lofty claim.
“It’s an absolute joke of a comment, I’d just like to let it go, but to me is an attack on myself and several other great British boxers,” Calzaghe said. “The guy is highly, highly delusional if he believes that. After what? Beating Mikkel Kessler who has effectively been semi-retired for three years and is well short of his prime? And only that was to even the score.
“Carl is not even the best super-middleweight in the world today. If he’s the best British boxer of all-time, does that mean Andre Ward is twice as good as any boxer we’ve ever produced? Where is Carl’s era of dominance? Plus, I think it’s pathetic trying to write your own legacy. It’s not up to me to judge where I am, or for Carl to judge where he is. It’s for others to decide.”
Calzaghe, who retired with a perfect 46-0 (32) record in 2008, went on to say that the quality of Froch’s opposition “is overstated massively,” asking whether or not Jermain Taylor and Andre Dirrell, for two of Froch’s victims, are really world class. Calzaghe, today content in retirement at age 41 and having no desire to make a ring return, is sure he would have beaten Froch had the two ever met. “The Pride of Wales” also commented on how Ward’s team have been trying to coax him back into action.
“I had Andre Ward’s people trying to get me out of retirement this week, four years gone and people are still talking about me, I suppose it’s nice really,” he said.
Calzaghe is no doubt correct: it is for the historians to rank a boxer. Let’s wait and see how much more Froch can achieve before he’s done. Maybe, three years or so from now, fans will be willing to accept the Nottingham hero’s claims.

 

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PUBLISHED: 10:58, 30 May 2013 | UPDATED: 13:00, 30 May 2013


Enzo Calzaghe has launched a scathing attack on Carl Froch, comparing him to a pub brawler and questioning his sanity.
Froch won a thrilling super-middleweight fight against Mikkel Kessler last weekend, but his claims that only Lennox Lewis can rival him in the list of all-time great British boxers has riled Calzaghe.

The Italy-born trainer, whose son Joe ruled the 168-pound division before retiring undefeated in 2009, slammed those suggestions on Twitter this morning.