Froch rejects £2.5 mill to fight Cleverley

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  1. davidqu

    davidqu Member Full Member

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    It's in FW column today

    Personally I'd love to see that fight.

    ***********.frank******.com/news/frank-******-s-column-the-sun/2013/06/08/frank-******s-column-08-06-13.html
     
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  2. Kaz_187

    Kaz_187 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    anyone actually believe what he says? the guy has been taken over as the biggest promoter in the country now and needs to put out garbage in a garbage paper to be noticed
     
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  3. Gnitnop

    Gnitnop New Member Full Member

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    ''Make no mistake — champion Cleverly, who began his career down at welterweight, is prepared to make the greater sacrifices''

    The 'article writer' fails to mention the small fact that Clev was 18 at the time!
     
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  4. davidqu

    davidqu Member Full Member

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    Can't see it happening tbh, FW probably knew they would reject the offer regardless and it's just point scoring, so he can say they rejected the fight with Clev, he would probably have **** a brick if they had accepted.
     
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  5. Clarky Cat

    Clarky Cat Stalwart Full Member

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    VVarren can **** himself, quite frankly. He has quite a long history of 'offering' fights which are then turned down. Usually for good reason. Doesn't stop the bitter, fish-eyed old **** from twisting the facts to his own ends. Cleverly needs to fight someone decent in his own ****ing division, and stop ducking anyone who's not an Albanian binman.
     
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  6. ashedward

    ashedward Boxing Addict Full Member

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    This, it's an old ploy of his, apparently Haye was ducking Enzo at one point
     
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  7. korn96

    korn96 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    :deal

    ill offer Froch 5 million to fight my mate down the park.
     
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  8. Solaris

    Solaris Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Where does he plan to find 2.5 million from?
     
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  9. Beeston Brawler

    Beeston Brawler Comical Ali-egedly Full Member

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    Exactly.

    Anyone can make offers of anything. Actually delivering the fight is completely another.

    Froch isn't stupid, he'll know it's folly and can just shrug it off.... he's the one with the record of fighting top opponents regularly, whereas Cleverly has fought a succession of imported bums with the odd decent fight inbetween.

    If I was fighting an Allegedly fighter I'd insist on the money being lodged into an escrow account at an independent solicitor (not Allegedly's solicitor) prior to the fight taking place.
     
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  10. overhand_right

    overhand_right New Member Full Member

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    Is froch gonna fight on boxnation? No.

    Is he gonna fight at 164? No.
     
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  11. Ade_Lad

    Ade_Lad Active Member Full Member

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    It would be on Box Office if it was made and they would make it at a catch weight of 172.
     
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  12. Black_Rainbows

    Black_Rainbows Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Never going to happen almost certainly for reasons mentioned.

    But F.W. can make the offer, and it would be a reasonable domestic fight. But I doubt it would be any bigger than Froch/Groves even without Groves being a world champion.
     
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  13. Solaris

    Solaris Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Would have to have a hydration limit surely for Froch to be interested? Why would Froch want to fight anyone outside of SMW when he is always so close to the weight even after weigh-in?
     
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  14. punchdrunkgench

    punchdrunkgench Boxing Addict Full Member

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    brillant bit of pr by our old mate fw, i think we should email the sun to get this column taken over by a respected person in the sport , i wonder if fw is using the same 2.5million to offer that he never paid calzaghe or maybe ****** was talking about paying 2.5 million ugandan dollars
     
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  15. davidqu

    davidqu Member Full Member

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    Froch is at the stage of his career where he should defo maximise his earning potential, his stock has never been higher.

    A fight with Cleverley would generate far more money for Froch than say a fight with Stieglitz.

    Carl doesn't really need that fight though, he has 3 potential big moneymaking fights in his own division with Ward, Kessler and Groves, he doesn't need Cleverley though I would really like to see that fight.
     
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