taylor wants froch in north america

I'm aware of the previous occurrences that you list. I just wasn't sure if Froch has the same kind of domestic pull that those other fighters do. I know he's a better draw than someone like Junior Witter, but I'm ignorant of his ability to bring the fans in that far after midnight.

Taylor is actually a pretty solid draw in the South, but given Froch anonymity over here, the fight probably makes the most sense in England.

 

maybe a better draw than haye

 

He's been the mandatory for the winner of Froch vs Pascal for a while now. Bute is a potential contingency plan, but that would need to be negotiated. On the other hand, if Froch and Taylor don't work out a deal in advance, it will go to purse bid, and I suspect that DiBella would have the larger bid anyway because he has the bigger name and has HBO backing him.

So basically, either Froch can take the fight in the US, or Taylor can try to make another fight with Bute or a different decent-named fighter if a Bute fight can't be negotiated (i.e. Miranda, Bika, etc.), or he can wait and have it go to a purse bid and still have the fight in his backyard anyway. Froch doesn't have much leverage here.

 

take it Froch, in America. You gain exposure and its a fight you can win.

It is good for boxing if he takes this fight.

 

Point was, I don't think it really makes a difference.

It's a difference in culture really. Americans are used to all the sports that they watch being on at their prime time.

We play a lot of international sports. England play cricket tours in Australia, where the days play runs from midnight to early morning our time, or the Carribean where it runs through our evening. We've watched football World Cups from North America, where the matches were on at lunchtime, or from the Far East, where they were on at 7am. Rugby world cups, or national team tours, or British Lions tours go to Australia and New Zealand, where the matches are live in the middle of our night. Our boxers go to America and we watch them at 4am.

UK sports fans are used to dealing with that kind of stuff in a way that American sports fans probably aren't.

 

Why would we assume Dibella going to win a pursebid against Hennessy for a fight that he himself says he can't make money on?

 

I think a Taylor vs Bute fight would be a much more exciting...

 

Apart from the fact that Froch is the title holder.

 

That's true, but I was referring to the fact that taylor does not need to travel to get big fights and big pay days.

 

In which case Hennessy wins the purse bid and Froch twittles his pud while Taylor doesn't take the fight and fights against someone else. Taylor still has the leverage. Best case scenario for Froch is that he's become enough of a local draw that he can continue fighting clubfighters and cabdrivers to sold out crowds, but it sure won't raise his profile on this side of the pond.

 

Worst alias everrrrrrrrrrrr.

 

I'd like Froch to leave Taylor for now. Lets have a one defence against a good challenger at 10pm ITV UK time.
Inkin, Lacy, Andrade, Bute, Mundine or Miranda would be a hell of a lot of fun.
Froch can learn from the defence and go for Taylor or Kessler late in 2009.

 

Do you think in general terms that being that protected is a good thing for American fighters?

I have always thought that dealing with a foreign situation/hostile environment/whatever is a good toughening up experience, especially for a young or inexperienced fighter.