Taylor ducking Froch big time

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  1. robpalmer135

    robpalmer135 Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    [url]http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=18412&more=1[/url]
     
  2. kurt2006

    kurt2006 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    All the SMW's are bricking their pants since the Cobra got the WBC belt.
     
  3. Thomasl19

    Thomasl19 Member Full Member

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    Who will defend his belt against if taylor wont fight him?
     
  4. kurt2006

    kurt2006 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Peter Manfredo, Bika, Mundine and the nobs from Germany, I would love to see the Cobra retire Markus Beyer for good.
     
  5. ishy

    ishy Loyal Member Full Member

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    WBC top 15 @168:
    1. Jermain Taylor
    2. Andre Dirrell
    3. Andre Ward
    4. Marcus Johnson
    5. Jean Pascal
    6. Sakio Bika
    7. Anthony Mundine
    8. Alejandro Berrio
    9. Vitaly Tsypko
    10. Robert Stieglitz
    11. Stanislav Kashtanov
    12. Jeff Lacy
    13. Karo Murat
    14. Mads Larsen
    15. Carlos De Leon Jr

    or one of the other champions.
     
  6. Killer Instinct

    Killer Instinct Be formless, shapeless... Full Member

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  7. SouthpawSlayer

    SouthpawSlayer Im coming for you Full Member

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    ???????????????

    it sounds like he is but taylor beats froch
     
  8. onourway

    onourway Haye KTFO1 Wlad Full Member

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    Pascal = Lacy
    Taylor = Kessler

    If Froch deals with Taylor, he only has to beat up two old men and he has a resume that is the equal of Calzaghe.
     
  9. SouthpawSlayer

    SouthpawSlayer Im coming for you Full Member

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    well calzaghe's resume as we all know is terribly weak, bhop would execute froch
     
  10. Kid Lucky

    Kid Lucky Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Taylor Wright II?! I'd forgotten that they even fought in the first place. No disrespect to Winky who was a great craftsman in his prime but what's he done for the last 2 years to make punters interested in this fight bar having a name that they might recognise.

    They are definitely dodging the Cobra, can't blame them I suppose but Taylor's always seemed pretty prepared to take on the best in the past.
     
  11. dan-b

    dan-b Boxing Junkie banned

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    Why does anyone need to be dodging anyone? What has Taylor ever done during his career to suggest he's a "ducker"? Get some perspective people.
     
  12. Beatboxer

    Beatboxer Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Taylor who has fought Pavlik twice, Hopkins twice, WW and Jeff Lacy is afraid of and ducking Froch :lol:

    I think the most obvious explanation is that it simply doesn't make financial sense for him...I'd imagine that the big TV networks over there aren't overly enamoured at the thought of screening an unknown Brit...

    That being said, I would like to see the fight. We do not to consider these things though.
     
  13. jc

    jc Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Might aswel go for Dirrell or Ward...
     
  14. dan-b

    dan-b Boxing Junkie banned

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    HBO don't care about the alphabets either, they haven't mentioned them for years. They're not going to spend their budget on a Froch Taylor fight just because the WBC say so. It has to make financial sense for them.

    I too would like to see the fight though. I thoroughly enjoyed the Froch Pascal brawl. Froch would have tighten up his defence against Taylor though otherwise he'll have his ears boxed off.
     
  15. "TKO"

    "TKO" Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I don't think Taylor is a ducker and if he wants to have a couple of tune-up fights at the weight first its his prerogative. I am not sure this fight will come off, however, Taylor seems to want everything on his terms, i.e. Froch has to come to North America. He pulled a similar stunt by pulling out of the Eastman fight when it was decided that it would be in Sheffield. I think Froch would go to the States, but they'd have to make it worth his while and I'm not sure HBO would be prepared to put enough money into it to do so.

    The problem Taylor has is what are his other options? Kessler, Bute or the Hungarian guy, none of whom are US-based and therefore they're going to have to put up the money if they want to get him a title shot. Otherwise, he's in danger of fading into irrelevance fighting round-robins with domestic level opposition.