This Froch bashing is a disgrace

Totally agree - he's always talked about doing it the 'right way' and so has his promoter.

Froch and Haye are throwbacks - genuinely they will take on anyone and if they lose they lose. For years I stopped watching boxing as the WBF and IBO and Sky delivered worse and worse fights for meaningless tidles. Until recently British boxing for the last 20 years has been absolutely disgusting in how its been promoted.

Froch wins against live opposition 3 times in a row and he's somehow let people down by saying he'd like to have fought Hagler etc and getting a close decision.

To nick an idea off Beeston...

Froch likes to talk trash - guilty

Froch has a high opinion of himself - guilty

Froch fights the best fighters out there - guilty

Froch is frustrated by his performance and that of his opponent on Saturday - guilty

Froch has superb defensive skills, quick hands and is the most gifted British boxer of all time - not guilty.

Big ****ing deal!

 

Agree with opening post - well said mate

 

Agree with all that, though I wasn't Froch bashing :good

 

Didn't think you were fella.

 

Fair point.

I think generally i just dont read into personalities too much. I dont generally care if the fighter is a nice guy or down to earth ( although it is a refreshing change) When people say hes full of himself and bull shitting they are right but alot of fighters if not most of them do. You have to have that self belief. At the end of the day you are selling yourself and the fight to people. Weather they watch it to get your arogant arse kicked or cos they like you makes no difference in money terms. I just try not to read too much into it. Most of it is an act. iv heard froch be a complete ***** and also heard him down to earth ( and talk about how really he is insecure!!!). But at the end of the day couldnt give a toss either way lol!:good

Maybe thats just me lol

 

I thought the pre-fight interview was a bit much saying metaphorically id slit his throat if i had to. And if he gets a bad decision in germany hed beat up the judges or something.

Dont think he quite realises that its not scary ...just funny. Carl you aint Duran lol:good

 

That's just not true. Hatton and Calzaghe built their profiles by fighting people a level below them. Froch's problem is, and always has been, time. He just hasn't been busy enough throughout his career.

He might claim he's been avoided, funny though - Calzaghe never had a shortage of opponents at any stage of his career.

Ricky Hatton is also a good example. Fought 8 times in '98, 6 times in '99 and 2000, then an average of 4 times a year up until his fight with Tzsyu in 2005. THAT'S how you build a career, and that's why Hatton is almost a happily retired multi-millionnaire whilst Carl is a respected chamion struggling to draw a crowd.

Haye has the same problem, 5 fights in 3 years just isn't enough to build a profile.

 

i was carried along with the crowd but could not beleive the spilt decision as for 12 rounds i was hoping someone would let the tyres down on dirrells pushbike.
any challenge to a champion should be done with pressure and commitment, two things i did'nt see from dirrell, and all frochy could do was just stalk him and with a littie rough-housing try to draw him into firefight.
dirrell could have took a leaf out of frochys last fight and seen what it takes when going into your foes backyard.

 

The general forum get worked up over anything remember awesome Arron Williams lost to Hernandez they went ape **** on that for a while even though the fight could have went either way.

 

Totally agree. Dirrel didn't do enough to win the fight. Run, clinch, run clinch.

 

to be fair i have hated froch for ages

 

Agree totally, let's enjoy this ride !

 

I dunno. 9,000 at 3am is a good crowd.

 

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