This Froch bashing is a disgrace

Why did he even need to mention them? That isn't the only reason anyway; he showed a complete lack of technique the other night, it was really bad.

 

Unless he really hate the British fighter (like Audley Harrison) - or really like the foreign one (Rafa Marquez/Williams etc) I would always want them to beat a forgeign opponent, especially an American one.

 

this froch bashing is gettin out of hand it appears everything he has said and done since year dot is being analysed and pulled apart

froch didnt score the fight the judges did and they choose to score desire over direels speed of hand and foot are they right? maybe not but 10 people could witness exactly the same event and would have ten different opinions of what they see

froch didnt fight well infact that was one of his worst performances in recent years however he has put in plenty of good ones in that time and giving boxing fans across the world some truely exciting fights on his way to becoming a world champion

 

I still think Froch can do well in this Tournie even though he's getting written off all over the place. The jury is still out as far as I'm concerned. I want to see how Kessler fares following his year out and how Dirrell does against another higher level opponent in AA. I wouldn't be at all surprised to see AA made to look amateurish against Dirrell in a similar way to Froch. In a way I'm pleased that Froch is receiving all this negative commentary because I reckon he's the sort of guy to store that angst up and unleash it on an opponent in the ring. The poor performance and the criticism will rekindle the fire just as his new found popularity was causing the flames to ebb.

 

Wishing ill and hating a fighter is stupid, I agree, but there's nothing wrong with criticizing him. At the end of the day this guy does a lot of talking, and people support boxers for a number of reasons including their personality. He will be judged on that just like everybody else. As for the comments about him being a limited fighter, we knew that anyway even before saturday night.

 

But the way people actually believe hes world class and that hes a massive puncher with a great chin is madness! Hes not a huge puncher he only stopped and beat Taylor cos hes a lazy twat with **** stamina n Dirrell has been put down be4 and put on ***** street by so called lesser fighters. Dirrell won that fight and was robbed. Matthew Barney went the distance with him for gods sake. Hes cheeky for even mentionin Calzaghes name and puttin himself on a par with him cos some of the dudes calzaghe beat tht he gets slagged of for beatin wud of done froch. Bika would do him n i would even back Manfredo to have a bash, prime robin reid wud of beat froch, byron mitchell would aswell.
So i think some of the criticism is only right really!

 

This is my point though.

He'd get those 9,000 in Nottingham regardless of who he was fighting, and he can't do any worse on the TV deal either. He doesn't have to take the big fighters.

What he lacks is the time to build his profile whilst fighting mediocre opposition, so that when he takes the big fights there's enough interest to get big fight money.

 

Froch came to America and fought Taylor which too balls. I respect him. From made the fight with Dirrell who just fell on canvas, complained, ran, held, but did not fight. Froch won the fight fair and square.

 

fully agree mate

 

Talk is part of boxing and should be taken with a huge pinch of salt so you shouldn't hold that against Froch and as far as I'm concerned it's not bollocks that the British way is to take pleasure in ripping apart our own. The British media do it too, right or wrong you can hardly say that's bollocks. I just feel it would make a refreshing change for us British boxing fans to actually cut our own a bit of slack in the support stakes. Constructive criticism is one thing but the bashing the guy has received is ridiculous. A good portion of pros come on these forums and the general negativity displayed by their fellow countryman can't be good to read. Also it's called patriotism, not nuthugging. I believe that is an Americanism that you have misused in this context

 

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I agree to a certain extent but what he said there was damn near blasphemous. The thing about the British media is that they always seem to give criticism and praise in disproportionate amounts, that's why I get annoyed. I think it's good the professionals see some of this stuff, just as I hope Floyd Mayweather is aware of how much he's hated.

As I said, I'll be buying all of Froch's PPVs so I don't see what's wrong with me remarking on him being a dick head, as he was with those remarks. In everyday life people get pulled up for making stupid comments all the time, why should sportsmen be held in such reverence?

Also, I think you'll find "nuthugger" is a colloquialism as opposed to an Americanism.

 

Agree 100% :good

the difference being is that a lot of General Trolls won't even admit it when their fighter has a dodgy fight (i.e Donaire's recent fight with Concepcion) but when a British fighter has an off performance against an already negative opponent he gets ripped to shreds.

At least we can admit when one of our fighters has an off night. Dirrell vs Abraham is an interesting clash of styles that I'd prefer Arthur to win (in terms of matches that could happen if Dirrell doesn't make the semis and he does) and I think kessler will have an easier nights work against Froch than he did against Andrade as Froch prefers to stand at mid-range and throw the right hand before coming in and from there kessler will have no worries timing, turning, and landing on Frochy.

Shame. Seems Frochy had a pretty difficult draw after all, Dirrell or no Dirrell.

 

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Why give Froch the grief it was the judges who scored the bout ... Froch just chased him around all evening - Dirrell was one slippery customer of a style who is very rarely seen ! .... Froch turned up did his upmost and even he said he was dissapointed with his performance , all sportsmen and women have poor performances the guy isnt a robot !