Would Froch-Calzaghe have been as close as Reid-Calzaghe was?

With Carl's sloppy defence, Joe would slap him silly all night.
Against prime Calzaghe (pre handproblems) Froch would get knocked out.

 

If Joe injured his hand like he did in the Reid fight, sure.

 

Reid was a more complete boxer than Froch. Joe feasts on brawler, chin, power and toughness are not the weapons to trouble Joe. Much easier fight for Joe than either Reid or Kessler.

 

I think it would be competitive at times...but Calzaghe would come out with a UD. Both awkward styles, but Calzaghe's movement, output, and solid chin would be more than enough to handle Froch.
After the long war of words, it would definitely be a brawl at times...but ultimately, Calzaghe would outclass Froch.

 

Ive heard a few times Joe hurt his hand vs Reid & most think he still won, assuming the same never happened vs Froch, I think you`d be looking at a 9-3 job in Calzaghe`s favour.

Froch would be outboxed from the outside & outworked on the inside... he would land his big shots now & then as Joe never had Whitaker type defence but he did have a good chin, incredible will & amazing recovery powers so those scary moments would be few & far between.
The speed difference not to mention the gap in boxing ability would be too much for Froch to pull the upset or even make it debateable IMO.

 

Yeah it would of been close if calzaghe broke his hand from rd 3 onwards...

 

Calzaghe was twice the boxer Reid was but he didnt fight smart and went to war against a good strong brawler. That should of really been a completely different fight, not that im complainin cuz it was brilliant.

Put Calzaghe of the the last few years in against Froch and hed of made a joke of the Nottingham man, and wouldnt lose a round along the way.

 

I didnt think Calzaghe - Reid was close at all, I thought Joe clearly won and think the faster more active Calzaghe would outwork Froch for a clear and simple win.
I think you still have trouble (like many others) in accepting that Calzaghe went undefeated and beat Hopkins, and start to look for reasons or say he lost certain fights etc.. He didnt. The Reid fight was scored 5 points lead by each judge and the judge that scored for Reid was a real mystery. The only person in the studio who thought it was close was G McCrory who has often scored strangely in fights. He even gave round 12 to Reid (a clear Calzaghe round), but the 3 studio guests all scored it wide for Calzaghe. Sure he took some clean shots but won the fight clearly

 

Do we even need to debate this?

Froch is tailor made for JC... he's slow, flat footed and has no defence.

I've said it once and I'll say it again: Cokezaghe would Lacy Froch worse than he Lacyed Lacy.

 

I wrote 'and start to look for reasons or say he lost certain fights' Not you did say.

 

I will let your mistakes go this time. But dont want to be seeing any more like this. :smoke