He may be limited but take a look at the last round again. He needed a KO and could of easily panicked and smothered his work, he stood off and picked his shots,that shows a great boxing brain. He was so cool it was untrue. You train to fight 12X3 min rounds and thats wot he did. Credit needs to be given.
He showed good composure, and he is a good fighter. He deserves credit for ithe victory, even though it's clear that Taylor is probably the better fighter.
This is the one thing that bothers me on this site,styles make fights. Some like tip tap others like bangers,i like to watch both but when styles meet it makes for the better fights.
what makes me laugh is if that was in the 4th round we'd hear how froch is the next big thing etc blah blah blah. but because it was at the death when he was behind hes not getting the credit he deserves. Either way same outcome. im not even a big froch fan either.
towards the end when taylor was hurt, froch was so calm it was unbelievable his hands were down and was slipping taylors jabs that he was throwing to defend himself and selected his shots very nicely i was impressed
I love the way people keep saying 'Taylor is the better fighter' as if being able to be conscious at the end of a fight is in no way relevant to being the 'better fighter'.
Taylor is the better boxer but he was also better than Pavlik. People don't seem to realise that Froch was the one that forced the pace that Taylor couldn't handle and made Taylor fight off the back foot which Taylor didn't want too. If Taylor is so much better he would of dictated the fight and fought it at his pace.
To me, Froch looks like Andrade, with a great chin, just a little more skills and little less pressure. Still, if Taylorhad better stamina, we wouldn't be talking about Carl Froch right now...
I think at the movement, even when Pavlik lost to Hopkins, I would rate Pavlik over Taylor. Being 2-0 against him is the main reason imo. I rate Froch over Taylor also. Just because he beat Taylor. No one was rateing Walcott over Marciano or Conn over Louis because these 2 had to win from behide. It does not matter how Froch won, he beat Taylor and thus should be rated over him.