Who has a better resume, Froch or Calzaghe?

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  1. SnoopyboyM

    SnoopyboyM Active Member Full Member

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    Better resume - Froch
    Better Boxer - Calzaghe
     
  2. ryanmorton

    ryanmorton Member Full Member

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    Thought Calzaghe fought a lot of people at the right time ... towards the end of there careers but when you think about Frochs best achievement is the fact he is 1-1 against Kessler a man Calzaghe beat in his prime. As much as it pains me to say it because I hate Calzaghe personally but I think his is better
     
  3. tdf1974

    tdf1974 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    i am in the minority of actually not getting calzaghe!!
     
  4. SnoopyboyM

    SnoopyboyM Active Member Full Member

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    I dont think amyone really thinks Froch is better than Calzaghe they maybe just like watching his fights more
     
  5. bailey

    bailey Loyal Member Full Member

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    Very Easily Calzaghe

    Look at the big wins for both

    Calzaghe -
    Eubank SMW champ
    Reid SMW champ
    Woodhall SMW champ
    Veit int world champ
    Mitchell SMW world champ
    Brewer SMW world champ
    Bika SMW world champ
    Lacy SMW world champ
    Kessler SMW world champ

    Froch -
    Kessler SMW world champ
    Bute SMW world champ
    Magee int world champ
    Abraham SMW world champ
    Pascal didnt do much at SMW
    Dirrell didnt do much at SMW but did beat AA
    Johnson didnt do much at SMW
    (didnt include Reid as he was past his best)
    Taylor didnt do much at SMW


    Now if you look at those lists arguably Frochs best win is a faded Kessler that Calzaghe beat when prime. Magee was beaten by Reid who Calzaghe beat, Johnson lost to Sheika who Calzaghe beat, Dirrell, Abraham and Pascal have not done very much at SMW.
     
  6. TERRYTIBBS

    TERRYTIBBS Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    bailey should put an end to this now, well put mate
     
  7. porkypara

    porkypara Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Froch but Joe would beat him every time.
     
  8. bailey

    bailey Loyal Member Full Member

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    Thanks
    How do you think Froch has a better resume
     
  9. Barry Smith

    Barry Smith Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Froch's level of competition before the Super 6 was about the same as Calzaghe's string of pathetic "World Title" defenses. Calzaghe's popularity and the fact people think he's some ATG sums up the mindless, gullible, knuckle dragging, lager lout, Sun reading herd mentality of many UK boxing "fans".
     
  10. Chappy112

    Chappy112 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Froch, and he isn't finished yet.

    Maybe Calzaghe has the better win but resume is about all your fights not just 1 because if that was the case then Montell Griffin has a better resume than Calzaghe.
     
  11. SLEDGE

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    would joe have beaten all those fighters froch boxed including ward?

    any good boxing man knows joe would have made easy work of those guys, because he always rose to the occasion.
     
  12. Kaz_187

    Kaz_187 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    i think theres 2 different issues here

    1st yes you can list names of world champs both have faced and in that respect calzhages looks better but you have to look deaper into the resumes

    dont just look at the names on paper and say ooh yes he was wbc/wbo champ, most of the champions calzhage fought at the time were not recognised as the best fighters in that division and he was masivley favoured, he missed out fighting the likes on hopkins and rjj in their primes, froch has fought pretty much all the guys who are/have been considred the best middle/super middlweights in his time, arguement to weather their any good is a different matter, from that point you can also argue calzhage is a greater fighter so there was not many around to give him a decent fight

    i personally think calzhage would have beatan everyone on froch's record bar maybe ward which would have been 50/50 but what pushes froch resume as being better is that hes been in alot more fights where the odds have been 50/50 or worse for him and hes come out on top, i give alot of stock into a fighters resume for those 50/50 fights
     
  13. dellboi94

    dellboi94 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    No the American media hyped Lacy to beat Joe, If you believed it it's on you. Did you beleive the media here in the UK that David Haye was going to spark Klitsckho as well or that Hatton would beat Mayweather? Look at Lacy before and after the Calzaghe fight, never beat a world class fighter before or after the bout so he wasn't world class it's really that simple. As I said you could argue that Pascal's a better win as he has proved himself to be a world class operator.
     
  14. MrCasual

    MrCasual Member Full Member

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    :deal.....THE END
     
  15. Ray Dollars

    Ray Dollars Member Full Member

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    Calzaghe would have beaten everyone on Froch's resume including Ward.