Froch ducked Adonis Stevenson.

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  1. drozzy

    drozzy AERE Full Member

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    Stevenson asked HBO for 1. Hopkins, or 2. Froch. Let's see where this goes. :D
     
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  2. theXshape

    theXshape Active Member Full Member

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    That's bull****. Stevenson wanted a title shot and Froch wasnt willing to give it to him. If he really wanted to fight him he would've fought him instead of Mack. And then Kessler. When the Dawson fight presented itself, he jumped on it like anyone would.
     
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  3. drozzy

    drozzy AERE Full Member

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    Truth. :good
     
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  4. aperfectm

    aperfectm New Member Full Member

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    Bellew is going to do the business tonight, this is going to be his coming out party. Wide points victory for the bomber, get in.
     
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  5. assasin

    assasin Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    the only reason why it didn't happen was that every one was talking about a rematch with Kessler. the negotiations were already in full swing by that time and signed not long after.

    had Adonis held on at the weight, he would have got his shot after the fight. but he stepped up after getting a chance at Dawson. the rest is history.

    no duck what so ever.
     
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  6. iceferg

    iceferg Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Well I have to be honest Ted I do not remember that particular incident but I do remember that, at the time, people were laughing about Stevenson's chances in a fight with Froch and making out as though they were little to none.

    So if you did fancy Stevenson to give a good account of himself at that time, you would have been in the vast minority.

    I'll be honest I'm not really saying this was a full on duck (just sick of the praise Froch gets for his opponents and double standards). Still though Froch could have fought Stevenson rather than Mack, he no doubt took the lower risk, lower reward fight.
     
    iceferg, Dec 1, 2013
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  7. jermainerambo

    jermainerambo Member Full Member

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    The only people carl froch ducked was joe calzaghe and antonio tarver he was offered the fights and he refused

    carl froch was fearful of joe calzaghe when they were on ringside froch was mute he was very polite and sweating profusely. did anyone see all that sweat under his arms?...........calzaghe made him do that





    Twice joe calzaghe offered froch the fight:deal
     
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  8. weegriffin

    weegriffin Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Can really say it is a duck? When as you said yourself Froch wanted an easier fight in Mack after fighting Pascal, Taylor, Dirrell, Kessler, Johnson, Ward and Bute back to back.

    Kessler was rated higher at the time than Stevenson and thought of as the better boxer by most posters up untill the Dawson fight, and it was a chance to revenge one of his defeats.
     
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