Carl Froch is terrible

you go on about Ward being so good but his toughest fights have been Miranda and Kessler, and that's it. A Kessler who hadn't been the same since Calzaghe. Miranda is a come forward slugger with no skills to speak of, Alan Green (need I say more??) Bika isn't top tier, never has been never will be. Other names on Ward's resume in last 5 fights include, Shelby Pudwill. Can Ward deal with the intensity, power and will to win that Froch will bring? And also will he ever fight outside of Oakland?? Ward hasn't mixed it with rough and rugged company and resorts to fouls when things are not going smoothly for him. Froch is just the fighter that will push him to the limit.

Let's see if he can handle that.

 

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Froch has a lot of things going for him.

The biggest fault people make when judging him is they look at his unorthodox style and think he's a bad boxer, yet he really isn't. He keeps his hands low, so his punches tend to travel a long way and seem slow and often look sloppy, yet he's a sharp puncher. He's just very awkward. Look at his timing though and watch his upper body movement. A lot of those things are absolutely spot on. He takes a good shot and knows how to roll with punches and fire back straight away. His transition from attack and defence is perfect, and better than guys like Ward's. I can't understand why you'd think he is a bad combination puncher though, because he clearly isn't.

He's just awkward though. I know why people don't rate him, but I tend to think those people are completely missing the point. Everyone knows Froch isn't textbook but when you look at everything he does, he doesn't make a whole lot of mistakes, for his personal style. Compare him to Robinson, and, yes, you will be able to draw up a list as long as your arm of his mistakes, but he isn't Robinson and he isn't trying to be. He's got his own, awkward style and that's very difficult to beat, as it's a style he's almost perfected.

 

It's fair enough if you don't like his style or whatever but saying he's terrible is ignorance of the highest order. You can't possibly beat the guys he's beat without being a good (at the least) fighter.

He has a good jab, deceptively fast hands and a powerful, accurate right hand.

No-one is comparing him to Benny Leonard or Ray Robinson for **** sake but he has a style that works for him and makes the best of what he has.

 

What would you say he does at D-class level?

Or was that just blatant exaggeration to attract attention to a potentially **** thread?

 

It's nothing to do with the decline in skills. Nothing at all.

 

Well good luck abusing him then. Where do they pick these nutjobs up from? :nut

 

Jog on you fat useless ****. You probably couldn't even beat me over 6 rounds, and I'm ****.

 

HMMM.... LET'S SEE... maybe win fights is what he does!

 

I agree he is not all that. But he looked great against Abraham.

 

This is exactly right. Most people rate Harry Greb in the top 5 of all-time but from what we know, he was also very unorthodox, much like Froch is, though obviously they had a different style.

Being textbook isn't important.

Froch has his own style and is a two-time world champion, with a great string of opposition, who he's look great against. Even if you can't see why he's such a good fighter, his record speaks for itself.