Carl Froch: The Writing Was On The Wall

Froch was exposed a long time ago and has a low work rate.
Froch has never beaten a SMW that has really done much other than Reid who was very faded.
Froch only ever won vacant titles.
I respect Froch for what he has had to go through in his last 6 fights though, being away 5 of those times.
Froch is 34 and has only looked good in one of his 7 world title fights.

If anything I felt Ward was exposed. Slow low workrate Froch had Ward tired at the end and showed Wards weaknesses

 

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Ward was fighting with a broken hand. Good luck finding a European anytime soon thats gonna trouble Ward failey.

 

Had Froch won you guys would be singing a diffrent tune ..The man went 3-1 against soild opposition in 1 year while also traveling ..Stop trying to discredit a TRUE WARRIOR !

 

Bute. Oh but Ward wont fight him

 

I don't mean to dump on Froch or anything, but you'd have to be an idiot to think that the Ward fight was going to turn out any differently. Froch had ridden his 15 minutes of fame horse till it just died, that's all. It was inevitable that Ward was going to outclass him...and yes, Calzaghe would have embarrassed Froch as well...totally outclassed him. The novelty of Froch and his annoying as hell stunner wife is over now.

 

Don't really get your point, you are just saying what everyone was saying BEFORE the fight, but AFTER - which is kinda pointless.

Your comments about British sport is cliched and not accurate and your comments about Froch are not fair considering that most SWM's will not achieve half of what he has done and I bet that will apply to Dirrell.

 

I tend to agree; winning a world belt (vacant or not) is something not too many fighters achieve.

Froch was respected as despite his shortcomings in skill and athletic ability, he was able to overcome the odds and achieve to a high standard. People are able to relate to this, and often people enjoy barracking for the underdog.

No, he would have never beaten Ward, or Calzaghe (I'm a Froch fan, but also a realist). Would he have chased the fight, and done the best he could have? You bet he would have.

 

Ward v Froch was nowhere near the blow out some like to make it seem.
Watch that fight with no commentary.... mute it and watch.

That fight was closer than the theme of "one sided beating" that keeps popping up.

 

I agree with most of your comments apart from one. Andre Ward is technically a much better fighter than Calzaghe was. I think Calzaghe vs Froxh would have become alive and death struggle similar to Calzaghe vs Mikel Kessler. As good or as bad as Calzaghe was his reputation in retirementisbeing embellished to make him sound better than he was.

 

****ing rubbish.

I gave Froch a round, and just, round 5. Spoke to my Dad about the fight and he reckoned 5 was debatable.

I don't give two ****s about any commentary, watch it without sound, watch it with sound, make your own mind up.

 

I was preaching back and forth with anyone who would listen that I thought Froch would win mainly because of Ward's inability to fight on the outside. He is a **** outside fighter. Had Froch been a better inside fighter or just faster, I think he could've won. He had the physical tools to do so. He has the reach, height and power to keep Ward honest. Abraham was able to land many of his shots on Ward being the shorter fighter with better reach. And let's not get confused here, Ward didn't escape the fight looking untouched like his other one-sided fights. He looked intact against Green and Kessler. Against Froch though, he'd look like he'd been in a fight so to say it was one-sided is a stretch. Froch just didn't present as good of a challenge as I or those backing him anticipated, but he gave Ward about as much trouble as Bika did.

Froch if anything displayed what it takes to beat Ward. I think Dirrell would make Ward look ordinary (as Dawson did against Benard in the short time span the fight lasted) and Bute would actually beat him.

 

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Pascal