Does anyone think that Carl Froch could conceivably beat Joe Calzaghe?

Calzaghe easy UD.

 

i am going to go completely against the general opinion here and tip froch to win....

Froch's biggest flaw was always his workrate, but he proved he can fight hard for the twelve in his last fight,other reasons are...

froch is no lacy, lacy is a short ass, froch is tall, as tall as joe and throws his shots long,making maximum advantage of his reach.

froch hits hard, and joe has looked A) a little fragile to me in his last couple, B) much easier to hit flush than he has previously, froch wouldn't let joe of the hook the way the ancient RRJ did.

Joe of three years ago wins this fight by a lopsided decision,now....i can seriously see a froch stoppage win....

 

I'm with you Stuey. Calzaghe is knocking on a bit now and you just never know when age is going to catch up and the wheels come off completely. When Jones dropped Cal in their fight ,Joe, whilst not seriously hurt, looked like an old man getting back to his feet but the older man just couldn't or wouldn't take advantage.

 

An 80% Calzaghe beats a 100% Froch. It's Calzaghe's relentless punching thats the key imo. Stamina of a horse. Froch could floor Joe 2-3 times in the fight, don't matter. He's been put down several times but never ever looked in trouble when getting back up. In fact he starts pressing again!!!

Calzaghe UD. I'd bet my Avatar on it.

 

I think Calzaghe is now a slower starter than he ever was.

The best way for Froch would be to try and blast him out early.

 

calzaghe beats him easily,shutout ud,froch wouldnt win a round,can you say lacy pt2?

 

I think this is a good post. The title of the thread is could he beat Joe "conceivably" and given Calzaghe looked hurt by both Hopkins and Jones it's conceivable that at this stage of their careers Froch could win, not necessarily just by KOing Joe. Even though he has a much lower workrate, even if he couldn't stop Joe, he could hurt him regularly and repeatedly such that Joe couldn't impose himself on the fight and win a decision.

 

Froch is young, hungry, skilled and powerful. If he puts Calzaghe on the floor then he won't let him off the hook. I'd bet on Froch.

 

Froch look ragged and tired for the whole second half of his last fight.

Calzaghe would have little trouble after round 1, by which time Joe Calzaghe has detected Froch's biohythm and will anticipate his every move and every thought.
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uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh no.

 

If it was a case of all they had to do was jump on him and the job would have been over, don't you think they would have done so? Truth was, JC got up steady on his feet from both those KDs and a fighter knows when he is in that position whether his opponent is badly hurt or whether he's up and okay. Calzaghe was up and okay both times, and world class fighters don't jump in throwing recklessly just because they scored a knockdown. Anyway, I don't see what Froch has that those guys, even late in their career, don't - his power looks decent but is not proven against anybody top class.

 

I think Froch has a good chance. He certainly wont get sparked and has plenty of variety and pop in his punches.

I think it would actually turn out like a Froch-Pascal and Calzaghe-Kessler type toe to toe *******.

A "Schooling" from Calzaghe is wide of the mark. He should win but I think Froch has plenty about him for the upset.

 

froch is slow slow slow. painfully slow. he doesn't have the laser guided accuracy of a hopkins or that quick spurt of handspeed that an RJJ brings to catch calzaghe out. the guy looks like he's fighting underwater.

this fight doesn't make any sense to me apart from the domestic angle. froch is a title holder with zero defences in the weightclass below calzaghe. should the welshman look to continue then hopkins and dawson are far more deserving of a shot at him and much more difficult challenges.

 

This is truely pathetic analysis.

He fights like he has superglue on the bottom of his boots, and he has the p4p handspeed of Valuev. How the hell is he going to hit Calzaghe with the quick shots (and forearm) that Hopkins and Jones did when he couldn't even show that precision against Jean Pascal?

And what the hell is up with his defence? I imagine Calzaghe slapping him senseless, I mean come on. This is not serious.