Only at 168lbs. He would be like Marcus Beyer a 3 time SMW champ and Mikkel Kessler another 3 time SMW champ, but not an ATG
Yes. Froch has one of the best records P4P. Pascal Johnson Abraham Dirrell Taylor The Loss against Kessler was close to a robbery. Froch has fought the best possible competition. And he has a lot of big wins. If he beats Bute, he will be a ATG. Maybe not for everyone. But for me. Never ducked anyone, never refused to fight in his opponents hometown.
It would bring him very close to HOF, given his ridiculously high level streak of opponents, but not ATG.
The loss to Kessler was nowhere near a robbery. The judges all had Kessler the clear winner. 90% of journalists had Kessler winning and even the poll on Eastside boxing were around 90% thinking Kessler won. Carl looked good in spurts but simply did too little throughout to win.
If Froch can beat Bute and then Bute can beat Ward it certainly does make things interesting. Then if Froch goes on to beat Kessler i think he is a good shout for the HOF.