possibly because by beating ward he'd be the no.1 in the division without doubt & dont even mention bute because he hasnt done ****
Yet didnt look very good in beating Bika who Calzaghe beat far clearer years before Wrong again. The loss to an unwell Kessler coming off a defeat is there. Also as I noted at this time Froch hasnt beaten a SMW as good as prime Reid, prime Lacy, Woodhall, Veit, Mitchell, Eubank, prime Kessler. None. Tell me what SMW did he beat as good as any of those wins? Pascal wasnt top ten, Dirrell hasnt beaten anyone other than a former MW by DQ, Johnson has a joke of a SMW resume, Taylor was 1-2 in his last 3 fights. Now Im a fan of Froch but you have to know the division, which you obviously dont All peoples attitudes are different, but that isnt doing more
No......But IF he moves up to LHW and dominates it for about 3 yrs...that is after he handles Bute and maybe Pavs or another top 10 before his ascent then maybe.
Thats odd. Kessler said before the fight that he doesnt know where that rumour came from and when asked straight after the fight said there was no hand problem. Still the real thing you forget is that Calzaghe was fighting with 2 bad hands past his prime and won
Pascal got moved in after the fight, like Eubank did after the Calzaghe fight. Veit and Woodhall were also top 10 rated. You are probably looking at Boxrec yearly ratings. Veit alone has a far superior SMW resume than Johnson, Dirrell or Abraham and Veit was an INT Champ After Eubanks fight with Calzaghe Frankie Liles*, 31-1, WBA champ Joe Calzaghe* (Britain), 23-0, WBO champ Robin Reid (Britain), 25-0-1, WBC champ Joseph Kiwanuka (Uganda), 25-1-2 This content is protected (Britain), 45-3-2 Woodhall - Beyer who beat Woodhall was KOd by Woodhall victim Catley 1: Joe Calzaghe* (Britain), 29-0, WBO 2: Sven Ottke (Germany), 20-0, IBF 3: Bruno Girard (France), 38-2-1, WBA 4: Byron Mitchell, 21-1-1 5: This content is protected (Britain), 26-2 6: Dingaan Thobela (South Africa), 40-7-2, WBC 7: Glenn Catley (Britain), 26-4 8: Markus Beyer (Germany), 18-1 Veit when Calzaghe fought him a 2nd time 1: Joe Calzaghe* (GB), 38-0, WBO 2: Jeff Lacy, 19-0-0-1, IBF 3: Mikkel Kessler (Denmark), 35-0, WBA 4: Markus Beyer* (Germany), 32-2, WBC 5: Danny Green (Australia), 19-2 6: Mads Larsen* (Denmark), 45-2 7: Robin Reid (GB), 38-4-1, IBO 8: Anthony Mundine (Australia), 23-2 9: This content is protected (Germany), 45-1
Eubank hadn't been ranked for a long time, he was widely seen as done. Deal with it. Even if he was ranked, it would have been a total disgrace given his recent record. He hadn't even been fighting 12 rounders anymore or competitive fights or even at the weight. That's before we even approach the two weeks notice issue. Woodhall was also all but done. The Reid win is relatively decent, but certainly nothing spectacular, especially given the nature of the victory.