Green only calls out fighters he knows are unavailable, and when they call him back, he sets his price too high and isn't a big enough name.
That's no legend, Froch got his ass kicked in the first half of the fight, and he wasn't dominating the second half either until he scored the knockdown.
It was a close fight and Taylor was in front - but every round was close. Like the Bute - Andrade and Calzaghe - Kessler fight. The outcome was different, but they were close fights.
See this is the kind of stupid **** people say that proves they have no idea what they are talking about. Of the 14 fights Pavlik has had above 160 you've seen . . . . . . how many? Your boy got outboxed CLEARLY by Jermain Taylor. Froch got the win, but Taylor made him looking like a club fighter for most of the fight. And what happened when Taylor fought Pavlik at just 2 pounds under the SMW limit? Taylor lost a clear UD. So if Pavlik looked poor, by your logic, Froch looked like absolute garbage.
We're not that far aprt on our opinions. The thing that would worry me the most about Bute is that Pavlik's experience with southpaws is limited. A faded version of McKart is about as good as it gets. On the other hand, Kelly does pretty much everything better than Andrade, so I think Bute would be in for a rough night no matter how it ended. I wouldn't want to see Pavlik fight Kessler until he has 3-4 fights against top guys at 168. The key in this fight would be the jabbing contest. Some disagree, but come on, it's Mikkel Kessler and Kelly Pavlik. We know these two are going to jab the **** out of each other. Kessler's jab is bit quicker and probably stiffer. Kelly's jab is WAY more versatile. Right now I think Kessler's size and strength might neutralize some of KP's biggest assets. Although KP has ventured above 160 MANY times, he has never fought as a true SMW, always as a blown up middleweight. Give Pavlik a chance to grow into the division properly, and I'll have to take a new look.
Legend? Here's what The Guardian said; "The first 11 rounds of Carl Froch's WBC super-middleweight match against Jermain Taylor in Connecticut in April didn't go well. Knocked to the mat in the third, he was heading for a clear points loss by the start of the final round." Here's what Froch said; "I thought, I'm behind on the scorecards here. I need to catch him, I've got to go and get him." Here's what Barry McGuigan said; "Thirty years in the game, and I don't remember a comeback like that."
Latest info from Froch himself during an interview on the BBC. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/8083904.stm