Why don't you stay on the british forum. You're just a fan. You don't want to exchange. You just want everyboy to agree with your illogical thinking. For example, that Jean Pascal is a better win than any of Bute and Kessler wins.
Froch was losing to Taylor. He was losing to a Middleweight has-been. Pascal who? Kessler having a competitive loss against Calzaghe was WAY better than your overrating of Froch's win over Pascal and Taylor. TAYLOR WAS 14 SECONDS INTO WINNING AND HE DIDN'T EVEN IMPRESS AGAINST A DAMAGED LACY. Sure, Taylor has the name and even if it was a case of Taylor having **** stamina as always, but that's like saying Roy Jones is the best win in Calzaghe's career. Have some eyes, fanboy.
I still love Boo's statment, "Bute is more than 16 seconds better than Taylor". Kinda says it all. :yep You know I've given Froch his due on this victory and I'm not hating on him. I still have to figure in Kessler's performance against Calzaghe. I don't care that it was a loss. However, I worry that it has been so long since he has face a legit opponent, and seems like even longer until he faces another...... Will we see the same Kessler when/if he does step up.
In my book, Pascal is better than Berrio and Bika. We can also say that Bute would have lost against Andrade if the referee was not corrupted.
In some ways Kessler was exposed in the last 6 rounds of the Calzaghe fight. I basically learned that Kessler struggles to fight on the back foot and counter. Calzaghe made him look very robitic and I he was also badly winded by featherfisted JC.
The ranking of the top 5 is: 1. Kessler 2. Bute 3. Froch 4. Andrade 5. Taylor BEFORE the fight the ranking WAS: 1. Kessler 2. Bute 3. Taylor 4. Froch 5. Andrade Taylor did fine and therefore he does not move out of top 5. He was seconds from winning. Froch now needs to fight Bute for the second place or Kessler for the top spot.
I'll have to watch that again. It has been a while. I thought he started well. I just don't remember much at the moment. Can't fight off the back foot and counter? Hmm... Bring on Pavlik.
If only. Several of Kessler's best KOs have come against go forward fighters and Kessler on the back foot. He usually loves a come forward fighter. For a recent fight think of Andrade - Kessler fought off the back foot the entire fight. What happened against Calzaghe was something else. Calzaghe himself has said exactly what it was - Kessler tired. Usually Kessler has great stamina, but in rounds 6 and 7 Calzaghe saw that Kessler was breathing hard and then he thought he would win because he was not tired. Calzaghe has better stamina than any modern boxer, and he will force the opponent to try to keep up. Pavlik is nowhere as active as Calzaghe (noone is really..). Kessler- Pavlik would be a great fight though.