Froch vs Calzaghe

There is not much chance that Froch can beat Calzaghe, unless he fights a shell of the former fighter he was just to capitalize on his name. Well, actually there is NO chance. Calzaghe was stunned and sent down several times in his career, but they never managed to keep him there. With a better endurance, Taylor would have won wide, now think what Calzaghe who is KNOWN for his high workrate and endurance for 15 rounds would do. Granted, he will eat a punch from overconfidence early and go down, but then he sweeps the rounds.

 

i would have to favoe calslappy even though i hate him ..i tihnk he would win that fight

 

errr, so has Lacy, Kessler, Eubank, etc. What's your point??

 

Joe would stop him

 

Froch has a great chin, Calzaghe slaps like a girl. I don't see a stoppage personally.

 

You're probably right. I think it will be a brutal, 36 minute slapfest.

 

Joe Calzaghe would rather appear on Strictly Come Dancing than come out of retirement to fight Carl Froch, according to his father, Enzo.Even the prospect of a massive payday and 80,000 fans in the Millennium Stadium would not be enough to interest the Welshman in facing Froch, who stopped the American Jermain Taylor in a dramatic 12th round of his first defence of the WBC super-middleweight title at the weekend – and then called upon Calzaghe to fight him and "give the fans what they want".


Enzo, who was his son's trainer until his retirement in February, described Froch's performance in Connecticut as an "amateurish" display. "He needs Joe because he is such a poor fighter that he can't make it on his own," he said. "Joe has absolutely no interest in fighting him. He has more interest in appearing on Strictly Come Dancing.


"What I saw on Saturday night was appalling – the worst performance by a world champion, he looked like an amateur. There were so many mistakes, Jermain Taylor didn't have to block because Froch was just jabbing his hand. It was pathetic, an amateur could have done better," added Calzaghe Sr.


The final two fights of his son's unbeaten career were at light-heavyweight against Bernard Hopkins and Roy Jones Jr – having unified the WBO, WBA and WBC super-middleweight titles in November 2007 with a win over Mikkel Kessler in Cardiff.


Froch defeated Jean Pascal in December to claim the WBC title that Calzaghe vacated when he moved up to light-heavyweight and Enzo was dismissive of the Nottingham fighter's credentials.


"He [Froch] claims he is the best super-middleweight in the world, but he could barely put away Jermain Taylor," said Enzo. "Taylor was tiring in the last round and that's why Froch won – would that have happened against Kessler, Jones, Hopkins? It was a very poor, poor performance. He didn't keep his hands up, he missed shots and he couldn't even move his head from side to side."


On announcing his retirement in February Joe said he had come to the decision after speaking with his family, but did not rule out a return to the ring: "You can never say never in this game, but I can't see myself boxing again. There's loads of things I want to do. I'm proud to be one of only a few fighters in history to retire undefeated."


Yesterday his father claimed that his position had hardened and there would be no 47th fight in Joe's career: "He's happy with what he has achieved. I wouldn't allow Joe to come back, even if he had any interest, but he doesn't. He is happy with what he has achieved and he is satisfied. He retired as the best – 46–0, no chance."

 

Neither of them are any good anyway, both lacking basic skills so it's the last fight I would ever want to see happen... Froch would be wide open only for Calzaghe to slap him for 12 rounds. I can't think of anything duller.

 

For once, I agree with Enzo to some extent (apart from the quip about RJJ being on Kessler and Hopkins' level).

 

Froch would have beaten the **** out of Jones that night!

Enzo C is just a clown. Froch had the balls to take a tough mandatory in the opponent's backyard in his 1st defence.

How many tough opponents did Joe take on in his reign as champion..... Woodhall, Reid, Lacy, Kessler?

Thats like 20% of his reign of error!

 

Enzo called taylor/Froch just about right. Calzaghe does not need froch in any way, shape, or form. Froch keeps saying it's the fight the fans want, but most of the fans on line view it as roughly equivelant to Pavlik/Rubio. Joe is retired. Get over it Carl.

 

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I personally don't have much interest in Calzaghe - Froch, mainly because Calzaghe at just 80% of his old self would be able to toy with Froch for twelve rounds en route to a UD. Calzaghe's legacy is set with out without Froch, and only Joe knows whether he still has the desire or not. It would of course do huge numbers in Britain.

 

All dues to Froch for winning the fight. But he did look slow compared to Taylor and some of his jabbing and movement looked very amateurish.Maybe he was as nervous as he looked. He's obviously a hard guy but Calzaghe would do a Lacy on him.
Hope it happens though!