Froch's back-to-back fights, who had better?

'Unskilled Dirrell'

whaaaa?

Dirrell may be lots of things but unskilled aint one of them.

 

I think he's crap as well.

He's good at staying well out of range.

 

Very good post.
Im a fan of Frochs but you are right.
Pascal hadnt done anything at that time and wasnt a top SMW
Dirrell had no big wins and even now his only big win is a DQ over a former MW who cant compete at SMW
Johnson has a terrible SMW resume and hasnt won a world title fight in years

 

Agreed. Im the same on the subject. Froch gets some hype because of the S6, but when you break it down, its good but not as great as made out. But a win over Ward would go a long way

 

An old post but it gives you an idea

Where you have written for the WBO vs limited competition.
I just wanted to highlight some details to you.
The SMW divisions first world champs were WBC 1988, WBA 1987, IBF 1984 & WBO 1988.
Now for a start it is a new division so no belt has any more prestige than the other as they were all started at a similar time. So the WBO SMW title has no less prestige than the others.
Consider also that the WBO at SMW has been involved in 4 unification bouts.
The IBF has been involved in 2
The WBA in 3
WBC in 4 also
This shows that the WBO has been as willing to make top fights at SMW as much as any other governing body.

Now look at the list of champs in each and who they defended against and you can see that the WBO SMW title has produced the best defences overall better than all of the other govening bodies in this particular weight division so far.
Consider how much critism Bute gets now for his IBF defences.
Consider M Beyer defending his WBC title against 26-14-5 fighter who was coming off of a win against a 0-2-0 fighter
Or that Mundine when defending the WBA title against a 24-13-5 fighter who was the same fighter that WBC champ Beyer was defending against above.

People bring up Eubank who helped mould the belt that was good enough to give T Hearns a slice of history making. Out of Eubanks 18 WBO SMW title fights 14 of those fights were against fighters who were, had been or became top 10 SMWs. One was a unification and another was against the undefeated former IBF SMW champ (relinquished his title). In fact 6 of the fighters he faced had been or became world champs