Is carl froch the most accomplished active smw today?

I would say Kessler has the best SMW resume for an active fighter. I know Kessler is out of action for a while but he hasnt announced that hes retired.
Look at Kesslers resume -
Siaca (WBA champ)
Mundine away in Australia (2 time WBA champ)
Lucas (former WBC champ)
Beyer (WBC champ)
Andrade when undefeated
Sartison (now WBA regular champ)
Haussler (former European champ)
Froch (2 time WBC champ)
not to forget he challenged Calzaghe away and lost to Ward away
Thobela (former WBC champ)

Remember that Dirrell hasnt actually done much as a SMW and Andrade has accomplished more.
Abraham was a former MW champ who had no big name wins and hadnt done hardly anything at SMW.
That dosent detract from good wins, but its just to point out how carried away people get by hype

 

Accomplised is defined as skill/ability isn't it? So no, he isn't top 3 in that regard.

Yes he has a good resume, in terms of who hes fought but so did Ross Purrity, no one says Ross Purrity is the most accomplised heavyweight of the 90s

 

His resume is currently incomplete when its all said and done this resume right now could be the rough draft to a hall of fame one ..Give him some more time than it will be no question .

 

I think it's close with Kessler's, but when he's fought Pascal, Dirrell, Kessler, and Abraham, I'll give Froch the edge. The Kessler and Dirrell fights could of gone either way and Froch beat the future LHW king in Pascal at his own game and dominates AA. I'd say Froch is the most accomplished at the moment. We'll see when the tournament is over and what Bute has to say about this.

 

Thats what I mean about hype. Often fighters get rated higher due to hype. Yes they ARE good wins, but its easy to get carried away. Dirrell gets highly rated based on potential, but ratings should be based on results. Lots of fighters have potential they never live up to.
Take Steiglitz he also has a fair resume with wins over Berrio, undefeated Gutknecht, undefeated Balzsay. Yes he has some losses but has started to come back. Steiglitz has done more at SMW than Dirrell, Taylor, Pascal or Abraham. Thats not saying that they might not be better wins or couldnt beat Steiglitz, its just to point out hype

 

I agree. Not even sure I'd rate Kessler as more accomplished, despite holding the win over CF.

 

Montero you're so hot! Hit that speed bag big boi...

 

Ya know, it's kind of funny! I remember a time when Froch yapped incessantly about every top guy he could think of. The general consenus on ESB at the time was that Froch was a loudmouthed nobody, and if any of those guys answered his challenge, he would get humiliated. Sometimes, we get it all wrong.

 

Get ****ing Real, Hill Billy is one dimensional Plodder and would have been nailed in ropes.

 

Lower weight accomplishments tend to give fighters opportunities for when they move up. Weather they sink or swim is another thing. Some do and some dont. Abraham and Taylor havent.

That fight was made as much for the reasons you note, but also because the fans wanted it, and Hopkins often fought fighters coming up in weight

What :huh. Taylor lost at SMW to Pavlik and beats Lacy who was ruined by Calzaghe and looked lucky against Tsypko & Mendoza, struggled with Manfredo, then lost to Taylor, looked lucky again against Griffin and then got stopped by R Jones who many say was shot when Calzaghe beat him, although I dont completely agree with that

Once again ridiculous. Taylor had lost at SMW to Pavlik and was coming off a KO loss to Froch.

Steiglitz has beaten undefeated Balzsay who was WBO SMW champ and had beaten undefeated world rated Inkin. If Taylor or AA had of beaten Balzsay it would have been their best SMW victory.
Steiglitz also beat undefeated Gutknecht who had beaten Balzsay

I agree that many of them are untested at this time, which kind of backs up a thread I made some time back that the SMW division isnt as strong as it had been in some previous years. Froch (a fighter I follow and like) has one of the best resumes for beating Pascal who hadnt done much at SMW although in fairness has done well at LHW, Taylor who did little at SMW and had suffered 2 losses to Pavlik, Dirrell who has done little at SMW and AA who although was a MW champ, what was his big win? And who hasnt done well at SMW