is Froch's resume really that great

I have Honeyghan as the better boxer as well but I wouldn't say there was a massive gap between the pair of them. Lloyd obv has the best win with Curry, a very good win with Blocker and a nice revenge win (first a TD) over Vaca but he got well beaten in his other big fights with Starling, Breland and even Paziena.

I'm not going to argue on a technical side of it as I feel Honeyghan was more gifted than Froch but imo Froch has juat as good a resume than Honeyghan and has looked far better in his losses than Lloyd did.

 

:deal

He hasn't ducked anybody, he's travelled the globe, that's all you can ask of any fighter.

 

Pascal, Taylor, Abraham, Kessler, Bute, Ward, Johnson. How can you argue with that? Its fact.

 

Agreed you cannot place his resume in the same sentence as that of Leanord, DLH etc. But the fact is he has fought everyone of any substance in the SMW division...Elite level, contenders, world champions, everyone.

Never once has he ducked a fight and is always pushing for the best fight available, sure his resume doesn't match up to the above due to the available competition not being as high a level. But the proof is in the pudding he is a true champion and in boxing today they are few and far between.

If every fighter has Frochs mentality and attitude boxing would be in a better place

 

Lloyd was past his best before Starling schooled him. Froch was totally
schooled during his best run of form. Vinny Pazroid is inexcusable but Breland was a good fighter at least at that stage and had a big dig, and Honeyghan was shot to pieces (looked HORRID) Froch has built at a steady pace and has hit his physical best into his mid-30s. If after this incredible run he gets old, gets blasted a few times against opposition he could've beaten at his best would it detract from what he's done already? Not really.

And as Kos pointed out Honeyghan wasted Rosi away from home as well.

At this point, I go with the guy who has actually won a real World title as well as having some solid second tier wins. Froch would need something pretty spectacular to overtake Honeyghan at this stage or a few more very solid wins...for me a couple of B+ wins don't necessarily make a fighter overtake a guy with one incredible win and comparable second tier victories.

Not far off but Honeyghan clearly more accomplished (with several defences of THE World title) and the better fighter on film.

 

Pretty much it.

 

Last time I looked Froch is British.......The resume thing is only a fairly recent affectation, even across the pond.

 

:deal its happened over the last year or so and it makes me cringe

 

Its ****ing awful :good

 

Won't be long before people are removing the letter U from words like flavour and colour.

 

With Froch it's not just about the names, Ws and Ls on the record. It's about ther circumstance, timing and manner of the victories and defeats. I defy any Brit to watch the Taylor fight and not be whooping like a madman at the end, similarly I defy anyone not to be on the edge of their seat against Kessler, amazed at what turned up against Abraham and on and on.

The only dissapointing fight for me was Ward, where he was outclassed and never really turned up. I wasn't even particularly dissapointed with the Dirrel fight, i was there and it wasn't as bad (or as close for large parts) as is now made out.

Modern British great? hell yeah! In an era of paper chamions, politics and ducking he's a bona fide beacon of boxing sportsmanship and integrity.

 

i agree his resume is ****ing awful, but his record is **** hot,no one i mean no one should be knocking frochs RECORD, its **** hot.
in fact anyone in the boxing game thinks its **** hot,its just internet nerds who think it aint.
froch is a british great ,can't ****ing believe anyone knocks him :roll: