Let's get our cards on the table about Froch/Ward situation.

Right,let's get this cleared up and see if we can leave Dirrell,Boone colour and nationality out of it.

Ward beat Froch brilliantly.His utter dominance of that fight had me eating crow and I became a fan.
I've been a fan of Froch for much longer,all the while being honest about his shortcomings.I support him because he has injected much needed excitement into boxing in my country after the gap Hatton and to a lesser extent,Calzaghe left(and I wasn't a huge fan of either)

Ward is probably the second most proficient boxer in the world,and in all likelihood defeats Froch again as I don't see anything that he won't be able to neutralise.

But I support Froch,and when you support a fighter/team/athlete you should stick by them through thick and thin.

Froch has bounced back very well from the Ward defeat,and there is no other fight in the division that matters.Ward has the unusual problem of being just too good for his preferred weight class.

Now I'm not saying he is duty bound to give Froch a rematch,far less in the UK,but I don't think it's an insult to suggest that he comes over and tries to gain Froch's belts for a good payday.
Most Froch fans know it's too big an ask,but they know Carl will give it everything,regardless of whether it's not enough.
Of my ten favourite active fighters, only two are British,and as someone who has held his hands up about being wrong about Ward,I think it's pretty sad that many people have made this about race and nationality.
If Froch doesn't get the rematch,I won't be too bothered as he has nothing left to prove to me.Ward is exceptional,and losing on points to him is no disgrace.
If he does,I'll support him and still have a ton of respect for Ward.

Has Froch to go around saying"I know Ward had my number,and I'm happy being second best"?
Of course not.Boxing is a business and that attitude just won't fly with anyone.

So I'm asking a genuine question.Why did Froch winning and the suggestion that Ward gives him another shot provoke so much race baiting and nationalism verging on xenophobia,with the majority coming from people who hate Froch as Larry's thread in the immediate aftermath exemplified?

Let's keep it to the subject at hand please, and I would appreciate sensible,measured debate without xenophobic generalisations if that's not too much too ask.
Although it probably will be.

 

Of course,and that offer has not been forthcoming.
But it's early yet,and my question(s) are more in regard to the offence that even the mere suggestion of him coming over seems to have caused.

 

I think you'll find colour was brought into it Rico,and if you really want I'll go and have a look for the post.
But I'd like to think you'd take my word for it

 

I suspect Hearn will do his utmost to talk Froch out of it, but I honestly believe hubris will have Carl demanding an offer is made.

I know it's went both ways,but I said in the RBR just after the scores were given that it wouldn't take long for someone to slag Froch and as expected, one of the main race-baiters had a thread up within about two minutes.

 

The thing that shocked me most was how he was able to "out Froch" Froch if you know what I mean? With the injury as well.
It was the way he was able to out muscle him, which in turn led to him clearly out boxing him.
No doubt a home crowd gives Carl a boost,but I just can't see how he neutralises the ultimate neutraliser.