Name 3 fighters carl froch beat that achieved something at 168

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  1. Beeston Brawler

    Beeston Brawler Comical Ali-egedly Full Member

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    I look forward to someone trying to put together a legitimate answer to this question :deal
     
  2. ashishwarrior

    ashishwarrior I'm vital ! Full Member

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    :finger:blah:ass
     
  3. JoeAverage

    JoeAverage Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Also not Froch's fault that some of the guys he fought... saw no future at 168 after fighting him... e.g. Pascal.
     
  4. JoeAverage

    JoeAverage Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    These are the top 10 of best 168ers after Calzaghe's retirement:

    Achievements:
    1. Ward
    2. Kessler
    3. Froch
    4. Bute
    5. Stieglitz
    6. Andrade
    7. Magee
    8. Bika
    9. Johnson
    10. Taylor

    H2H best fighters:
    1. Ward
    2. Kessler
    3. Froch
    4. Pascal
    5. Bute
    6. Andre Dirrell
    7. Taylor
    8. Abraham
    9. Stieglitz
    10. Johnson

    So... Froch met 7 of the fighters who have acheived the most and 9 of the 10 best H2H fighters in the period.

    So trying to knock Froch's CV is just comical.
     
  5. Jaber

    Jaber Guest

    you forget he lost to Ward and Kessler.Yes,he fought everyone,he didn't beat everybody
     
  6. JoeAverage

    JoeAverage Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    He still BEAT more of the top 10 than anyone else over the past few years.

    Only guy who beat more from the Ring top 5 is Kessler, but he also has been part of the top for longer. Over the recent few years noone has beaten more than Froch.
     
  7. des3995

    des3995 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    FFS...... It's amazing to me the lengths that some Calzaghe fans will go to bolster their guy.

    Froh hasn't passed Calzaghe in terms of historical SMW achievement. He wouldn't win a h2h matchup with Joe either.

    But what he did do is test his own limits and consistently take on the best competition of his era. By doing that he found his ceiling, which isn't/wasn't as high.

    What I don't really understand is why people would bash a guy who is good for the sport, takes on the best comp, home or away, has consistently given us quality efforts and exciting fights, in a strong division which has never been more relevant worldwide.

    Why they would do this in favor o a guy who basically stood up and knocked over wbo mandatories for a decade is beyond me. The point is not to bash Calzaghe, but people should at least appreciate Froch's warrior spirit, if nothing else.
     
  8. JoeAverage

    JoeAverage Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    By the way... I just saw clips from the fight and watching Froch in that fight reminded me of when Marciano got in wars. He would happily trade and trusted his own chin, precision and power.
     
  9. mattress

    mattress Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Now that's a list of Boxing's Who's Who......or is it Who???
     
  10. ploys

    ploys New Member Full Member

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    no. 9 & no.10 have 1 win apiece at 168 in that time period. what magnificent "achievements".

    your maths are ****.
     
  11. JoeAverage

    JoeAverage Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Taylor beat a former world champion in Lacy and Johnson was in Super Six and got to the semifinals.

    Counting is not math.
     
  12. ploys

    ploys New Member Full Member

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    1 win. each.

    & they are among the fighters who have "achieved the most" at the weight in that time period.

    which makes it pretty meaningless as a gauge of relative quality.

    counting is discerning quantity. which is maths.

    "The abstract science of number, quantity, and space."

    so...your english comprehension is **** too. :patsch