Proof Froch ducked Calzaghe

Yeah, everyone ducked Calzaghe, just like when Roy Jones refused to move down in weight and travel to fight Joe for 15 grand at Cardiff Ice Rink.

 

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"I'd like to fight Calzaghe, probably next year after a couple of fights for the British title," said Froch.

"That would be an outrageous win because Calzaghe's a good fighter, a very strong fighter, he's been around a few years, and I just feel I've got exactly what you need to beat him." - Carl Froch at 13-0

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/3673602.stm

At this point, Carl Froch wasn't even the British SMW champion.

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"Froch will have to work like I have done to establish myself on the world scene," - Joe Calzaghe

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/3698536.stm

After these words where Calzaghe dismissed Carl Froch, Calzaghe went on to fight:-

Kabery Salem
Mario Veit

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"Then when Ashira walked out I almost choked on my cocoa. I had to do a double take to make sure it wasn't Baby Jake Matlala.

"I have come to expect Joe to pick on easy targets,"

I believe Calzaghe knows that isn't that hard a job.

http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=4633&more=1

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"Why doesn't Joe get bold and call me out? Like I said before, perhaps he knows what I do: that I will smoke his boots, I will end his career.

http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=4633&more=1

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"Bully's don't call out the real big boys. They like to have things stacked in their favour, they want it all on their own terms. That's why when the going gets tough they run home to their daddies."

http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=4633&more=1

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"I know what to do to beat Calzaghe,.......I don't think Calzaghe will fight me unless I put a meaningful title on the line but if I get one of the major belts he could not swerve me. - Carl Froch

"Carl will prove himself to be the best fighter in the country bar none. I truly believe he will knock Calzaghe out." - Fat Mick

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/5023478.stm

Froch hoped for a Calzaghe fight, when Calzaghe just beaten Jeff Lacy.

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WBO rankings at this point stood like:-

Champ: Joe Calzaghe
1. Dennis Inkin
2. Lucian Bute
3. Carl Froch

Calzaghe never fought any of the three closest ranked fighters.

"Joe says he's looking to make the most money possible from his next fight,........ Given the options open to him, that must mean fighting me. It certainly wouldn't mean someone like Inkin. - Carl Froch.

"I am a proper challenger. I am the best in the division and politics shouldn't stop us meeting. It would be an exciting battle before I

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." - Froch

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/6545105.stm

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"Soon he will have no choice but to

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or fight me, then we will see what kind of man he is" - Carl Froch

"If he is a proud and strong man and a warrior, which I believe he is, he should step in the ring with me and we will put on a great British fight. - Carl Froch

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/6390425.stm

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"I consider myself world class now," the Nottingham fighter added. "I am on Joe's trail at the moment and I have already said I am willing to step up to light-heavyweight.

"There are other fights out there for me - Jurgen Breahmer and Christian Sannavia - but Joe Calzaghe is the big one for me." - Carl Froch

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/7085122.stm

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/7769794.stm

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"My argument is not will Joe Calzaghe fight me because maybe I don't want to fight Joe Calzaghe,"

Read more: http://www.metro.co.uk/sport/extra/441991-froch-says-no-go-to-joe-calzaghe#ixzz1zgEGGoiD

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"He wants a pay day and I'm not going to give him one as I don't like the guy." - Joe Calzaghe

It would be a comfortable fight, I think I'd knock the guy out. - Joe Calzaghe

"And his comments that he'll knock me out? Joe Calzaghe doesn't knock anyone out these days, he slaps for 12 rounds." - Carl Froch

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/7779542.stm

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"I dont think that fight will ever happen now, especially as Calzaghe's lifestyle was recently exposted......

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I really dont care if he does come out of retirement or not," - Carl Froch

http://www.***********.com/carl-froch-calzaghe-regret-his-decision-not-me--27129

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"I wanted the challenge and he didn't. End of story - Carl Froch

http://www.***********.com/carl-froch-calzaghe-regret-his-decision-not-me--27129

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"He won a title that I gave up and hasn't stopped bitching about everybody," - Joe Calzaghe

"Because he's not making as much money and not getting on T.V I think he's bitter against the whole world. He's like a spoilt little bloody *****. I don't mind saying that, either, that's okay, keep that in there, he'll like that one." - Joe Calzaghe

http://www.eastsideboxing.com/weblog/news.php?p=22897&more=1

 

Have you got any link other than the sun one where Froch turned Calzaghe down?

 

I aint joining The Sun just to read one of their articles, but if you have the quotes then please by any means post them up.

 

Im going to replace the word "Calzaghe" in your post with "Froch", and the word "Froch" in your post with "Groves", and replace "lineal" with the word "IBF". Proceed:-

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Forget your link festooned copy & paste bayeux tapestry!

Are you honestly suggesting Froch who beat WBA/WBC SMW champion Kessler (who was 39-0 at the time) ducked Groves

He could have fought non-title holder Groves following Kessler after unifying the SMW division sure, but why?

What was the point of that fight at 36 years old? Groves THEN had nothing to offer the ageing champion and after beating Kessler do you really think he needed to prove himself against Groves?

He could also fight Hopkins for the IBF LHW belt or Groves who was still pretty much european level! It's not hard to do the math!
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You see, Froch fights the young hungry British lion, the Hopkins fight was there for him also, and for a real LHW title not the one that Calzaghe won.

 

how does featherfist joe beat up a granite jawed guy? No chance. What you mean is he would be ahead on points.

you should believe the facts, not what you want to believe.

 

thjis bit is believable, since it would fit in well with nearly everyone of Joe Cals' defences.

but when Froch started winning titles, Joe said he wasn't good enough. He obviously meant froch wasn't bad enough anymore.

 

You get the chance to fight the #1 ranked LHW and #4 P4P Bernard Hopkins and make a packet in the U.S.A but instead you decide to fight the nobody Carl Froch :think

In your own borked reality maybe.

 

What a sack of **** that is.I remember listening to bbc radio 5.They were interviewing the two and Froch when he had won a world title said he wanted that fight,saying it to Calzaghe but Calzaghe chuckled a bit and said his retirement and his kids were more important to him than a comeback.Don`t believe that stupid newspaper.

 

LOL, your "proof" is weak as a Calzaghe jab.
Calzaghe has a long repetition of ducking, while Froch has the rep of facing all opponents.
Skill-wise, I have Froch and Calzaghe about even. Heart-wise, I have Froch having 2 times the heart of Calzaghe.

 

But still not as weak as your post. :rofl

 

This topic has already been posted around 10,000 times on the site. Following numerous polls and posts, it is no doubt that Calzaghe and FW are the greatest boxing hypes in modern boxing history. Calzaghe could have erased all doubt about his fight with Hopkins with a rematch that all of the boxing world would have liked to see. But ducking is in Calzaghe's nature, so Hopkins forced him into retirement. :yep
Not only Hopkins, but Joe ( and FW) were afraid to face Pavlik and the other young contenders who were more than the dishwashers he was accustomed to facing in Whales.