The Carl Froch appreciation thread

Great thread. My favourite fighter. Weird how he seems far more popular post - career than during when you consider what a career he had.

 

Yeah I think it was on ringside he was talking through how he set Groves up for that punch from the gods and you could see that there's more to his ring generalship than might appear on the outside.

 

agreed
but that would have been some run of fights
absolute wars

 

There was a reason he was requesting Chavez Jr and not Golovkin.

 

"You know I've always had love for you, like the big, loveable, cowardly lion from The Wizard of Oz.”


Trademark panache.

 

Overrated.
A couple of good wins against Groves (1st was never a stoppage) and good win against Abraham.
He was schooled by Ward and Kessler and only avenged the Kessler defeat 3 years later when Kessler was past it. Bear Johnson who was 42 and past his best. Bute was an ok win, he was exposed every time he stepped up.
Lost to Dirrell but got a gift.
Beat Taylor after he had been exposed by Pavlik.
Avoided GGG.

 

He didn’t get schooled by Kessler, he lost a hard fight to him. And he also beat Pascal which you didn’t mention.

 

His missus is a nice bit of ***** too