The unpopularity of Carl Froch

What was the official cards going into the last round?

Edit: just seen them above

 

So he wasn't winning handily at all, which is what you said. If he'd seen the final bell it would have been a razor thin SD. But it doesn't matter anyway because Frock knocked him out, you don't get more decisive than that.

 

Froch from 5yrs ago when he was trying to make it was quality.

Froch once he made it is egocentric to the point he thinks the sun revolves around him.

 

Taylor was 7-4 up in rounds after 11.

that sir is handily, it wasnt an easy fight for him but up until the stoppage Taylor was the superior fighter. But Froch once again proved his metal and never say die attitude, it was a good fight.

 

Quite a few of Froch's opponents were having a good fight before he banged them out.

 

Not to anyone with half a brain he wasn't. At the start of the 12th, one of the studio commentators (can't remember who they were off the top of my head) had it by two to Taylor, one had it even and the other had it to Froch by one, I myself had it to Taylor by one. The commentator said halfway through the round that if Froch doesn't knock Taylor down in the round and they don't give him a 10-8, it might still go to Taylor. The implication being that if Froch gets a 10-8, Taylor can't win the fight. The 106-102 scores were ridiculous, including the one for Froch. There were two points in that fight either way at most IMO. But if the round had finished 10-7 I can't see how any rational person could still have Taylor winning it. If it had been a fight to the finish there would only have been one fighter in contention.

 

As for Froch's supposed unpopularity, he is following the path previously tread by Hamed, Lewis, Hatton, Calzaghe, Haye, Khan and soon to been Joshua, possibly Luke Campbell and others. When they are up and coming prospects, the hardcore fans rejoice in educating the rest how good they are and the general public don't know them. Once they become stars and popular with the mainstream, they are not cool enough for the hardcore anymore, but become a target for the haters, that section of British society which takes great joy in hating anyone who is famous, popular and successful, sniping and character assassinating them and moaning about everything they do. It is a funny characteristic of the British public but one which is unfortunately never going to change.

 

You said Taylor was winning " handily ", what you're now saying is he would have s****ed a razor thin decision had he stayed upright at the bell ?

Every cnut with a pair of eyes could see Froch won every round from the sixth, and dropped Taylor twice in the last round.

Do you agree with every judges scorecard in every fight, or just the ones that suit your argument ?

If you don't like Froch just say so instead of continually making yourself look like a cnut every time you post a comment about him.

Froch clearly had stage fright against Taylor, suffered a flash knockdown early in the fight, and was struggling with Taylors speed ( so did prime Hopkins and many more ), he started to find his way into the fight during the fifth, and won every round after that. He had his jab in Taylors face, and was stiffening him with the right hand every time it landed, which was often.

If you like i'll post the video of the fight and talk you through every round.

Tool

 

[quote="TKO";17167430]Not to anyone with half a brain he wasn't. At the start of the 12th, one of the studio commentators (can't remember who they were off the top of my head) had it by two to Taylor, one had it even and the other had it to Froch by one, I myself had it to Taylor by one. The commentator said halfway through the round that if Froch doesn't knock Taylor down in the round and they don't give him a 10-8, it might still go to Taylor. The implication being that if Froch gets a 10-8, Taylor can't win the fight. The 106-102 scores were ridiculous, including the one for Froch. There were two points in that fight either way at most IMO. But if the round had finished 10-7 I can't see how any rational person could still have Taylor winning it. If it had been a fight to the finish there would only have been one fighter in contention.[/quote]

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I think his boxing skills are a little bit under rated personally.

Most of the time he comes across as a decent bloke.

 

You know he was in the top 5 pound for pound rankings of every ranking out there right? And was in his late 30s and in decline when he fought Hopkins right? You Calzaghe haters are just as bad or event worse than his fanboys.

 

I said he was still a good fighter, never denied that, but he wasn't as good as he was from around 1996 to 2003. That's an easily observable fact for anyone who's followed his career.

 

bless, another genius who reckons offering a fight = ducking.

 

I agree with you but in all fairness Hatton and Hamed both ruled their divisions for a number of years until they were dethroned by the best guys in their eras, Mayweather, Barrerra, Pacqiauo etc and Froch lost to Ward.

 

Froch lost to Ward, Hamed to Berrerra and Hatton to Mayweather and Pacqiauo but at least they tested themselves against the best and there's no disgrace in losing to fighters of that caliber.

Calzaghe on the other hand could have moved up to LHW and got the Jones fight when it mattered but he chose not to and even more or less admitted that he didn't fancy his chances.