Will Carl Froch Move up to LHW???

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  1. SweetSciGuru

    SweetSciGuru Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Jean Pascal moved up.

    Lucien Bute moved up

    Andre Ward is going to move up

    Will Carl Froch move up after his fight with Grove?
    If he and Ward do, will that make the LHW divison the most competitive and exciting in the sport?
     
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  2. Scar

    Scar VIP Member Full Member

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    No and he's better off staying in his already packed division and only make a move up when his body can no longer make 168.
     
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  3. SweetSciGuru

    SweetSciGuru Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    He should be finding it difficult to stay at SMW right about now. Why should he stay at SMW where he has fought almost everyone worth fighting in the division and the big money fights for him will be at LHW?

    Froch Vs Stevenson
    Froch Vs Kovalev
    Froch Vs Pascal II

    If his timing is good he could even pick up a belt.
     
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  4. Scar

    Scar VIP Member Full Member

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    If he's finding it difficult I'm sure it would be publicly known by now. His division still offers decent opposition to consider and some big names as well. Golovkin is moving up, Chavez Jr., Ward II, Abraham II, Sieglitz and others.
     
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  5. mick557

    mick557 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    36 and if he loses to Groves might retire so doubt it.
     
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  6. vast

    vast Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    if he beats Groves and is offered a fight for a belt my guess is that he does it.
     
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  7. First Round KO

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    Froch's final fight will be on May 31st, he is going to be on the end of a brutal beating and will concede his career is over.
     
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  8. SweetSciGuru

    SweetSciGuru Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    How is Ward II going to happen if Ward moves up like he says he will?

    Big names? :lol: GGG. Who has he fought ?

    All the big names will be at moved from SMW to LHW :yep
    For Froch to rematch Ward he'd have to move up.
    For Froch-Bute II, he'd also have to move up.
     
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  9. antonio plaisir

    antonio plaisir the detonator Full Member

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    he fights at pretty much his natural weight, so he'd have to bulk up, affecting his stamina (arguably his strongest asset), while taking shots from significantly bigger men, potentially affecting his ability to take and recover from punches (also arguably his strongest asset), so no.
     
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  10. jas

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    No, he makes 168 comfortably and the fighters listed in OP struggle/d to
     
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  11. SweetSciGuru

    SweetSciGuru Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Ward never struggled to make weight. Says he can make SMW easily, but wants the better fights at LHW.

    Bute didn't have trouble making weight. He moved up to get away from the talent in the SMW division. Funny how now all that SMW talent is joining Bute at LHW. :yep

    Froch won't be happy to see all the good fights for unification at LHW between Ward, Hopkins, Pascal, Stevenson, Kovalev, Dawson, Bute, without him.
    He's going to move up. :yep
     
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  12. jas

    jas ★ Legends: B-HOP ; PAC ★ Full Member

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    Ward wanted to move to LHW couple years ago but his trainer said no . Doesn't sound like he would make smw easily now
     
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  13. jas

    jas ★ Legends: B-HOP ; PAC ★ Full Member

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    Bute got sparked and probably blamed it on weight and wanted to pursue domestic fight with pascal, same way it's smart for froch to fight big domestic fights at smw vs groves/gaele but it's double standards .....Stevenson can fight for money but froch cant lol...
     
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  14. SweetSciGuru

    SweetSciGuru Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    That's no double standard.
    Bute got KTFO and Stevenson didn't. Bute moved up because of that and because SMW gave him nightmares. :yep
    All the best fights for Froch will be at LHW.
     
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  15. Southpawology

    Southpawology Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Nope he's said it many times, 168 is his weight
     
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