Carlos announced his retirement today, hardly a suprise
His career should be remembered for taking on contenders and champions constantly for the last 6 years.
He was largely overlooked for most of his career up until the latter stages of the super six tournament which pitted him against the best super-middleweights of the time. The tournament also handed him his only 2 defeats. A contentious decision which could be argued either way against Mikkel Kessler and a total shutout against one of the best fighters on the earth Andre Ward.
Whilst he isn't everyone's cup of tea he finished his career on the biggest high imaginable in stopping a very decent and dangerous George Groves at Wembley in a rematch of a very fortuitous event against Groves 7 months previous.
I'll always have respect for his bottle, heart and desire to not be beaten. His personality is not a good one but I don't think he has ever been comfortable giving soundbites or has the quick-wit to engage in amusing banter.
Chin of granite, fought them all and represented British boxing very well
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Do you know how many people it was in front of?
I was Team Groves but for that but Froch played a massive part in the build etc so for that thanks.
He should've retired after the Groves fight (Who really god cobraed?!), again personality probably prevented that although perhaps he did have a Vegas dream, which he claims was then extinguished as he didn't enjoy the hype around Mayweather V Pacquiao (?!). I never thought the GGG fight would've occurred at that Stage of Froch's career, I think he would've taken it on earlier in his career and it would've been interested. That and stating that a fight against Degale didn't interest him really showed that the writing was on the wall a long time again. A strange end to a strange individual out of the ring but that punch to Groves was a fitting ending to a great boxer in it, overall very fitting.
I hope he has a fruitful retirement and puts something back into a great sport.
He done it enough before he retired but now it will be at an unbearable regularity.
Froch v Pascal is still my favourite fight of his although Bute and Groves I runs it close.
Personally thought he lost to Dirrell and then the losses to Ward and an old Kessler put him below Calzaghe for me. But at least he had the bottle to go to the states and fight under 40s unlike Joe.
Good that he retired now tbh, the only fight out there realistically was GGG and Froch had no chance.
he could take a punch mainly cos he had to due to his technique of continually moving forward into the other fighter rather than using skill.
his stoppage against Taylor was for me his best moment. after that with groves and all the talk it started to feel like he had been hanging around with that twat Haye . and like him he will no doubt be on our tv sets chatting to other ex boxers who on the most part seem to have been hit in the head too many times to come up with a truthful or knowledgeable comment.
Very unlikeable and deludedly arrogant individual though so I'm not sorry he's called it a day. Froch will think he's a bigger loss to the boxing world than he actually is.
Shame we never got to see the Calzaghe match-up but I'm pretty confident Joe would have beaten Froch in the end.
The one thing you have to say for Froch is that he always fought the best. You can't really accuse him of ducking anyone so from a fans' perspective, that's an admirable trait. Still a bellpiece though.
The if's and buts with Calzaghe are irrelevant, they didn't fight so that's that.
The Taylor fight epitomised Carl Froch's career in a way. Got out boxed and used his face as his defence but firmed it out and still had the minerals to stop him. As much as it pains me to say it the same applies to the 2 Groves fights.
Get the feeling he will fight again but who knows for sure
And Groves was landing freely with jabs. Not so much in the second fight and Froch has always fought with his face
Check out Nigel Benn only a few months ago