The thread about Boxing

blackpool72 said:

RodneyCharltonTrotta said:

Froch was an absolute warrior. 

He certainly was.

But there’s something about him now that makes him come across as a bit of a bully.
Not sure he would be someone I'd like to have a beer with.

superclive98 said:

Never rated Froch. He never beat anyone particularly good and still comes across as arrogant on tv.

blackpool72 said:

RodneyCharltonTrotta said:

Froch was an absolute warrior. 

He certainly was.

But there’s something about him now that makes him come across as a bit of a bully.
Not sure he would be someone I'd like to have a beer with.

SuedeAdidas said:

king addick said:

Remember Frochs fight against Bute...loved it when he smashed him all over the place when he was expected to lose. 

Agree with most though, bit of a dick now. Would love for him to smash Jake Paul if given the chance!

I was at that fight. Incredible atmosphere and performance. 

bobmunro said:

Carter said:

I can bitterly remember being in a majority of 1 picking George Groves to beat him in their first fight. Thought Groves was all wrong for Carl and he so nearly was, just can't break Carl Froch's spirit and I'm still bitter about the stoppage but whatever. 

@superclive98 I can't have you say he never beat anyone good! The man easily had the hardest run of fights I can recall 

Among others 
Jean Pascal, who then went on and cleaned up at light heavyweight 
Andre Dirrell, capable of giving anyone a bad night in his prime and he was in his prime when Froch fought him 
Robin Reid & Glenn Johnson both horrible men to fight, Joe Calzaghe never wanted a rematch with Reid 
Jermaine Taylor, Arthur Abraham and Mikkel Kessler all worthy world champions and the Taylor fight an example of what sheer fuck you determination gets you 

Lucian Bute I always thought was a huge job but he was bang on form when Froch fought and absolutely destroyed him and was never the same again, then George Groves and he took a lot put of Groves who I dont think was quite the same fighter again after the 2 Froch fights regardless of how well I think George did in his career in the end 

The only dross opponent was Yusef Mack other than that Carl Froch has a CV that stacks up with any super-middlewight of his time. 

An avenged very tight split decision loss to Kessler that I thought was a bit of a homer and a loss to the best of the very best in Andre Ward. 

What Carl Froch does do is passively put people down, he did it to Amir Khan for years about how he felt he should retire each time Khan got starched the  following that up with "I'm concerned for his health, he's had a bad KO, I've never been knocked out" and he is currently doing the same to Joshua which upsets people 

I had a massive downer on Carl after the first Groves fight as I thought he was handed one of the stinkiest bits of promoter-approved help from a referee ever and robbed everyone, him possibly included of a proper victory or more likely George Groves of the title 

It was a majority of 2! 

I was always a Groves man from before the Degale fight (the first fight my two sons attended with me) and I've detested Froch from the moment I stormed out of the MEN after the ridiculously premature stoppage against George.

Croydon said:

bobmunro said:

Carter said:

I can bitterly remember being in a majority of 1 picking George Groves to beat him in their first fight. Thought Groves was all wrong for Carl and he so nearly was, just can't break Carl Froch's spirit and I'm still bitter about the stoppage but whatever. 

@superclive98 I can't have you say he never beat anyone good! The man easily had the hardest run of fights I can recall 

Among others 
Jean Pascal, who then went on and cleaned up at light heavyweight 
Andre Dirrell, capable of giving anyone a bad night in his prime and he was in his prime when Froch fought him 
Robin Reid & Glenn Johnson both horrible men to fight, Joe Calzaghe never wanted a rematch with Reid 
Jermaine Taylor, Arthur Abraham and Mikkel Kessler all worthy world champions and the Taylor fight an example of what sheer fuck you determination gets you 

Lucian Bute I always thought was a huge job but he was bang on form when Froch fought and absolutely destroyed him and was never the same again, then George Groves and he took a lot put of Groves who I dont think was quite the same fighter again after the 2 Froch fights regardless of how well I think George did in his career in the end 

The only dross opponent was Yusef Mack other than that Carl Froch has a CV that stacks up with any super-middlewight of his time. 

An avenged very tight split decision loss to Kessler that I thought was a bit of a homer and a loss to the best of the very best in Andre Ward. 

What Carl Froch does do is passively put people down, he did it to Amir Khan for years about how he felt he should retire each time Khan got starched the  following that up with "I'm concerned for his health, he's had a bad KO, I've never been knocked out" and he is currently doing the same to Joshua which upsets people 

I had a massive downer on Carl after the first Groves fight as I thought he was handed one of the stinkiest bits of promoter-approved help from a referee ever and robbed everyone, him possibly included of a proper victory or more likely George Groves of the title 

It was a majority of 2! 

I was always a Groves man from before the Degale fight (the first fight my two sons attended with me) and I've detested Froch from the moment I stormed out of the MEN after the ridiculously premature stoppage against George.

I was at the MEN with a mate, both of us backing Groves, surrounded by northerners who were telling us how Froch was going to wipe the floor with him etc etc. I remember the wall of boos he entered the ring to.

 By the end of the fight (the stoppage still pisses me off) everyone around us had been converted to a Groves fan.