Still a fun fight to watch. And an important night in british boxing history
I remember the lead up to this one was pretty quiet, coming a few weeks after Hatton vs Malinaggi, and being tucked away late at night on ITV. There was a sense of it being a 50/50 fight, but I remember most seeming to think Froch had left it a little too late, was perhaps a bit too long in the tooth to make it to world level (seems crazy now)
Both guys went on to have a lot better careers than most predicted, Froch we obviously all know about, Pascal went on to win the WBC light heavyweight title as a big underdog against Chad Dawson, and make 4 defences before he ran into stylistic trouble against the legendary B-Hop. Pascal faces Lucian Bute in three weeks time in a canadian superfight, with the winner set to make another solid crack at the world champions.
It;'s funny to think how long ago this was now, Khan had only just been KTFO by Prescott at this stage, and Hatton hadn't fought Pac yet, Haye had just had his "coming out" heavyweight fight against Monte Barett
Here we are, 5 years on
I remember the lead up to this one was pretty quiet, coming a few weeks after Hatton vs Malinaggi, and being tucked away late at night on ITV. There was a sense of it being a 50/50 fight, but I remember most seeming to think Froch had left it a little too late, was perhaps a bit too long in the tooth to make it to world level (seems crazy now)
Both guys went on to have a lot better careers than most predicted, Froch we obviously all know about, Pascal went on to win the WBC light heavyweight title as a big underdog against Chad Dawson, and make 4 defences before he ran into stylistic trouble against the legendary B-Hop. Pascal faces Lucian Bute in three weeks time in a canadian superfight, with the winner set to make another solid crack at the world champions.
It;'s funny to think how long ago this was now, Khan had only just been KTFO by Prescott at this stage, and Hatton hadn't fought Pac yet, Haye had just had his "coming out" heavyweight fight against Monte Barett
Here we are, 5 years on
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