Carl Froch, Joe Calzaghe War of Words Starts Again

[ILLuminato]

Froch is a complete joke...he knows Calzaghe aint coming out of retirment to fight him so hes making money of it

[Stickman]

.....we'll see stick!!.....I'm no fool.....I know Kessler is the man to beat in this tourney.....and thats rightfully so.......but at some point in the fight Kessler will stand and trade......trust me he will......and thats when THE MOMENT will come.....BOOM!!!....Denmark will become the quietest place on earth for about 60 seconds!!.....the UK on the other hand will be rockin'!!......as for me......I'll just say I knew it!!

There's always a chance for Froch to land a bomb, especially since, as you say, Kessler will come to fight. Problem for Froch is that Kessler has a decent chin, an excellent defense, and probably has about the same power as Carl. If Dirrell can hurt Froch, Kessler can put him into a coma. Not saying Carl is chinny, just that he tends to get caught and hurt by quick handed fighters, and has shown that particular weakness in his last two fights.

[Dave Rado]

Bastard. OK, just take the compliment -- you don't make too many mistakes.

LOL! Okay, thanks.

I wasn't dis*****g the fact that he neglected his training, Dave, although from how I put it you can be forgiven for thinking that. Contrary, I have read a few articles and seen Manny Steward talking about that. I just don't believe it was the reason he lost.

You may be right, but I don't see how anyone can be certain, because the fact is that he was under-trained, and by definition that means he wasn't at his best.

I agree that Barrera had the perfect game plan for him, though.

It's possible, I won't doubt that. Let's be honest -- if you simply dislike a fighter's style (and persona, in my case), it's sometimes hard to give them any credit at all. The Calzaghe haters ought to admit to this. I will certainly admit to being biased against Hamed, partly due to personal reasons (which I won't go into here), and partly just because style-wise, and ego-wise, I find him incredibly irritating. If I watched his fights, I'd want to beat the **** out of him even before he stepped in the ring. The ring walk was enough to rile me. Strange reaction? Probably. I just always thought he was rubbish and had no right to act like he was anything special.

Not a strange reaction at all, a lot of people disliked him right from the off and I can understand why. Hugh McIlvanney wrote scathingly about the way he went all out to humiliate Robinson, for instance, and I sympathised with what he wrote at that time. But as you pointed out in the case of Calzaghe, it's easy to allow one's dislike of someone's style and persona blind one to their talent. And he did have a lot of talent. And P4P he was also one of the hardest punchers of all time.

Did you see this poll about whether he'd get HoF induction in his first year of eligibility? To me the surprising thing isn't the fact that he didn't, but the fact that 23% of boxing writers in the poll thought that he should - including, according to the article, "some of the biggest names that exist in terms of professional boxing writers", who it says "were emphatic with their yes votes".

And he dominated his division for a long time. And it wasn't a particularly weak division, although it's true that Barrera was easily his classiest opponent. But his achievements were still very solid indeed.

[MissDeeCole]

this fight has to happen eventually..

[mikenorfcutt7]

kessler wont get past andre ward bottom line.. they need to stop looking past ward who is the most skilled fighter in this tournament. 10k on ward ud over kessler... wont be any froch luck in this fight because the fight takes place in the states.. none of that bs european judging that screwed dirrel. also kessler would destroy froch in 3!!

[black.ink]

Interesting to hear Froch actually wants to box Kessler for the first few rounds. Now people, Froch has an underrated jab which can be used effectively at distance, if the opposition isn't on his bike for the whole fight. Kessler will bring a fight to Froch, so will be there to be hit, problem for Froch is, Kessler has a good defense, and Froch is much slower then Mikkel. I'm not sure if boxing Kessler gives Carl much chance.

Kessler is better then Froch in my opinion in every department (including Froch's best assets - chin and power)........now if both men decide to trade heavily like the Froch/Pascal fight then Carl has a chance, albeit very little.

As long as Froch keeps good composure and doesn't get drifted into a battle as he wants, he should see all 12 rounds, but lose a wide decision. If he wants to trade from go, i see Kessler eventually breaking him down, as he has great ringsmarts, and stopping Carl in 10.

In a trade-off Froch stands a chance of stopping Mikkel, but nobody else has even dropped the Dane, and i don't see Froch doing it. I hope i'm proven wrong, as Froch is my boy, but i am an unbiased fan, and a realist.