Froch compares himself to Leonard...

http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/sport/542182/CARL-FROCH-wishes-he-had-been-born-20-years-earlier-because-it-would-have-meant-beatings-for-ring-legends-Marvin-Hagler-Thomas-Hearns-and-Sugar-Ray-LeonardYou-might-think-the-WBC-super-middleweight-champion-has-taken-too-many-shots-with-such-wild-boasts-but-the-outspoken-boxer-isnrsquot-around-to-win-popularity-contests.html By STEVE LILLIS, 10/10/2009 CARL FROCH wishes he had been born 20 years earlier because it would have meant beatings for ring legends Marvin Hagler, Thomas Hearns and Sugar Ray Leonard. You might think the WBC super-middleweight champion has taken too many shots with such wild boasts, but the outspoken boxer isn't around to win popularity contests. Froch, 32, said: "Top fighters at top level can fight each other 10 times and it isn't going to be 10-0 to one man. I would have been in the mix with Hagler, Hearns and Leonard. Hagler was a fighter and a brawler and I can do that, but I can also box, use my range and boxing skills. "I'd have not quite done a Sugar Ray Leonard on him but done half a Leonard and half a Hearns. It would have been a mixture of the two. "I have a better chin than Hearns and I have got some of Leonard's skills. Domestically, Chris Eubank was skilful but crude. Nigel Benn was just a brawler, Steve Collins was just a tough brawler. I don't consider them to have been that hot and I could have beaten all three. "I would have been a massive superstar in that era." Nottingham's Froch, unbeaten in all 25 fights, believes he will finally get recognition if he wins the £30million Super Six World Boxing Classic. He must win five fights inside the next 18 months against rivals including Mikkel Kessler and Arthur Abraham to be crowned king. The Cobra's first fight in the event to discover the world's top 12-stoner is against the American Andre Dirrell at the Trent FM Arena in Nottingham on Saturday. That's followed by Kessler in Copenhagen next March, and Abraham in Britain. The other contestants are Jermain Taylor and Andre Ward. Each boxer will have three bouts against different opponents in the group stage. A win will be worth two points with one point bonus for a KO or stoppage. A draw will be worth one point. The top four will go into the semi-finals, where the points leader will box the fourth-placed fighter. The final is due to tak

Comments (20)

I've always thought Froch was funny and gives a good interview, but this is just delusional.

16y ago

Queen_Leia

Froch can talk all the good stuff he wants but he will be getting a lot of lead straight lefts connecting on his chin. Dirrel will be getting off like crazy and Froch will be exposed as a fighter with journeymen potential and that's it. He's gonna get hit alot more than he did against Taylor and it's gonna look worse. Froch only fights one way and that is at the end of his punches. He can't fight inside because he can only throw an uppercut there and he can't fight moving. His fights like he got cement boots on and ankle weights on his wrist. His only way to win is a KO somehow because he's not boxing Dirrel to a UD. No way possible without a blatant robbery. He doesn't posses what it takes to UD him. WAYS TO WINNING THE FIGHT. FROCH: 1. Find a way to get to Dirrel and KO him. 2. There is no 2, 3,4 or 5 because he only has one way to win. DIRRELL: 1. Just outbox him with angles and that handspeed that will have froch scared to throw on route to a UD. 2. Accumulate a high amount of damage on Froch and knock him out (please let me hear the reason why Froch can't be KOed LOL). He most likely will be KOed 3.Dirrell can run and popshot Froch all night and Froch's limited footwork won't be able to do anything about it on route to a UD. These 4 outcomes are the only possible outcomes. Not to mention that froch can't find sparring for Dirrell. He won't get any either because nobody he can get has the tools like Dirrell. The only 2 guys he can get for sparring are Chad Dawson and Anthony Dirrell. Nobody else will give froch anything that will get him ready for the speed, movement and overall skills he will see from Andre Dirrell. This is gonna be an easy to score fight with Andre dominating. As for other things I got to speak on, Froch has beaten Jermaine Taylor and while that is a great feat we all know how that happened. JT gassed out late and got undisciplined then Froch was there to take advantage of it. He was outboxed and in there with someone better and got the W. That's a great win no matter how anyone wants to look at it. He weathered the storm. Now to the point, I'm tired of people talking about that dam bum Jean Pascall as a big win. That guy is a bum, he's not fast but fights like it and he moves around slow (slow bounce) but acts like he's moving fast. He's sloppy period and to hear some of your say he's anything more then a B fighter (which Froch is) is just too funny. That bum he beat at LHW wasn't even respectable. Why do you think Pascall went up in weight? He's a dam bum and I hope he fights Johnson, Hopkins or Dawson sometime. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO BOOKMARK OR SAVE THIS POST BECAUSE DIRREL IS GONNA BUST DAT ASS AND I'M LOOKIN FORWARD TO SEEING HOW MANY FROCH FANS BECOME DIRRELL'S FANS.

16y ago

Shattered_Jaw

I'm hoping Froch smashes Dirrell.

16y ago

aje

Nigel benn would of ruined carl ! Let's not even go there with leonard & hagler .... I like carl , but man i hope he gets ko'ed soon , the man needs humbling !

16y ago

Kris_Silver

http://www.ilbaluardo.com/Cover/Audio/P%20-%20Q%20-%20R/ROBBIE%20WILLIAMS%20-%20I%27ve%20been%20expecting%20you%20-%20Front.jpg :rofl: :lol1: :rofl: Hehe, that made us laff actually. Must remember to buy that for the old dear...

16y ago

slimshandy69

froch is a legend i love how he hypes himself..

16y ago

tjadl6386

That's thinking to highly of himself. A loss should humble him.

16y ago

Kris_Silver

I was recently accused of being a little dis-genious saying Froch was kinda deluded and arrogant. I dunno how you can defend these comments. An entertainer doesn't give him a licence to go without critique, for saying he's Leanard and Hearns in one.

16y ago

project_xxx1

Hit Froch where it hurts, tell him Calzaghe would bitch slap his ass around the ring for 12 rounds. You left JC's name out, the name that Froch always talks about. true my friend you are right jc would have made him look stupid and battered him and i would of got so much pleasure out of watching that.jc in a different league to froach

16y ago

project_xxx1

froch is a muppet and thats it,he was loosing to taylor before he got lucky and you cant get lucky in boxing again and again,he will get exposed.eubank,benn,watson and collions would have beaten him domesticaly and as far as sugar ray and hagler goes,im not even going to mention froach the clown in the same sentence as those legends.what a tool:bling1:

16y ago

slimshandy69

Some people are annoyed by him but I think it's hilarious. Look at this guy. He's got a frame pic of his girlfriend in a bikini on the kitchen wall while drinking coffee out of a mug with a picture of himself LOL Carl Froch>Kenny Powers http://i33.tinypic.com/25ugxnm.jpg awwwwww man thats brillinat, i was crying with laughter..the guys a comedian...

16y ago

Dynamite_Kid

You need your head checking. Froch is about a million times better than no hook and Dirrell is about 50 billion times worse than Calzaghe Who even mentioned Dirrell, Dirrell is not the only one in this tourney with the ability to school that cavemen.

16y ago

hookoutofhell

hes kidding himself if he thinks he beats eubank or collins.

16y ago

eli_porter

16y ago

sonnyboyx2

I dont like Froch too much either. Froch is a knock-out waiting to happen

16y ago

120

:rofl: :rofl: typical Froch!!!....gotta love it!! Froch=GOAT

16y ago

Mr_Philadel

16y ago

946etamax

16y ago

Mr_Philadel

excuse my boy Froch for those CRAZY comments!!!.....he's full of himself at the moment......:lol1:

16y ago

Motofan

Froch is right. Eventually one of the greats would get so exhausted from hitting Froch at will round after round that he would fall over handing Froch the win. Law of averages mang.

16y ago