Froch vs Taylor... who would win?

[DrewWoodside]

Popeye, if you're gonna piss and moan in this thread why don't you at least VOTE on the topic?

IMO will somewhat resemble the Margarito Mosley fight. Where one fighter has a steel chin and ultimately gets a bit greedy with it against a faster puncher. I admit though Taylor does not have the KO ratio of Mosley.

[Duke McKenzie_]

I apologize, it's too early for fighting anyway.. atleast over here. I have Taylor UD. I may place a bet on Taylor via stoppage if I'm feeling balsy just b/c I see the availablity of Froch's chin to finally come into play in this fight.. Despite Taylor not being known as a big puncher. I wouldn't be surprised if Taylor got floored once en route to my his victory.

I apologise too, I can see how you could have misread me, particularly with some of the heavily pro-UK posters on here. It's just that being accused of being biased is a red rag to a bull to me.

As for the fight, the reason why I really wanna see it is that I'm by no means certain who would win. My Froch pick is VERY tentative. I go for him largely due to the power. And you're right, he (deliberately, suicidally) leaves himself WIDE open.

[Duke McKenzie_]

I'm not sigmund freud, but I have to say i'm not seeing these barrera Hamed threads you speak of.

I'll have to find one, some of them are ridiculously, nonsensically funny... ISTR the last one was Roy Jones vs Calzaghe. (Because Joe is the double of Hamed in every way, right?)

[Emanuel Steward]

Taylor keeps his hands just below that chiny chiny chin of his. Creating a perfect target for Froch's bombs.

Froch KO 3.

[L.E.X]

Carl will do him inside the limit if u ask me

[Duke McKenzie_]

You know, the more we discuss it, the more exciting it gets. Two things:


1. I think that the more realistic option if it goes to the cards is for Sad Intentions to win.

2. Is either one of them capable of KOing the other? YES. Is either one of them likely to have the stylistic opportunity to be able to land KO shots on the other? YES.

Great fight potential, surely?

[Emanuel Steward]

Taylor has fought the way better opposition though...

Hopkins
Pavlik
Wright
Lacy

compared to...

Pascal
Reid
Some Polish dude

[DrewWoodside]

I apologise too, I can see how you could have misread me, particularly with some of the heavily pro-UK posters on here. It's just that being accused of being biased is a red rag to a bull to me.

As for the fight, the reason why I really wanna see it is that I'm by no means certain who would win. My Froch pick is VERY tentative. I go for him largely due to the power. And you're right, he (deliberately, suicidally) leaves himself WIDE open.

One of the most telling pieces of this puzzle is Pascal's fight previous to the one against Froch. Pascal(edit) looked just barely better than a clubfighter. And actually almost got blasted out against a fighter who appeared to be better suited for flipping burgers. Now I recognize that sometimes it is god awful performances that wake a fighter up and tell them they need to completely upgrade themselves, and perhaps that happened but.. Pascal made what should have been an early annihilation into a life and death battle. Only to make his next fight VS froch very close. Despite questionable endurance, Taylor does have insane athleticism and will be very hard to beat to the punch. If Froch leaves his chin out too often, I think that will be his undoing.. Besides, the money on a Taylor KO should be pretty decent I'm guessing.

[Duke McKenzie_]

Taylor has fought the way better opposition though...

Hopkins
Pavlik
Wright
Lacy

compared to...

Pascal
Reid
Some Polish dude

See, this is the thing. Hopkins was drained to Hell and Wright was a lot smaller. (and I don't really consider Jeff "LOL" Lacy to be that great).

Let's not forget that Froch is the bigger man (isn't he?)

I feel for Froch because he's never had the chance to show whether or not he's genuine world class. I still don't know.

[DrewWoodside]

Taylor keeps his hands just below that chiny chiny chin of his. Creating a perfect target for Froch's bombs.

Froch KO 3.

Also, the thing is Taylor is aware that the way he will lose this fight is if he allows himself to get blasted. I think he will be sticking and moving all night, using the ring and taking the occasional opportunity to unload on Froch when he gets overly macho. If Taylor has a few wrong placed mental lapses on movement/defense then he could end up with his head in the third row.