Froch vs Taylor... who would win?

[Emanuel Steward]

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?

The Cobra will spark No Intentions lifeless.

[Sweet Pea 50]

Bad Intentions chops the The Gardner Snakes head off in round 1......

[Emanuel Steward]

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.

All this talk is hearsay.

Froch to decapitate in 2.

[Duke McKenzie_]

One of the most telling pieces of this puzzle is Pascal's fight previous to the one against Froch. Froch 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.

Yeah, I'll have some ££££ on a Taylor KO myself.

How many Froch fights have you seen btw? Although he always has questionable basics (the left the most obvious) his last fight was a virtue out of bad boxing. By making it a barroom brawl and discarding any pretence at boxing he looked **** but delighted audiences who hadn't seen him (in the UK) before.

Your Taylor pick (and I nearly went for him myself)... how confident are you? I don't feel confident in either choice.

[DiegoFuego]

I'd like to see this fight because I'm not sure.

Call me a homer all you like, kids, but I'm gonna go for that weird-looking guy with the Polish ancestry. Two reasons.

One - Taylor has awful stamina. I see this as a "get Froch out of there in the first half otherwise he'll take over" fight.

Two - Froch has more of the devil in him.


I've never actually rated Sad Intentions that highly on here, but always got told I was a "bias brit" because he'd beaten two "P4P" guys....... never mind the fact that all three decisions were kind, but one was old/drained and the other was significantly smaller.

Still, when he got KO'd by the first championship level natural middleweight he faced it just proved me right. Again.

There's so much sarcasm in your post I can never tell which is legit and which isn't. But if you think Pavlik is championship level over guys like Hopkins and Wright, I would call you downright loco.

[Duke McKenzie_]

The Cobra will spark No Intentions lifeless.

I always have a little pathetic self-amused smile at my own feeble "Sad Intentions" monicker... but "No Intentions" just made me LOL.

[Emanuel Steward]

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.

Froch is the man. Noone picks the former undisupted Middleweight champion for their first title defence. Noone keeps calling him out, forcing him to fight. Knowing that a loss can cripple future earnings.

Carl is the man. Haye and Froch are the way forward.

[Enemy/Friend]

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.

There are a few things you do know tho-he has the reflexes of a pregnant yak and defensive abilities similar to the illegitimate son of Gatti and Margarito.

[mickyward5656]

I got taylor by an easy UD or a late round stoppage.

[Emanuel Steward]

There's so much sarcasm in your post I can never tell which is legit and which isn't. But if you think Pavlik is championship level over guys like Hopkins and Wright, I would call you downright loco.

Pavlik is a beast at Middlewight yo' fool.