Froch - "I Can Still Knock Joe Calzaghe Out Easily"

[Dave Rado]

He still got dropped though and jones was shot to smithereens, and yes froch's defense is nothing to write home about. See my thing with Calzaghe is, apparently he beats all these fighters, he said he would knock froch out () but he doesnt wanna get in the ring and prove it, he doesnt wanna get in the ring with dawson either, but he's happy to get in the ring with Branco Sobot. hmmm.

Its one thing saying it and another thing to do it. Yeah froch won a vacant belt, he talks a little ****, isnt as skilled as some of the others.

But he backs it up, he's willing to fight the top guys at 168 in their backyards.

If Calzaghe hadn't retired when he did, everyone wanted him to fight either Dawson or Hopkins. No one wanted him to fight Froch. Froch has only just got to the point now where he can call out fighters of that calibre without looking silly - and even then, only if he can beat Taylor. It's unfortunate for him that he reached that level about a year too late to get a fight with Calzaghe, but there's no need for him to endlessly harp on about it and to endlessly trash talk someone who is now retired.

[Dave Rado]

Very Nice.....and i gotta say the key word is TAKE RISK..Froch had no problems making this fight happen too....against Taylor a former undisputed middleweight champ and still very dangerous fighter at 30 years =Big Risk...When did Calzaghe start taking risk like this?

Eubank was the overwhelming favourite to beat Calzaghe in 1997.

[hishaam15]

Eubank was the overwhelming favourite to beat Calzaghe in 1997.

... No he Wasnt. Eubank was shot to ****

[Technical_Skill]

He should be going after the best non-retired fighters. Kudos to him for making the fight with Taylor, but he should be talking about wanting to fight Kessler and Bute after that, not a retired fighter.

Ermm he has said EXACTLY that, he says he wants Kessler or Bute next because he wants to unify the division.

Ps. He called calzaghe out when he was active.

[Dave Rado]

... No he Wasnt. Eubank was shot to ****

That's what some people said afterwards. At the time, Eubank was the overwhelming favourite.

And although he has weight problems he was far from shot - he actually fought very well in that fight, and had two epic fights with Carl Thomson at Cruiserweight after that.

[Technical_Skill]

Eubank was shot to ****

Of course he was, but this is boxing history revised to make calzaghe look even better.

The same way Jeff Lacy became the best prospect ever to come out of the USA before he lost to Joe, the same way Kessler won 4 rounds against him and all of a sudden becomes all time great in waiting.

[Dave Rado]

Ermm he has said EXACTLY that, he says he wants Kessler or Bute next because he wants to unify the division.

Almost as an afterthought, most of it was calling out Calzaghe, who is retired.

Ps. He called calzaghe out when he was active.

He's not active any more, so he needs to forget about it now.

[Technical_Skill]

Almost as an afterthought, most of it was calling out Calzaghe, who is retired.

No, he said he has bigger fish to fry in taylor, then he will go after a kessler or bute if he wins.

See what im talking about, he wins a belt, then defends it against one of the best in the sport straight away, no branko sobots, or Will Mc Intyre's.

[Dave Rado]

Of course he was, but this is boxing history revised to make calzaghe look even better.

The same way Jeff Lacy became the best prospect ever to come out of the USA before he lost to Joe, the same way Kessler won 4 rounds against him and all of a sudden becomes all time great in waiting.

You're the one revising history - it was the US boxing press that hyped up Lacy at that time and almost no one in the US thought at that time that Calzaghe had a chance.

And Kessler had virtually cleaned out an admittedly weak division before he fought Calzaghe. He's probably not a great in waiting, but he's ranked the best Super Middleweight currently by almost every respected boxing expert, including The Ring. He would be the overwhelming favourite to beat the Froch-Taylor winner.

[Technical_Skill]

You're the one revising history - it was the US boxing press that hyped up Lacy at that time and almost no one in the US thought at that time that Calzaghe had a chance.

And Kessler had virtually cleaned out an admittedly weak division before he fought Calzaghe. He's probably not a great in waiting, but he's ranked the best Super Middleweight currently by almost every respected boxing expert, including The Ring. He would be the overwhelming favourite to beat the Froch-Taylor winner.

1st of all, i went for Calzaghe tko 10, cos i saw that lacy was hyped, and the americans underestimated him, calzaghe was outstanding that night and ive always given him credit for that. However subsequent attempts making lacy out to be the next mike tyson were a bit ott imo.

Kessler is way overrated by some on this board, I dont give a f.uck where ring rank him, we need to see him against more top comp before, people start sliding down his pole about how he could beat dawson and taylor easy and such and such.

Same old **** mate, Ive have never once denied Calzaghe is world class, but some of these **** riders need to use a femidom when they are riding joe about how great he is.