Carl Froch Vs Jermain Taylor

[Spirit]

This thread should be pretty predictable, UK residents and Taylor haters picking Froch, most americans picking Taylor.

TBH Ive only seen Froch's previous fight vs Pascal and I wasnt really that impressed anything him, other than his chin. Based on that I think Taylor should win a clear decision as well. But then again Ive only seen one Froch fight

[alza1988]

I'm a gutted tbh , I just found out today it's next weekend and i've been thinking all week it's this weekend .

[dstew]

When the fight was first made, I was probably only 60% confident Taylor would win since someone like Froch may be able to exploit his questionable stamina and eventually get to his chin.

As the fight gets closer though, I am getting more confident in Taylor. If we all know what he has to do to win this fight, surely he knows. Even the Froch fans for the most part seem to think Taylor will probably outbox Carl up to the point they believe Carl will KHTFO. I think Taylor is fully aware that Froch's biggest chance in this fight is his power, and will do what he can to fight smart and stay away from it.

[Hitman Hodgson]

If Froch can (get his much underrated) jab working, and be patient then I reckon he could stop Taylor late on. Froch isn't the quickest fighter though so Taylor may have too much speed for him and score a UD. I have a feeling this fight maybe a little bit like the Cotto-Margarito fight last year.

[hishaam15]

I like Froch, but i got Taylor o this, 117-111 or Something. No Knockdowns in this fight i dont think...

[boxasmash]

taylor wins.

[Technical_Skill]

I think the some of the British media are actually underestimating taylor, just because froch obviously has the desire to win, doesn't automatically mean that Taylor isnt doing the same. They keep harping on about the same things.

1)Because Jermain Taylor's camp says 'who the froch is carl', this means they are gonna take it too easy and under prepare.

2)Because Jermain lost to kelly pavlik, he isnt the fighter who beat hopkins, therefore he loses to carl.

3) If Carl fights like he did against pascal, he will win.

4) Duke McKensie even said 'Taylor makes more mistakes than froch', what an idiot.

I dont think they understand the following, Froch has heart, but if taylor comes in focused, there is only so much his heart can do.

-Taylor is not jean pascal
-Taylor wont come up to froch hands down looking to trade
-Taylor does have decent handspeed at the weight and a very good jab.

Taylor has to do 2 things in this fight,

-Keep his hands up, particularly that left.
-And the most important one is, Move laterally, dont back up. Froch is gonna be on the front foot looking to turn it into a war, taylor needs to double and triple the jab whilst stepping off the to side.

[alza1988]

Taylor decision for me . Froch is tough tho I think tbh because he's never even been down in the ams or pros and I watched that Pascal fight and look's like he's got a chin on him but on the other hand you've got to question level of opposition and Taylor having 2 decisions against B-Hop it just looks to me like he's a we bit in class above Froch . This one sort of puts me in mind of Witter Hatton a bit Froch calling out Calzaghe all the time . I've just got a feeling it's going to be a similar ending and can't see Froch keeping that WBC belt for long.

[dstew]

I think the some of the British media are actually underestimating taylor, just because froch obviously has the desire to win, doesn't automatically mean that Taylor isnt doing the same. They keep harping on about the same things.

1)Because Jermain Taylor's camp says 'who the froch is carl', this means they are gonna take it too easy and under prepare.

2)Because Jermain lost to kelly pavlik, he isnt the fighter who beat hopkins, therefore he loses to carl.

3) If Carl fights like he did against pascal, he will win.

4) Duke McKensie even said 'Taylor makes more mistakes than froch', what an idiot.

I dont think they understand the following, Froch has heart, but if taylor comes in focused, there is only so much his heart can do.

-Taylor is not jean pascal
-Taylor wont come up to froch hands down looking to trade
-Taylor does have decent handspeed at the weight and a very good jab.

Taylor has to do 2 things in this fight,

-Keep his hands up, particularly that left.
-And the most important one is, Move laterally, dont back up. Froch is gonna be on the front foot looking to turn it into a war, taylor needs to double and triple the jab whilst stepping off the to side.

Great post; I've noticed the same thing about the British media (and Froch's UK fans in general). Many see Taylor as damaged goods and love matching Carl's perceived strengths against Jermain's perceived weaknesses when analyzing the fight to justify picking Carl to win, as though Taylor is going to come in at his worst and Froch at his best.

However when you match strengths against strengths, Taylor is the better skilled, quicker fighter who has shown better defense and has more experience in big fights. Carl is probably stronger and has shown a solid chin thus far but those things don't win fights unless the opponent makes mistakes somewhere along the way. If Taylor comes in and fights a good fight, miminizing his mistakes, it's really REALLY hard to pick against him.

[Baby Monkey]

Taylor will likely get a close, questionable decision over Froch.

Or he gets embarrassed and flattened after the 6th.