Comments Thread For: Hatton Says Froch is One of The Best UK Has Produced

[Boxing Goat]

Froch is England’s greatest warrior.
Froch
Robin Hood
King Richard 3 the hunchback 5’3***8242; beheaded one
Friar Tuck
Eddie the Eagle Edwards
The UK’s Top 5 Warriors of all time.

I would argue that Johnny English belongs on that list.....

[Grimmer]

Carl Froch v George Groves might have done 80K in Wembley, but I doubt it would have had 8000 paying fans to see it at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. People from the UK tend to overrate their own and project their feelings on the rest of the world.

Andre Ward couldn't sell 8000 tickets in Oakland.

Let's not underestimate that 80,000 is a remarkable attendance for boxing, regardless of where it was held.

[Boxing Goat]

Andre Ward couldn't sell 8000 tickets in Oakland.

Let's not underestimate that 80,000 is a remarkable attendance for boxing, regardless of where it was held.

I agree, and I don't care how much the ticket prices were in the nose bleeds

[BigZigga]

Froch is in the top 10 all time for UK boxers

[WESS]

Drunk or not, Hatton is right!

[SalimShady1212]

Of Course.

[Motofan]

Tougher than a $2 steak, underrated skills, and the kind of ****y swagger you can only get away with as a pasty Brit. Froch is one of my favorites. Good time to call it a day.

[bigjer88]

That's debatable, Froch was never the lineal world champ in his weight class while Hatton was. Also, Hatton retired an ATG (Tszyu) while Froch was still ham and egging.

Hatton was Tzyu's last fight, but to say that "Hatton retired Tzyu" is a bit much.

Funny thing is...I really wanted Hatton to be great, but I thought he got exposed by Collazo. After that, I knew it was a matter of time before he got knocked out bad...and then it happened twice.

With Froch, I started out disliking him, but he won me over with his fighting spirit. He seemed fearless. There was more substance to his fighting spirit. He had intangibles that Hatton lacked.

[Sweden2716]

Congratulations to you Froch for an outstanding career. You were not the best in your era in your weight class, but you were a top notch competitor and a world class fighter, who should be proud of your accomplishments.

[Boxing Goat]

Hatton was Tzyu's last fight, but to say that "Hatton retired Tzyu" is a bit much.

Funny thing is...I really wanted Hatton to be great, but I thought he got exposed by Collazo. After that, I knew it was a matter of time before he got knocked out bad...and then it happened twice.

With Froch, I started out disliking him, but he won me over with his fighting spirit. He seemed fearless. There was more substance to his fighting spirit. He had intangibles that Hatton lacked.

He absolutely retired Tszyu. Do you think for a second that his career would have ended after that fight had he beaten Hatton? Not a chance in hell.

And, no, Collazo didn't expose anyone, Luis is a far better fighter than he gets credit for. Proof is how he was really close to beating Thurman last weekend 9 years after Hatton came up from Jr. WW to beat him soundly. Hatton even knocked him down when Thurman couldn't.

The thing is that Hatton's style was never going to allow him to last forever and he was never going to beat Floyd with a ref like Cortez in Floyd's pocket.