Comments Thread For: Froch To Golovkin: Pick on Someone Your Own Size or Move Up!

[Robbie Barrett]

GGG was making a name for himself at that time and his name was getting the attention of non-boxing fans by knocking all of his opponents yet Martinez keep ducking him....

Golovkin wasn't that big of a name, nowhere near it is now, certainly not as big as JCC jr or Cotto. GTFO with the ducking ****, that's nonsense.

[M Bison]

you tell me

Froch said to GGG move up two divisions to fight me.

A case of pot meet kettle

[mathed]

Froch has some nerve, this dude retired when GGG was talking about moving up to face him, lol. Talk about a coward, takes one to know one I guess.

[ruedboy]

Froch was a brawler, tough and durable but also slow and predictable. No footwork, bad balance and 2-2 outside of the UK.

[GGG Gloveking]

I think Froch is just jealous that Brook has more guts. This guy was running around posting gym pics talking about "too big too strong for GGG", then disappears and retires when its time to start negotiating.

Im sure he's popular in the UK, but it seems his biggest claim to fame in America us being a notch in Wards belt.

[Jewish-Reptile]

GGG was making a name for himself at that time and his name was getting the attention of non-boxing fans by knocking all of his opponents yet Martinez keep ducking him....

Martinez went life and death with Murray in Argentina and you wanted Lil G to fight him ? What would that have proved ? Martinez was as good as done after the Chavez fight, his knees were shot, meaning he was literally a shot fighter, wouod you have claimed Martinez was his best win upon GGG stopping him in a round ? You guys are serious losers man.

[SteveM]

Golovkin is a lot bigger than Hagler was.

It looks that way because Hagler is a pace back. Golovkin 1.79m Hagler 1.77m ie 2 cms or less than an inch. Neither fighter is a big MW.

[PivotandRoll]

Froch has some nerve, this dude retired when GGG was talking about moving up to face him, lol. Talk about a coward, takes one to know one I guess.

You mean Froch was retired when GGG begged him for a payday, Froch told him he can only make 172 now, so GGG went WW hunting? You would spin anything for the fighter you like . Shame, you are pretty good poster apart from that.

[Robbie Barrett]

It looks that way because Hagler is a pace back. Golovkin 1.79m Hagler 1.77m ie 2 cms or less than an inch. Neither fighter is a big MW.

You get your heights from boxrec? They have Murray down as 6' (183cm), he looks the same height as Golovkin in every pic i've seen of them together.

[mathed]

You mean Froch was retired when GGG begged him for a payday, Froch told him he can only make 172 now, so GGG went WW hunting? You would spin anything for the fighter you like . Shame, you are pretty good poster apart from that.

Thanks for the kinds words brother.....now let me spin some more truth for ya.



http://www.espn.co.uk/boxing/story/_/id/12864027/eddie-hearn-warns-carl-froch-not-fight-gennady-golovkin-career-finale-says-retiring-appears-right-option

Gennady Golovkin would hurt Carl Froch - it's a good time for him to go, says Eddie Hearn

Eddie Hearn has advised Carl Froch to avoid knockout specialist Gennady Golovkin and said it would be a good time for the 'Cobra' to retire.

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Froch has not fought since his knockout victory against George Groves at Wembley Stadium last May and saw a Las Vegas showdown against Julio Chavez Jr. scuppered by an elbow injury. Having already vacated his IBF belt, the Briton was stripped of his WBA super-middleweight world title last week after failing to secure a defence.

A fight with undefeated Golovkin, who is on a run of 19 consecutive stoppage wins, had been touted as a possibility but promoter Hearn warned Froch against it.

"If you're going to fight unmotivated, given the way he fights, you're going to get hurt," Hearn said. "I don't think anyone would like to see that.

"It's difficult to leave the sport but it's great to leave the sport thinking 'I've done it all' and you can live with yourself forever.

"If you go and have a fight and you lose or get knocked out it will leave you with a bitter taste in your mouth."

An elbow injury prevented Froch from facing Chavez Jr. in what would have been his preferred career swansong in Las Vegas, before the Mexican suffered a shock defeat to Andrzej Fonfara in April.

Froch also chose to vacate his IBF strap rather than fight British rival James DeGale. With Mikkel Kessler's retirement, WBO champion Arthur Abraham facing Robert Stieglitz in July and Andre Dirrell fighting DeGale for the IBF title on May 23, options are few for the 37-year-old.

Andre Ward, the only other defeat on Froch's record, fights Paul Smith in a non-title fight on June 20, so a potential rematch with the unbeaten American would have to wait until after that.

"I think we might have reached the end of the road for Carl," Hearn said. "The WBA have stripped him and it's not unexpected. We were expecting it because you can't just sit on belts. It's fair enough because he's got no fight planned and no fight scheduled.

"As time passes I think it's increasingly unlikely that Froch will ever fight again. Now it feels like it could be the right time [to retire].

"From a fan perspective I'd love to see him back in the ring but as a friend I feel like he's been there and done it. He's going to bow out at Wembley with the win against George Groves, what a way to do it."