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The revisionist history is funny...Froch retired he didn't AVOID Golovkin.
He was past prime and struggled through two fights with Groves, which prob told him it was time to hang them up. He was tempted by the GGG fight and opted against it because of the above, I think it was a fight he prob thought he could win, but wasn't sure and didn't want to taint his legacy by going on too long, the warning signs in the Groves fights were there...that isn't avoiding. It's like saying Joe Calzaghe ducked Froch or Chad Dawson...******.
As far as the fight goes, there paths didn't really come together, but if Froch was a couple of years younger when the fight was mooted than I like him heavily. He has massive physical advantages, good jab, power and doesn't get tired.
I still think there is an element of myth in terms of what GGG is capable of, he would struggle against top 168lbers, his style wouldn't translate well going up in weight...hell he struggles enough with top 154-160 lbers. Froch is a HOF 168lber, stylistically I see where the GGG advocates are coming from, but I just don't see how he would pull it off personally
He was past prime and struggled through two fights with Groves, which prob told him it was time to hang them up. He was tempted by the GGG fight and opted against it because of the above, I think it was a fight he prob thought he could win, but wasn't sure and didn't want to taint his legacy by going on too long, the warning signs in the Groves fights were there...that isn't avoiding. It's like saying Joe Calzaghe ducked Froch or Chad Dawson...******.
As far as the fight goes, there paths didn't really come together, but if Froch was a couple of years younger when the fight was mooted than I like him heavily. He has massive physical advantages, good jab, power and doesn't get tired.
I still think there is an element of myth in terms of what GGG is capable of, he would struggle against top 168lbers, his style wouldn't translate well going up in weight...hell he struggles enough with top 154-160 lbers. Froch is a HOF 168lber, stylistically I see where the GGG advocates are coming from, but I just don't see how he would pull it off personally
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