Re: Can froch now legitimately claim to be remembered as better than Calzaghe

Originally Posted by
Fenster
Froch now has a better record at supermiddle. He just matched Calzaghe's best ever win and has stronger backup form.
Unfortunately Calzaghe didn't fight in as strong an era, so his "gimme" fights, inbetween the meaningful contests, look really poor in comparison with Froch's consistent run of facing THE best fighters back-to-back.
In the past five years Froch's "gimme" was Yusef Mack. Calzaghe was still facing the likes of Manfredo jr not long before retiring. It's not entirely Calzaghe's fault, he spent the majority of his career with the "gimme" expert Frank Warren - however, the facts are the facts. Some of Calzaghe's best supermiddle wins were against guys coming off losses. They were good fighters, but he wasn't meeting them as champions. Jeff Lacy never did a thing again.
Calzaghe would have wiped the floor with Froch everyday of the week. But his resume is inferior.
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