i feel slightly sorry for froch and heres why

[Tam Seddon]

gutted for my man, cracking fight, just hope this isnt the end of carl!

[Howlin Mad Missy]

Also Carl fought Kess in Denmark but Joe got him at home so Im sure Carl will say if it was teh other way round Carl would have won and Joe would have lost

I look forward to hearing Joes statement. If he s a man though he will fight Carl himself instead of relying on Kessler to beat him .

have to wait for him to drag his nose out the powder and fanny first.

[Darth_Simasu]

After last night's fight I too think Calzaghe would barely lose a round to Froch had he not retired when he did. However, let's be fair, if Joe came out of retirement now he'd struggle against any of the super 6 fighters. He's 38 now and he's obviously not done his body any good with the shit he's sniffing and the booze he's downing. He was clearly on the slide anyway. This was evident when he moved up to light heavy. Also his hands didn't help matters because his knockout power had pretty much gone by then.

If Joe stayed active throughtout 2009 he would've dragged out a points win against Froch. If he fought him say, 6 months down the line that would be a terrible decision to make. Froch has a cracking chin, can really bang and always goes the full 12 so despite getting his head boxed off I bet he'd land a significant punch at some stage. Joe should remain retired, he was a great boxer, didn't fight the best when it mattered but it'd be futile to try and change that now.

Can I also raise another grating issue.....I was listening to Steve Bunce (what a cock btw) & Richie Woodall on the radio 5 live commentary last night and they were making excuses for Froch saying he'd had 3 hard fights on the bounce now and this would effect his longevity going into the rest of the tournament. I'm sorry but it's because Froch keeps getting his head boxed off that he makes it hard for himself (Kessler, Taylor). There's a clear blue print in how to beat Kessler now (as proved by Ward and Calzaghe) but he didn't have the skill to do it. There's no way on earh you could say the Dirrel fight was hard cos all he did was get caught with jabs, didn't take any significant shots and just chased him around the ring for 12 rounds (that's good for keeping fit if anything, nothing detrimental to the body there!). Pascal is also similarly one dimensional to Froch so, again, it's his fault he got dragged into a war on that occasion. Watch Froch get beat by Abraham and the excuses really start coming our way about how he made the mistake of entering such a hard competition and that's the only reason he didn't remain undefeated. You don't hear Pacman, Cotto, Mosely, Barrera etc using the same excuses!