Quote Originally Posted by shza View Post
Froch has faced tougher competition overall, sure. But Dawson is clearly the better fighter. It's no accident that Floyd Mayweather himself said Dawson is one of the top P4P fighters in the sport. Do you honestly think Carl Froch could beat Dawson at 168 or 175? I sure don't. Froch couldn't even beat Mikkel Kessler. (I rate the Pascal loss for Dawson as something of a fluke -- he lost because he took off half the fight and then the fight got ended on an injury when he was really coming on.)

I don't want to trash Froch. He's great for what he is -- a guy who has fought all comers. He deserves massive credit for that. But that's not the same thing as talent. I wouldn't argue with him somewhere in the 8-10 spots, even.
I actually do think Froch vs Dawson would be a very close fight, wouldnt like to pick either way - Point is Dawson did lose to Pascal - Who i actually rate very highlly so dont get me wrong it wasnt a bad career defining loss BUT compared to Froch's defeats and wins I cant see how he gets near froch in terms of p4p rankings - I also for the record would pick froch over Hopkins right now as well, just dont think bhop could go 12 rounds with Froch even if he outclassed him in the openining 4 or 5 rounds which would not surprise me