frochs plan to beat ward seems to be fight in nottingham and have a hometown decision... it's a great idea and could well work :S
in my opinino ward is far above froch though and would beat him again... maybe even more convincingly
frochs plan to beat ward seems to be fight in nottingham and have a hometown decision... it's a great idea and could well work :S
in my opinino ward is far above froch though and would beat him again... maybe even more convincingly
Give me a historical example of England being the home cooker of boxing? And if you can come up with one I will show you five more in Vegas. Country vs a city. Vegas has had many a great decisions also w/o controversy but get real. This theory that Carl could only improve in a second go with a fix is ridiculous and a scab view.
Look Andre Ward is not an old school or throwback fighter. He’s a homer. Yes he’s good technically with a very fluid style but he’s no Denny Moyer in the whomever, wherever or whenever department. Froch is and that’s what is lacking today. People at the top refusing to travel. Perhaps Ward folds like a cheap lawn chair like Bute if he fought in Nottingham. He won’t go.
Kessler- Oracle arena California (Wards backyard)
Ref- Reis California. He never warned Ward once about using his head
Judges
Morrow-California
Hook-Sweden
Christodoulou-South Africa but a Wba lacky
Green-Oracle arena
Ref- Caiz Sr California
Judges
Sammon-California
Polanco-California
Feldman-Connecticut
Bika-Oracle arena
Ref- Stell California
Judges
Sammon-California
Schorle- California
Walton-Washington
Abraham- Home depot California. Just a couple of hours from the Oracle
Ref-Pabon Puerto Rico
Judges-Abraham forced the issue using tourney rules and Ward still got the better.
Christodoulou-SA Wba traveling judge.
Barrabas-Germany
JenKin-California
Froch-Atlantic city. Carl forced the issue on judges and refs
Ref-Smoger-NJ
Judges
Metcaffe-Canada 115/113
Keane-England 118/110
Stewart-Nj 115/113
Dawson-Oracle arena. Fight was originally going to be in Vegas and then was changed to Wards hometown. And the weight thing. It’s funny to me that Ward would not agree to a catch weight to challenge for Dawson’s 175 title and then said after the fight that he may not be able to stay at 168 very much longer.
Ref-Smoger NJ
Judges
Lederman-NY
Mendoza-California
Walker-California
Now I’m not suggesting that the outcome of all of these fights would have been any different but the deck has been stacked in his favour outside of the Froch fight and that fight was close on two of those cards.
Well you cant say definitively that the deck was stacked in Ward's favor unless youre saying all the US judges you listed are biased to US fighters.
Now as for Ward travelling, perhaps he should BUT not just for the sake of his critics. He is the champ and that means the challanger comes to him. You want Wlad to leave Germany and fly to the UK to fight Haye? Some champs MAY travel but thats up to them.
Anyway, in light of what happened between Dirrel and Froch in the UK, I would not go if I were Ward. Why risk a controversial decision when you dont have to??
In fact this question is so good, I will ask it again:
Why Risk A Controversial Decision When You Dont Have Too?
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I'm not saying that. The fact is he had his way through the tourney and for the most part since in a variety of ways if one looks at it objectively. I'm also saying that this notion that somehow England is responsible for screwing up on the world stage is urban legend.
And I'll answer your question with a question. Try to imagine boxing history if everyone felt that way. What do you see?
Last edited by IamInuit; 10-30-2012 at 04:28 PM.
Ward needs to travel outside his back yard even for his own legacy he should fight in Vegas or New York that would be fair. He needs a new and fresh challenge and leaving is own front door for a big fight would be a good start.
Do not let success go to your head and do not let failure get to your heart.
Fact is he didn't have to leave his home country !!
Froch did, yet again!!
That is why froch is the better champion as his doubters and haters keep implying
every time?
True fan
Does VD now stand for verbal diarrhea?
I hear what you are saying but he could also dominate the fight on English soil. I mean that's boxing. I wish more fighters would travel. The reluctance to do so generally is another major player in the watering down of the sport.
Froch/Ward 2 is the biggest money fight in the division and I'm quite sure Ward would find a different Froch in the second go. Ward also has statistics on his side. In most rematches throughout history since records have been taken the loser of the first fight gets beat up worse in the second fight with few exceptions.
After the second Lamotta/Robinson fight there was really no reason for Lamotta to fight him again. He beat Robinson much worse then Ward beat Carl. Yet he did fight him again a mere 3 weeks later and got shit kicked.
How about the Limon/Chacon series?
Don't mean to write a book here but even going back to Langfords time and the colour divide you can see the value in rematches. Langford and Wills were the cream of the crop and both were waiting patiently for a shot at Johnson that never came. Neither could even get Dempsey because the powers at be worried about another Jeffries riot should Jack lose. While these two toiled in obscurity being the top of the food chain they fought about 20 times. Langford only beat Wills twice, both by knockout.
After all is said in done imo if these two meet again it will be at 175. Or the fight will simply time out. Froch has to fight Bute. I'll probably fly to Quebec for that one even though I don't speak a lick of French. Next he will have Stevenson to worry about should he again beat Bute. If he should lose then a trilogy is in order.
I just can't be like you and the others. Just can't. Me being a massive fan of Froch doesn't mean I'm blind to certain facts. Did he not bitch about having to fight Kessler in Herning? Did he not threaten to quit the Super 6 if had to fight Abraham in Germany? Of course he did. Him being a personal favorite of mine doesn't mean I gotta sweep shit under the rug like you and the others do. I can't watch his fight with Andre Dirrell and than lie to myself afterwards by claiming he won. Knowing damn well that is not the case. Can't do it. Even if I could, I wouldn't. The line between a fan and a groupie is not a thin one. It's actually pretty fucking thick. Yet still gonna find more groupies than fans
He beat dirrell and was confident he won!
It was close but dirrell no way won that fight!
If anything it was a draw!
Dirrell landed well on the outside but froch kept it close on the inside and back Andre up all the time! Froch was on him like flies on shit and dirrell knew it.
There is no way it was a bogus outcome.
He lost, the American disagree.
Well Calzaghe lost to Hopkins by a landslide end of.
When titles are at stake you gotta take that belt cos close enough doesn't cut it
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