Froch's next fight

[gest12645]

how about this guy against Froch. He deserves a shot

Thomas Oosthuizen - Boxer

Thomas Oosthuizen

[GAME]

Ward- not sure Carl will be able to beat him wherever they fight but he isnt going to get any better so he has to try and avenge that defeat sooner rather than later

[IronDanLaw]

As stated above, Froch has nothing to gain fighting Hopkins. If he beat Hopkins, people would say he beat a 48 year old man and only Hopkins would have something to gain out of the fight.

I think a rematch with Ward is the best option for him. He avenged one defeat last night, why not try and avenge the other, although I think Ward would beat him, in fact, Ward beats Froch 10 times out of 10.

[Vendettos]

It will be Ward likely but I do not want to see that fight



STIEGLITZ

Why isn't Stieglitz ever mentioned in the same sentence as Froch? I know Froch isn't ranked highly by the WBO or the WBC but still.

Froch should look elsewhere from Ward no shame losing to Andre.

Aim for Stieglitz then whoever has the currently vacant WBC title.

Try and finish his career by unifying the division?

Unlikely but I can wish.

[Onix]

Carl Froch VS Gennady Golovkin in London.

That would be one hell if a barn burner. I could see Froch giving GGG his first loss.

[ross]

Carl Froch VS Gennady Golovkin in London.

That would be one hell if a barn burner. I could see Froch giving GGG his first loss.

No shit...

Golovkin is a middleweight. Abraham was a good middleweight but just isnt strong enought to deal with the bigger boys.

[jehoshaphat]

Carl Froch VS Gennady Golovkin in London.

That would be one hell if a barn burner. I could see Froch giving GGG his first loss.

Wow, never thought about this one. I change my vote. This is the fight I want to see! Golovkin is no Abraham. Abraham was almost purely power and will. Golovkin's power overrides his skill but he does have skill. He knows how to get his punches in there and if he can carry that scary power up a weight class...Ward might even be in trouble. Against the upper echelon at 168 Golovkin wouldn't just be a puncher's chance type. He has the skill to land his punches and get to his opponent. But he is not a big middleweight so we would have to see how his power is up there because I think he would need to be the stronger fighter to keep Froch honest.

[IamInuit]

One man that is at play here is Stevenson. He was Butes mandatory prior to Froch and stepped aside and became Carls immediately after. He must have done it again for the unification fight and then managed to land the Dawson gig. Should he win I suppose he may not come back down but he's most definitely in the mix and a dangerous opponent.

[Master]

Rematch with Kessler and finish him off. There is no way Carl can beat Ward but after Kessler he should then try Ward. If Carl fought Hopkins and lost, which he could do because of B hop style then Joe Galzaghe will be laughing at him.

[BIG H]

He should fight Ward and retire.

I actually think Cleverly
would be a good fight though

[Kirkland Laing]

Hopkins. Can come to England, play the pantomime bad guy and get people interested in watching the fightOutside of hardcore fans who'll be watching anyway the target market - potential Sky PPV customers - won't be too familiar with Hopkins so his potential for spoiling/boring people to death won't count too much against him. He's definitely in the running.

Kessler. If he doesn't retire he could fight Stieglitz next, get a win and a belt again then rematch Froch for a final huge payday. If it happens I think Froch stops him late. I don't think an immediate trilogy fight would sell well. If Froch fights say Ward or Hopkins next even if he loses to Ward the trilogy fight is still viable and if Kessler has a belt and is coming off a win it helps sell the fight a lot. But will Sauerland want to give up the WBO belt when they can have a moneyspinning Stieglitz-Abraham trilogy fight and still control the winner?

Ward will come over and fight provided he gets paid what he feels is right. I'm pretty sure Kessler got 55 or 60% of the split for last night's fight. Ward would want the same kind of deal. I think Froch would put up a better performance than last time but still lose and he knows it. It's a massive money fight again for Froch though, potential Sky PPV punters won't have seen much of Ward outside highlight clips (on which everybody looks good) and will be sold on him being a pound for pound top two or three guy and Froch saying he'll get revenge.

Last night was a successful return to PPV for Sky. They won't want their next PPV fight to be a dud so they can keep doing them. That'll have a lot of bearing on who Froch fights next as it's Sky who are bringing the money for these fights, not casinos or US TV. I think they'd like Ward followed by Kessler but hey, Ward might not get offered what he wants and Kessler might retire. But I'm pretty sure that's what Sky would like to show.

It's just a shame there aren't better options for Sky/Froch than two of the worst fighters to sell/watch in Hopkins/Ward. But it'll be Ward, Hopkins or Kessler next for Froch. Definitely a big PPVable name, Froch is only going to want big money fights for as long as he has left.

[Vendettos]

Ward wants the fight, he even had a go at Hopkins last night saying "I see what Hopkins is trying to do" in regard to trying to steal the next Froch fight.

End of the day Froch has 2 belts.

He should walk into the room slam the belts on the table, offer his home town Nottingham as the venue, and less than 50% split to Ward and tell Ward take it or leave it.

Wards not gonna find a better fight, not many people enjoy watching him, plus 40% of a Froch fight would be more than 80% of any other fight he'll get.

Froch should bully Ward and if he says no, fight Hopkins.

[Kirkland Laing]

Ward wants the fight, he even had a go at Hopkins last night saying "I see what Hopkins is trying to do" in regard to trying to steal the next Froch fight.

End of the day Froch has 2 belts.

He should walk into the room slam the belts on the table, his home town, and less than 50% split, and tell Ward take it or leave it.

Wards not gonna find a better fight, not many people enjoy watching him, plus 40% of a Froch fight would be more than 80% of any other fight he'll get.

Froch should bully Ward and if ward says no, fight Hopkins.

Hearn will start negotiations with Ward and Hopkins at the same time. He probably will start at offering both guys 40%. A lot depends on how many PPV sales last night did. The more it did, the keener Ward/Hopkins will be to make a deal and the easier it'll be to make a deal.

[Fenster]

Ward isn't coming to England. He was talking about filling Wembley stadium. So that tells you how much money he wants, fantasy stuff. Plus during his HBO comms he mentioned home advantage about a billion times.

[Beanz]

Virgil Hunter called it a draw so they are already trying to downplay Froch's value. Ward always looks like he is about to burst out crying but I thought Hunter might not have been so petulant.