Call me stupid but I think Carl Froch beats Calzaghe.

[CFH]

Froch will do well to beat Pascal let alone Calzaghe.

Froch is to slow to trouble Calzaghe. He can punch yes. But that's all he'd bring a punchers chance. Which is not enough.

Still.. i'd prefer this fight to Dawson should Froch beat Pascal and Calzaghe carrys on.

Me too mate..Froch is gonna have a nightmare with Pascal (someone i seriouly rate) but it's is possible but a real big ask but he'll have to fight at the very best of his potential to beat him and i badly want him too.
I don't think JC will ever lose ...the guy simply operates on a different level to anyone else about at present and is way too skilled and fast.
I do agree that his punch resistance may be on the slide though but he has so many more ways he can beat you that he'll just destroy all comers.
The Guy is a living legend...he really really is

I know it's a bit off topic, but can I ask you why you rate Pascal? I've seen several of his ESPN fights, and he doesn't impress me much as all. He's flashy and it looks good against tomato cans, but I don't think it will look near as impressive against better competition. Pascal is quick, has moderate power, but his defense strikes me as poor and I have no faith in his chin; I think Froch should make relatively easy work out of him.

[Bomp]

Nothing wrong with his resistance, he has genuine powers of recovery and is very hard to hurt after he's warmed up. I think his resistance improved at 175 compared to the Kessler fight where he had to think twice after the 4th round, the uppercut in the 6th asgainst Roy was harder than anything Kess landed. He should def stay at 168 if he continues.

[yoitsdan]

Calzaghe would destroy Froch, I'm a huge Carl Froch fan but man he would annihilate him.

[ICB]

Well i don't believe it Yotisdan has made an appearance, i haven't seen you since the Hatton vs Mayweather fight.

[Taeth]

are you guys forgetting who Calzaghe is?

[Kirkland Laing]

Carl Froch has looked fast and powerful against some of the C/D level fighters he's been in a ring with and nothing special against others. But looking good against low level guys is what you expect from any prospect. They can look like Sugar Ray Robinson against domestic-level fighters and hasbeens, but when they move up in class we find they're not as good as we thought they were. Froch may look roughly the equal of the B level fighter he's finally, at the age of 31 and after ducking big fights for years, moving up in class to fight next, then nobody will be talking about him anymore.

Even if he does beat a B level guy I confidently expect him to get his arse handed to him when he finally finds the bottle to get in the ring with an A level guy like Kessler. Carl Froch is British and has a gigantic mouth which are his only apparent qualifications for being mentioned in the same sentence as Calzaghe.

[ono]

Carl Froch has looked fast and powerful against some of the C/D level fighters he's been in a ring with and nothing special against others. But looking good against low level guys is what you expect from any prospect. They can look like Sugar Ray Robinson against domestic-level fighters and hasbeens, but when they move up in class we find they're not as good as we thought they were. Froch may look roughly the equal of the B level fighter he's finally, at the age of 31 and after ducking big fights for years, moving up in class to fight next, then nobody will be talking about him anymore.

Even if he does beat a B level guy I confidently expect him to get his arse handed to him when he finally finds the bottle to get in the ring with an A level guy like Kessler. Carl Froch is British and has a gigantic mouth which are his only apparent qualifications for being mentioned in the same sentence as Calzaghe.

[ICB]

Carl Froch has looked fast and powerful against some of the C/D level fighters he's been in a ring with and nothing special against others. But looking good against low level guys is what you expect from any prospect. They can look like Sugar Ray Robinson against domestic-level fighters and hasbeens, but when they move up in class we find they're not as good as we thought they were. Froch may look roughly the equal of the B level fighter he's finally, at the age of 31 and after ducking big fights for years, moving up in class to fight next, then nobody will be talking about him anymore.

Even if he does beat a B level guy I confidently expect him to get his arse handed to him when he finally finds the bottle to get in the ring with an A level guy like Kessler. Carl Froch is British and has a gigantic mouth which are his only apparent qualifications for being mentioned in the same sentence as Calzaghe.

Uhh how the hell has Carl Froch been ducking the big fights for years ? he wanted to fight Jermain Taylor, Denis Inkin, Joe Calzaghe, its not his fault that 2 of them pulled out, and the other one didn't want to fight him.

[Deanrw]

If Froch even struggles with Pascal, it shows me that he is not championship caliber period.


The Hypocrisy here is amazing. Many of the same people who say Froch deserves a crack at Joe if he beats Pascal, also say Dawson is unworthy for a shot.

[Hulk]

Lets see Froch fight SOMEBODY first. Before we go around sayin he'd beat Joe Calzaghe. Thats laughable.

I think people are just bitter that Calzaghe beat Jones like that and was being such a disrespectful punk the whole time and wanna see him get smashed. I know I feel that way too. But I seriously doubt Froch could do it.

[eagle]

Leftylees choice of Carl Froch makes me laugh.

Im no boxing expert, but when it comes to looking for the man who is most likely to defeat super Joe I thought differently. My pick is Chad Dawson, im not overly confident in this prediction because beating Joe Calzaghe is not easy as has been proven recently. My theory behind Dawson being the biggest threat is that he is bigger than Joe, 6 ft 3, he has good boxing skills, and is proven against such veterans as Johnson, Tarver, Adamek, and Harding. Fair enought i thought.

But i was wrong. Lefty knew better.

The man to beat Joe C is 31 yr old Carl Froch. It does not seem to matter that he has NEVER beaten a fighter ranked in the top 40 in his division. The fact he has a shocking leaky defense is no problem either.....
Carl Froch hits hard, so he can beat Joe.

God help us all if Carl is the best challenger to the 175 crown. Boxing may as well shut down now.

[yoitsdan]

Well i don't believe it Yotisdan has made an appearance, i haven't seen you since the Hatton vs Mayweather fight.

You haven't been looking hard enough

[JT Rock]

Well i don't believe it Yotisdan has made an appearance, i haven't seen you since the Hatton vs Mayweather fight.

You haven't been looking hard enough

Im still waiting to collect on a bet with you

[ICB]

Well i don't believe it Yotisdan has made an appearance, i haven't seen you since the Hatton vs Mayweather fight.

You haven't been looking hard enough

Im still waiting to collect on a bet with you

Ditto he said he would change his name if Ricky Hatton lost, then he left the forum pretty much and only posts now and again. Not cool at all not living up to your bet Dan, especially the amount of crap you said to me before the fight.