Froch - What Next for the Cobra...?

[littlerock]

Calling Pascal a "journyman" is a liberty. He may not be anything special but he's got talent.

Bute was virtually KO'd last time out. If Andrade can KO him Froch has to be given that chance too.

Taylor seems to be in decline since Hopkins. Froch, being naturally bigger, and i'd bet hungrier, would have a good chance of knocking the fight out of him.

The betting would be close if Froch faced either of those two. Wins either way wouldn't be surprising.

I don't think the betting would be all that close in either of those fights.

Notice you are giving Froch a "chance" to win against Bute and Taylor. That is hardly giving him odds or making him the obvious favorite. That is what most people are questioning Froch's fans for here; why in the world they would favor him over the top fighters in the division. Yes he has a chance to win, but the odds would be against it.

And I wouldn't get too confident about Froch's size advantage over Taylor. Taylor was a big middleweight at 6'0 or 6'1", making him bigger than Pascal as well. Froch is listed at 6'0" but I think he might be closer to 6'1". Taylor unofficially weighed in at 174 lbs on the day of the fight against Lacy.

CLOSE in the betting means there would be NO obvious favourite.

LOL, obviously.

I was more making a point to the loads of folks that are all of a sudden more than eager to make Froch the favorite (heavy in some cases) over everyone in the division except for Kessler.

There seem to be a lot of people jumping from the obvious "he could KO Taylor, Bute, etc" to "He could KO Taylor & Bute so he would win."

I'm just saying, some of his fans should stay somewhat grounded and understand the difference between fantasy and reality. I just quoted you because you were a good example of someone realizing that they were describing the matchups in terms of chances instead of certainties.