The Yellow in Fraud is Coming Out

[Rantcatrat]

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[Drago]

look at the price of those tickets, we get well ripped off in the UK. i would be over there in a shot if the £ wasnt so shite against the $

[Violent Demise]

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Good. The thread served it's purpose.

[JazMerkin]

A brilliant quote from Mick Hennessy sourced from Boxing: Carl Froch will face Jermain Taylor in first WBC super-middleweight title defence | Sport | guardian.co.uk

"This isn't a case of a young fighter on the way up taking advantage of a big name on the way out or two old timers cashing out with a big payday - this is a real fight," Froch's promoter Mick Hennessy said. "You've got two of the world's finest fighters, both at the peak of their powers and out to prove that they are amongst the world's best pound-for-pound fighters."

Seriously how can anyone take seriously that the winner becomes one of the best P4Pers in the world. I can just about see an argument for maybe Taylor getting into the top 30, but Froch seriously??!

[Kirkland Laing]

Who was the last American world champion who made the first defence of his title against a live opponent in a foeign country?

[Rantcatrat]

Who was the last American world champion who made the first defence of his title against a live opponent in a foeign country?

Answer: when the live opponent had a bigger reputation and brought more money to the table than the american world champion and the american world champion was untested and unheard of outside of his home base.

With that said, credit to Froch for taking a tough fight as his first defense. At that weight, Kessler surely didn't.

[Kirkland Laing]

Who was the last American world champion who made the first defence of his title against a live opponent in a foeign country?

Answer: when the live opponent had a bigger reputation and brought more money to the table than the american world champion and the american world champion was untested and unheard of outside of his home base.

With that said, credit to Froch for taking a tough fight as his first defense. At that weight, Kessler surely didn't.

I'm really interested to know if any American has fought abroad for his first defence. Froch could just as easily stayed at home and made easy money filling out his 10000 seater arena in Nottingham but he isn't.

I don't like Froch at all but you've got to give him credit for doing this.

[Rantcatrat]

Who was the last American world champion who made the first defence of his title against a live opponent in a foeign country?

Answer: when the live opponent had a bigger reputation and brought more money to the table than the american world champion and the american world champion was untested and unheard of outside of his home base.

With that said, credit to Froch for taking a tough fight as his first defense. At that weight, Kessler surely didn't.

I'm really interested to know if any American has fought abroad for his first defence. Froch could just as easily stayed at home and made easy money filling out his 10000 seater arena in Nottingham but he isn't.

I don't like Froch at all but you've got to give him credit for doing this.

In this economic climate, could he really have filled a 10000 person arena fighting an irrelevant boxer? If Froch wins this fight, he gains a ton of notoriety, increased leverage in negotiations, and a broader fanbase. It was smart in either way really because if he loses to a former undisputed middleweight champion with a recognizable name, he still will gain notoriety and a fan base. If Taylor waxes him, well then, that's a different story.