FROCH v TAYLOR - 25/4/09 - ITV1 Sunday replay!

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I'd say Froch has quite a bit more power than Pavlik and clearly has a better chin.

Which heavy handed fighter has proven Carls chin?

The only reason Carl hasnt hit the deck yet is because he hasnt fought any world class fighters yet

Carl couldnt hurt Magee till late, Reid had him down whenever he connected

Pascal was badly hurt in his previous fight but Carl couldnt persuad him to not fight reckless

Im not rating Taylor, just fed up of reading presumptions on Carls part, he hasnt got a proven chin and hasnt got a proven punch all because he hasnt mixed in world class yet and fighting a fading middle weight wont prove his own powers at supermiddle either

You don't need to be facing a world class fighter to be put on your arse. It can happen to any fighter at any time.

It's also worth mentioning that Froch actually put Magee to sleep...literally.

He also knocked out Tatevosyan inside 2 rounds....a feat that Lucian Bute couldn't even come close to.

The sheer amount of hard flush shots he took from Pascal is testament to his chin (not to his defence mind). Ok you may argue that Pascal isn't a big puncher but he is a fighter who has a decent KO percentage bordering between light heavyweight and super middleweight....in other words, much heavier company than Pavlik or Taylor has mixed in.

You've sort of answered your own questions really by declaring Taylor as a faded middleweight. If Carl can take flush shot after flush shot from a 168-175lber you can bet your arse he can take them from a 'fading middleweight.'...a feat that Pavlik quite clearly struggled like hell to do.

My point was, Taylor the fading middleweight had Pavlik almost out of there and in turn Pavlik actually managed to get Taylor out of there. That was at 160. P4P Carl might not be as big a puncher as Pavlik but p4p punching power matters very little when you are taking shots from a guy who is naturally at least one weight class heavier than you are.

Catch up!

Im saying Froch hasnt faced any world class super middles as yet so how do we know he can take world class supermiddle power, how do we know his power will be any good on a world class super middle?

After Saturday night we still wont know because it is only a faded middle he is fighting, so by all rights, if Froch is as good as he says he is then he should be able to put away very quickly a middle weight who was knocked out by a middle weight and dropped in his last fight by Lacy, a man who couldnt hurt Manfredo

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I still am surprised he didn't stop Paschal who got hit a lot and looked pretty chinny up till that fight. I was sure Froch would stop him considering all the talk of his power. Not sure its really there and definitely haven't seen anything to make me think he punches harder than Pavlik, no way.

I don't think Froch's chin has been tested enough to be considered world class or anything but it looks like its at least ok.

Looking at Froch I think this should be a field day for Taylor but I keep coming back to Taylor doesn't have a field day with anyone, nobody. I wouldn't even consider what he did to Lacy as being that dominant and lets face it Lacy just doesn't have anything, for all the shit I've given Froch he's above present day Lacy for sure.

So I don't know, I could see Froch coming on a bit late but something tells me he's not gonna go balls to the wall, I have a feeling Taylor will get his respect early and he'll do enough to win in a close but clear way when really he's talented enough to handle Froch, just doesn't have it mentally. Still I think if he shows what he showed in the second Pavlik fight he should win.