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I can't lie, I like Froch. I didn't used to like Froch, but he grew on me after he came to the US to fight Taylor. And other than Kessler, with those two wins, he may have the best wins over world class competition in the tournament. Other than Kessler, AA has the best resume, but his biggest wins - Ghevor and Miranda - may fall short of JT and Pascal (Most people say he lost the first fight with Miranda and he only beat Miranda after Pavlik put him to sleep). All that said, it is easy to see that Froch's skill level and his athletic ability have to be at the bottom of the pile. Then again, when you are at such a high level in boxing like in this tournament, your mental fortitude and your ability to adjust become as important as your natural talent. Froch has shown he has a ton of what pundits refer to as intangibles. Whatever his natural abilities are, Dirrell hasn't been in the ring with someone on Froch's level or with Froch's experience and with Froch's guts and heart.

I just think Dirrell and his team saw how to beat Froch after he saw JT fight him and he'll do a better job of sticking to that plan. I saw Dirrell being interviewed at the Ward fight and you could infer from his words that he respected Kessler and understood he was the man to beat in the tournament. That makes me think he is a thinking boxer who will stick to the game plan to beat Froch. I could easily be wrong.

What are the betting odds in this fight?
joe calzaghe never was the hardest hitting puncher nor did he have the lightening quick hand speed or was ultra fast on his feet.

boxing smarts however he had in abundance and he knew how to beat guys that did have all those qualitys that he didnt.

To a much lesser extent froch has also and i truly believe he will have learnt a lot from those 1st 6rounds with taylor and can move on from it. I believe carl is the betting favourite
Unbelievable

You deserve a "Saddo member with the most bizarre observations" award.
To be fair, Calzaghe's hand-speed is just not comparable with Dirrell's, who might be the fastest MW & above since a prime RJJ.

Although reading through the quoted post, I have to say it is bizarre where Joe Calzaghe came from