My take on Froch - Taylor...

[Kev]

No, stop saying it!!!

He does not have a granite chin!!

Taylor wasnt even a massive puncher at middle!!

I come from Guernsey and our island is built on the hardest Blue granite in the world, to say Carls chin compares absolutely disgusts me

Also, he didnt gain his composure straight away Calzaghe like.

He slumped to the floor, had a terrified look on his face and looked to McCracken for a clue then had to stay down a bit to tryt and get his head to clear, then Taylor stands off for the rest of the round.

Whereas good recouperative powers are Calzaghe getting up and stopping his opponent in the same round or making the round even by totally outworking the opponent

Just remember, it wasnt even a ranked supermiddle he was fighting that dropped him

The Ring Super Middleweight Ratings

yea i'm not so sold on the The Ring Rankings anymore, they have Manny Pacquiao ranked the #5 welterweight in the world for godsake

That's because he knocked out Oscar De La Hoya. If any other welterweight not ranked in the top 10 had knocked out Oscar De La Hoya like that they would likely make the top ten Ring rankings for the weight class. When you factor in that Manny is also the worlds best p4p fighter how could they rate him any lower?

[OumaFan]

I just watched it, Froch did pretty well, he's just more of a fighter than JT, simple as, more heart, more willing, along with better stamina, chin, ect. Still not blown away by his power but he hits harder than I thought.

Taylor should probably just give it up, he doesn't like his job, he's got so much nervous energy which is the reason for his appalling stamina and the stoppage was totally right, I got the impression it might have been somewhat questionable, hell no.

Watching this though makes you realize how good Calzaghe was at 168. He would have 12-0'ed both of these guys. But credit to Froch, he did what he had to do.

[mofo2]

Good post Tam...

The one thing that has surprised me today is on the various forums I post on,just about everyone thought Froch would win all along

He is so underrated as a fighter it is embarassing,but maybe now after such an exciting end to the fight the doubters might just sit up and take notice and the overdue credit,he so rightly deserves might start to turn up.

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Taylor will not win a title at super middle or middle again

[Kev]

Carl did take a lot of shots, but with his granite chin he got straight back into the fight and after the knockdown he gained his composure straight away

No, stop saying it!!!

He does not have a granite chin!!

Taylor wasnt even a massive puncher at middle!!

I come from Guernsey and our island is built on the hardest Blue granite in the world, to say Carls chin compares absolutely disgusts me

Also, he didnt gain his composure straight away Calzaghe like.

He slumped to the floor, had a terrified look on his face and looked to McCracken for a clue then had to stay down a bit to tryt and get his head to clear, then Taylor stands off for the rest of the round.

Whereas good recouperative powers are Calzaghe getting up and stopping his opponent in the same round or making the round even by totally outworking the opponent

Just remember, it wasnt even a ranked supermiddle he was fighting that dropped him

Any fighter would have gone down from the shots Taylor caught Froch with in that round. He got floored as well because he didn't see the punch.

His chin is solid, the man is a beast at 168.

Also Taylor CAN bang, he's got tremendous handspeed and accuracy and if he catches you full power without you seeing the punch you are going down.

Kelly Pavlik took a bunch of shots from the supposed wrecking ball Edison Miranda and they didn't faze him whereas when Pavlik caught him he was all over the place and lucky that Steve Smoger was in charge else the fight would likely have been stopped.

Taylor will bounce back and win a world title. Imo Taylor beats everyone else at 168 including Kessler based on his performance last night.

The two guys he has lost to were both big knockout punchers who don't mind getting hit in order to deliver their own punches.

There is nobody else like that at 168. Andrade is too crude, Bute has the same problem with fading in fights and he's not as fast or talented as Taylor, Kessler is a slow, cautious fighter who works behind his jab. That fight would be more reminiscient of Taylor Hopkins and Taylor would have a great chance of winning that fight imo.

He'd even give Calzaghe problems because Joe doesn't have the power to wreck him like Froch did.

In short NOBODY gets an easy nights work against Jermain Taylor, he's a great fighter.

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Carl Froch is the Matthew Saad Muhammad of 2009; albeit 7lbs lighter.

He has a gargantuan heart & a titanium chin, but he's going to have to change his style, because I think he takes too many unneccessary shots & that's going to shorten his career.

He could get away with that style before, but as Taylor proved, now he's in the big league, that could be dangerous.