Carl Froch

steve689 · Post by **steve689** » 31 Jan 2004, 06:15

Well Froch managed to get his warm up fight out of the way with minimum problems last night, he caught his Russian foe Adamovich with some good shots on the first knockdown but when the fight was eventually stopped i noticed that few punches of the flurry actually landed cleanly. Froch hit arms and hands but Adamovich was obviously looking for a way out and Froch stopped him easily two rounds quicker than Robin Reid did. I don't think that makes much difference though as styles make fights and Reid approached the fight differently.

One thing that struck me was how big Froch looked, i think Steve Bunce was wittering on about him resembling a swimmer or something. Don't know about that but his arms and upper body looked huge, methinks he wasn't at SM limit?

stujones · Post by **stujones** » 31 Jan 2004, 08:17

I don't think anyone cannot have anything but very impressed with Froch. He looked fast, and seemed to hit hard. He did look a monster for the weight.

I don't think the opponent was looking for a way out, he could have quite easily stayed down in round 1 if that was the case. He was very limited though and didn't test Froch in the slightest. Froch spoke well after the fight, he could have spouted off stuff like "this win shows I'm better than Reid", but he didn't.

Good performance all round.

hitman_hatton1 · Post by **hitman_hatton1** » 31 Jan 2004, 08:31

yeah have to be honest i was impressed with froch last nite

he wasn't fighting any1 but he still did it the way u expect a prospect to do it.

at times he could do with a firework up the arse cos he's so relaxed he hangs around on the ropes and gets cornered a bit too much but other than that he looks a pretty good prospect.

lets put it into perspective he's in the super middleweight division even if he isn't perfect he could well go all the way against whats out there.

JimStone · Post by **JimStone** » 31 Jan 2004, 08:46

Froch looked very good, although I still want Dodson to beat him, which I think he can.

Don't compare it to the Reid fight, Froch made a tit of himself with those little insinuations. The truth is Reid carried the lad to practice a few things for the Ottke fight, fact.

stujones · Post by **stujones** » 31 Jan 2004, 08:54

FlawedGenius wrote:Froch looked very good, although I still want Dodson to beat him, which I think he can.

Don't compare it to the Reid fight, Froch made a tit of himself with those little insinuations. The truth is Reid carried the lad to practice a few things for the Ottke fight, fact.

I didn't interpret Froch's comments that way, Jimmy. He did say "styles make fights". The reporter wanted Froch to bring out some sort of line, that why he said "well, you've stopped him before Reid could". I thought the styles makes fights was a good thing to say.

JimStone · Post by **JimStone** » 31 Jan 2004, 09:00

He did say that, but he insinuated more, watch the interview again.

Southpaw Stylist · Post by **Southpaw Stylist** » 31 Jan 2004, 10:39

stujones wrote:
FlawedGenius wrote:Froch looked very good, although I still want Dodson to beat him, which I think he can.

Don't compare it to the Reid fight, Froch made a tit of himself with those little insinuations. The truth is Reid carried the lad to practice a few things for the Ottke fight, fact.
I didn't interpret Froch's comments that way, Jimmy. He did say "styles make fights". The reporter wanted Froch to bring out some sort of line, that why he said "well, you've stopped him before Reid could". I thought the styles makes fights was a good thing to say.

Yea, he's speaking the truth, no more.

TT · Post by TT » 31 Jan 2004, 16:26

I am a critic of Froch but I was very impressed yesterday...

He was quick, strong and I can now see him being more than a match for Tony Dodson...
Could be something for the future, who knows?

bennie · Post by **bennie** » 31 Jan 2004, 18:02

Quick wins always look impressive, but going into a big fight, they do more harm than good. Froch needed a damn good workout last night.

beduff · Post by **beduff** » 31 Jan 2004, 18:14

he looked impressive,but i wish he would took his chin in a bit,will he get found out?we will see.

Southpaw Stylist · Post by **Southpaw Stylist** » 31 Jan 2004, 18:19

I believe he will.

catweazle · Post by **catweazle** » 01 Feb 2004, 19:27

As I've said before,Froch is a huge talent.He really bangs hard,moves well and has a good boxing brain.
In a recent interview,regarding his open defence,he said;"People say my chin's exposed,but I've got it tucked in behind my shoulder and I'm confident to box this way" I thought,your going to regret saying that,one of these nights !

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 02 Feb 2004, 10:23

I tend to agree, Froch and Haye I think may come unstuck, but it won't be at domestic level I don't think.

There are very few fighters who can flout the fundamentals, hell, even Roy Jones had his guard up against Tarver when he was getting whooped.

I don't think you can stop everything having your chin tucked in behind your shoulder, if someone clouts you, you're still gonna get KTFO.

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