FROCH: DIRRELL’S DRIVEL MASKS INSECURITIES

[Deserter]

Deserter, my friend, i think you have misinterprteted a few of the comments, so here we go

The comments about arrogance are purely down to the public perception of him as a person. All fighters are arrogant about their own abilities, if they werent they wouldnt have jumped into the hardest sport around. But the public do not like a guy who mentions in monotone terms he is the best and seems to have no humility. The lack of humility means that only people like us are watching his fights. I have already pointed that i believe that wins against Pascal and taylor are as good as anything Joe ever did. but his seemingly(press engineered) unlikable personality is leaving the general public cold.

Naz did this, but there was always the grin, the little 'you know this is tongue in cheek' tone that left him still loved by most of the public, a A HOUSEHOLD NAME!. The blue print on how not to do this was used when Joe first became champ and around the time of the Brank Sobot fight when Joes had that Froch thing going. Frank changed it a bit and Joe became a household name.

No-one wants to watch Froch bar us, and if he wants to be a star his camp need to make sure he has appeal.

Now onto the pooping himself issue. Better judges thatn my good self have said that he had that panicked look he had as an amateur. Like he had arrived in the big leagues. That cost him as Taylor swept the first two-thirds of the fight. When Froch woke up(and Taylor got tired) he came on and did the greatest British win of the year, of many a year, but that mental fragility is still there. Its not about taking the fight, its about getting in the ring, and I tell you something, if he gets into the ring with Kessler like that he wont be around to make the big comeback.


I have nothing but respect for Carl, as my posts point out, I just see a man who should be bigger thatn he is and not a man who should be hidden away on a PPV channel!!

That's fair enough fella, just wish you'd added that context in the first instance as you can surely see how some of those sweeping statements were completely open to misinterpretation otherwise.

[damianhucker1]

I personally believe that froch's public image has been a disaster since day one. He is painted as mouthy, arrogant and lacking in any sense of humour. Basically he comes across as a prick! At no point has anyone been encouraged to get behind him, ffs, many brits here want Dirrell to smash him.

Hennessey is doing the same job with Tyson Fury. Great shows, yes, but Warren has so much more knowledge about how to use the press!!!

bear in mind his so called arrogance is getting you all talking about this fight , which therfor is mission accomplished . how many as a percentage of people on here are either going to the fight or watching it on ppv , a very high percentage id expect , therfor more money in sales etc , its all a front to make money and to be fair hes a good lad is carl .

[thepocketrocket]

I believe I clarified my stance over Froch when i said it was nothing to do with him, but glad its sorted!!!

Damien, my worry is that people on here want to see Froch but we are a massive minority...its Joe public who you need to impress to be a star, not us anoraks!! And for mainstream appeal he needs to change his PR