Carl Froch vs the best of British part 1: Chris Eubank

[black panther]

Carl Froch has recently claimed to be one of the best British fighters ever. I agree he is one of our greats but I feel he's got some way to go before being called the best British fighter ever (still got, amongst others, Ted Lewis, Jimmy Wilde, Lennox Lewis ahead). I thought it would be interesting to see people's opinion on how Froch would have fared against the best super middleweights we've produced starting with Christopher Livingstone Eubank:

http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=804&cat=boxer


They actually have many similarities; a cast iron chin, the ability to box on the back foot as well as brawl and physical strength. For me Eubank was the slightly bigger puncher: his overhand right put quite a few fellows to sleep where as Froch usually gets the job done with a barrage of punches.

I could see Froch taking a tight decision based on workrate. However, I'd imagine he'd have some hairy moments and might have had to get up of the canvas to win. How do you see it?

[polecateddy]

Eubank at his peak, well before the Calzaghe and Collins fights would have been relatively even. An overly aggressive approach by Froch may have even played into Eubanks counter-punching hands. Most pundits would probably play safe and say Froch by a close UD. Maybe, maybe not!

[daviddee]

Eubank would have won by Unanimous points decision prob 3-4 rounds

[NazNaci1]

Eubank was a hard, hard man. No one KO's him. He really would put dents in Froch. Eubank had great power, just lacked a bit of technique. This would be a tough fight for both, just not sure if Froch has enough about him to hold off what Eubank could put on him. As i said, Eubank put dents in people.

[jessi]

Eubank was a hard, hard man. No one KO's him. He really would put dents in Froch. Eubank had great power, just lacked a bit of technique. This would be a tough fight for both, just not sure if Froch has enough about him to hold off what Eubank could put on him. As i said, Eubank put dents in people.

Yes but calzaghe put him on his arse, has froch ever been put down ?

[NazNaci1]

Eubank was a hard, hard man. No one KO's him. He really would put dents in Froch. Eubank had great power, just lacked a bit of technique. This would be a tough fight for both, just not sure if Froch has enough about him to hold off what Eubank could put on him. As i said, Eubank put dents in people.

Yes but calzaghe put him on his arse, has froch ever been put down ?

So did Watson, so what? Eubank was never hurt. Never. He hurt Calzaghe in those last 15 second more than Calzaghe has even been hurt.

Taylor dropped Froch but none of this is really relevant. I still stand by what I said.

[mickey1975]

Eubank was a hard, hard man. No one KO's him. He really would put dents in Froch. Eubank had great power, just lacked a bit of technique. This would be a tough fight for both, just not sure if Froch has enough about him to hold off what Eubank could put on him. As i said, Eubank put dents in people.

Yes but calzaghe put him on his arse, has froch ever been put down ?

Taylor floored Carl a hell of a lot heavier than Joe did Chris.

[tonyevs]

Froch`s aggression plays into Eubanks hands. Sooner or later, Froch walks onto one of those looping right handers .. the low left hand of Froch practically guarantees it.

Eubank gets a stoppage.

[banjo]

Eubank was a hard, hard man. No one KO's him. He really would put dents in Froch. Eubank had great power, just lacked a bit of technique. This would be a tough fight for both, just not sure if Froch has enough about him to hold off what Eubank could put on him. As i said, Eubank put dents in people.

Yes but calzaghe put him on his arse, has froch ever been put down ?

Jermain Taylor who isn't noted for his punching power had Carl down and hurt.

[lillywhite14]

There isn't a KO in this one that's for sure.

Would be a cracker. Prime for prime? Eubank, but then again prime for prime I think Eubank actually beats Calzaghe.

[NazNaci1]

There isn't a KO in this one that's for sure.

Would be a cracker. Prime for prime? Eubank, but then again prime for prime I think Eubank actually beats Calzaghe.

I concur.

[Trojans44]

Can anyone direct me to a top level victory Froch has where his opponent didn't walk straight forward? I think Eubank would win fairly handily.

[n1ebf]

There isn't a KO in this one that's for sure.

Would be a cracker. Prime for prime? Eubank, but then again prime for prime I think Eubank actually beats Calzaghe.

I concur.

[NazNaci1]

There isn't a KO in this one that's for sure.

Would be a cracker. Prime for prime? Eubank, but then again prime for prime I think Eubank actually beats Calzaghe.

I concur.

???

[stevieb_8006]

I think chris would make it boring. people tend to forget the snoozers he served up during his title reign, and the dodgy decisions. Carl takes it on points, outworking chris similar to the second Collins fight.

[the truth]

Eubank was a hard, hard man. No one KO's him. He really would put dents in Froch. Eubank had great power, just lacked a bit of technique. This would be a tough fight for both, just not sure if Froch has enough about him to hold off what Eubank could put on him. As i said, Eubank put dents in people.

Yes but calzaghe put him on his arse, has froch ever been put down ?

So did Watson, so what? Eubank was never hurt. Never. He hurt Calzaghe in those last 15 second more than Calzaghe has even been hurt.

Taylor dropped Froch but none of this is really relevant. I still stand by what I said.

Never hurt? Your an idiot

[NazNaci1]

So did Watson, so what? Eubank was never hurt. Never. He hurt Calzaghe in those last 15 second more than Calzaghe has even been hurt.

Taylor dropped Froch but none of this is really relevant. I still stand by what I said.

Never hurt? Your an idiot

Clever, witty and honest.....I like this guy.

[fasteddie]

eubank was one of the best of our time,he was a good mover could box and probably had the best chin in the world of boxing in the early 90's only james toney had a chin as good as eubank,i think he would out smart froch

[fasteddie]

Eubank was a hard, hard man. No one KO's him. He really would put dents in Froch. Eubank had great power, just lacked a bit of technique. This would be a tough fight for both, just not sure if Froch has enough about him to hold off what Eubank could put on him. As i said, Eubank put dents in people.

Yes but calzaghe put him on his arse, has froch ever been put down ?

Jermain Taylor who isn't noted for his punching power had Carl down and hurt.

isnt kessler,abraham,johnson,reid known as power punchers??? taylor just caught froch in the right place. this was the first time EVER froch had touched the canvas and guess what??? froch showed the heart of a champion and got up to k.o taylor

[banjo]

Jermain Taylor who isn't noted for his punching power had Carl down and hurt.

isnt kessler,abraham,johnson,reid known as power punchers??? taylor just caught froch in the right place. this was the first time EVER froch had touched the canvas and guess what??? froch showed the heart of a champion and got up to k.o taylor

Sorry, the way I've worded it is wrong, you've kind of made my point, it doesn't matter how hard you hit them it's where you hit them that matters take Julian Jackson as an example some of his most spectacular KO's came from ordinary looking punches but they were landing in the right place, big punchers Nigel Benn and Carl Thompson couldn't knock Eubank down in over 40 rounds of boxing(the slip in the first Benn fight doesn't count) whereas Calzaghe who isn't noted as a big hitter decked him with pretty much the first punch he landed.

[Mimmy]

I think a lot of people do not appreciate how hard Eubank was. You have to put Chris in the top 5 all time super middleweights. Froch well top 20.

[Bard of Boxrec]

Eubank would obviously have been very game but Froch is too busy for him.

[polecateddy]

I think a lot of people do not appreciate how hard Eubank was. You have to put Chris in the top 5 all time super middleweights. Froch well top 20.

No credible boxing mag or pundit would rate Carl and Chris anything like that. Towards to end of Joe Calzaghe's career I recall Boxing Monthly did a big article on the top ten. From memory Roy Jones was number one, and Joe number two. I suspect that may now be reversed, Ward is poised around 3 ready to potentially move up, and Froch prob 5th or 6th behind perhaps James Toney. Eubank wouldn't be top ten, prob top 15.

[expe]

So did Watson, so what? Eubank was never hurt. Never. He hurt Calzaghe in those last 15 second more than Calzaghe has even been hurt.

Taylor dropped Froch but none of this is really relevant. I still stand by what I said.

Never hurt? Your an idiot

Clever, witty and honest.....I like this guy.

I think he knows a little bit more about boxing than you.

[lillywhite14]

It's amusing reading that people think one of these elite guys would ' school ' or ' destroy ' one of the others ( bar Jones of course he would have schooled them all, Calzaghe included )
We are talking fine margins at this level.