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If Bute didn't show up - then that must at least partially be attributed to his fear of Froch, and the way Froch imposed himself from the first bell.

Bute managed to turn up for every fight he was in previously.

jamesmcdonnell wrote:If Bute didn't show up - then that must at least partially be attributed to his fear of Froch, and the way Froch imposed himself from the first bell.

Bute managed to turn up for every fight he was in previously.

I agree - Bute was one along with Jermaine Taylor and Pascal (and even Arthur Abraham at the time who is mega tough) where I thought that Froch would lose.

They were all tough fights against top tough boxers in their prime and he beat them all.

The concluding moments of the Bute fight will always hang in the memory and raise a smile. Hearns hokey cokey act was hilarious.

Sklar wrote:The concluding moments of the Bute fight will always hang in the memory and raise a smile. Hearns hokey cokey act was hilarious.

ha, yes, didn't he seem all, umm, gauche, and, umm, whats the word I am looking for, oh i don't know, a fvcking prat basically.

That about sums it up.

Great decision to retire, great fights, great wins and a great career. Good job Mr Froch.

and after it all, he's got the beautiful Rachel Cordingley to return home to. nice job indeed.

Would love to see him get into coaching, he definitely would have buckets of knowledge to pass on and be a good promoter of fights.

crusader wrote:

Coco wrote:I'm gutted, I really wanted the GGG fight and I think we would have won

we?

Lol He! Sorry

I guess you could be there for backup if things got tough

crusader wrote:I guess you could be there for backup if things got tough

Rachel is preganant - baby due September and she is very hormonal.
Carl prefers to be out a lot right now.

When he fought Rueben Groewnwald I never thought he would get very far. I was a massive critic of his but man did he win me over with the Pascal fight. He's been a great fighter and in my opinion a british legend. Would give anyone a tough night. Strong, determined, tough and fit as fornicate. Good luck to him and I hope he stays retired, seems to have invested wisely.

After Calzaghe's long WBO reign against a lot of poor opposition Froch's entry into the Super Six almost straight off the bat was a breath of fresh air. It's nice to see a modern day career where there are so few ifs and buts. Would pick Calzaghe to beat him though.

Parson Cross wrote:Rachel is preganant - baby due September and she is very hormonal.
Carl prefers to be out a lot right now.

In a few weeks I should imagine he'll be regularly watching his beloved Forest, perhaps wearing a replica shirt with his name and the number 80,000 on the back.

Carl was I Sheffield last night and to be honest I wasn't sure how he'd be and how he'd go down with Joe public what with the retirement announcement etc.
He was actually very funny and regularly took the piss out of himself with the 80k jibes etc.

Parson Cross wrote:Rachel is preganant - baby due September and she is very hormonal.
Carl prefers to be out a lot right now.

He is out every weekend round our way, has been for months.

froch has shown if you look after your self all year round, you can fight at the top. thanks for the memories and there has been loads, don't think there is a fight he disappointed in . brought a lot of fight fans back in to boxing

Cholo_cws wrote:After Calzaghe's long WBO reign against a lot of poor opposition Froch's entry into the Super Six almost straight off the bat was a breath of fresh air. It's nice to see a modern day career where there are so few ifs and buts. Would pick Calzaghe to beat him though.

Almost every one of us on here would pick Calzaghe to box rings round Froch - and yet, EVERY one of us would look at the two and say that Froch had the better career - and I suspect, in his quieter moments, that includes Calzaghe himself.

Tomasino wrote:Strong, determined, tough and fit as eff. Good luck to him and I hope he stays retired, seems to have invested wisely.

You've a good point. Despite doing things 'the hard way' Froch has actually made that side of it look a doddle. Good for him. And he was giving and taking many a thrashing BEFORE he became a star of the sport, so he won't have been on the mega bucks. I suspect that not being an incredible bell end was a factor that helped Carl to hold on to much of his money.
This is a guy that worked as a clerk for ntl for a good while, getting not much money and he was happy to do it, so he's not as big headed as he pretends sometimes.
I'd like to leave a little plug for his book. It also don't forget reminds us of a guy who got over some bad injuries on several occasions.

There was a photo iin boxing news years ago of Froch with a bruise all along his arm, bed suffered an injury iin a bout and carried on. The bruise was every colour and massive, its strange with all the punches I'd seen him take but when iI saw that bruise I thought, ' what a hard man'.

palooka wrote:There was a photo iin boxing news years ago of Froch with a bruise all along his arm, bed suffered an injury iin a bout and carried on. The bruise was every colour and massive, its strange with all the punches I'd seen him take but when iI saw that bruise I thought, ' what a hard man'.

Yeah I remember that pic too. Black and blue it was. I think he tore his bicep, the muscle itself or too the ligament off it I don't know. I think he showed it in response to someone saying stuff about why he wasn't fighting them.

He got his knee scanned once and his ACL wasn't there. It just never showed up - he'd snapped it a few years earlier playing 5-aside football with his friends but hadn't realised.

palooka wrote:There was a photo iin boxing news years ago of Froch with a bruise all along his arm, bed suffered an injury iin a bout and carried on. The bruise was every colour and massive, its strange with all the punches I'd seen him take but when iI saw that bruise I thought, ' what a hard man'.

Wasn't it the Magee fight? It was the arm he finished him with too I'm sure. I thought that fight meant he'd never make it, boy did he prove me wrong. Hard as nails.

Tomasino wrote:

palooka wrote:There was a photo iin boxing news years ago of Froch with a bruise all along his arm, bed suffered an injury iin a bout and carried on. The bruise was every colour and massive, its strange with all the punches I'd seen him take but when iI saw that bruise I thought, ' what a hard man'.

Wasn't it the Magee fight? It was the arm he finished him with too I'm sure. I thought that fight meant he'd never make it, boy did he prove me wrong. Hard as nails.

Westerman fight, round 1 I believe.

Against Magee he had a bennet's fracture of the thumb.

I was there when he took the glove off and it just kind of dangled like a flacid knob

He said something like "Bastard - looks like it's the NHS first before the cheesecake shop tomorrow."

There was something about the provided glove, apparently he wasn't happy that the thumb wasn't sewn down to the mitt. It was in the Maloney contract though I believe that they had to wear them as it was his show.

G0mez wrote:

Tomasino wrote:

palooka wrote:There was a photo iin boxing news years ago of Froch with a bruise all along his arm, bed suffered an injury iin a bout and carried on. The bruise was every colour and massive, its strange with all the punches I'd seen him take but when iI saw that bruise I thought, ' what a hard man'.

Wasn't it the Magee fight? It was the arm he finished him with too I'm sure. I thought that fight meant he'd never make it, boy did he prove me wrong. Hard as nails.

Westerman fight, round 1 I believe.

Against Magee he had a bennet's fracture of the thumb.

I was there when he took the glove off and it just kind of dangled like a flacid knob

He said something like "Bastard - looks like it's the NHS first before the cheesecake shop tomorrow."

It was the glove, apparently he wasn't happy that the thumb wasn't sewn down to the mitt. It was in the Maloney contract though I believe that they had to wear them as it was his show.

Cheers for the inside info -