Carl Froch Documentary ITV4

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Happy Slapper wrote:The bloke is a Class A knob. So, so unlikeable, in a sport full of unlikeable people, I dislike him more than anyone ever (with maybe the exception of Junior Witter).
I quite like Froch but I can see why he rubs some people up the wrong way. I couldn't go Witter either! I put Bellew, Khan and Broner in the same bracket!
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Happy Slapper wrote:The bloke is a Class A knob. So, so unlikeable, in a sport full of unlikeable people, I dislike him more than anyone ever (with maybe the exception of Junior Witter).
That cannot be a serious comment
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I really don't mind Froch. From a boxing perspective he's world class and very tough (I was going to say 'teak tough' but then thought....not that cliche.) I just think that he's a bit of an oddball so can be difficult to warm to.

I think he really did himself a disservice with his behaviour prior to the Groves fight.

As Carl himself might say 'Carl Froch is a complex character and Carl Froch is who Carl Froch is. Now Rachael can you come and make Carl Froch his tea.'
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He can come across as arrogant at times but given what he has achieved in his career I can forgive him.
There a premier league footballers who have achieved nothing in comparison who are just as arrogant.
He does seem a little strange sometimes though, but then any man who doesn't smoke, drink or do drugs and enjoys getting punched in the face while their missus shrieks like a banshee would seem a bit weird to me.
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Marlo Stanfield wrote:
reggaereggae wrote:
lillywhite14 wrote:She's a classy girl...

I'm a fan of Carl but I find the third person references a little tiresome. His ego must be hard work!
Right - do you think he gets up in the morning and says:

"Carl Froch would like eggs, beans and toast when you're ready Rachael.... And afterwards Carl Froch would like a blow job."
Tonight Rachael, you're getting Cobra'd :OhYes:
:OhYes: very good, she's not been the same since he cobra'd her.
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Witter is really friendly and approachable, he thought he had to rock the boat a bit to get noticed, he's still in really good nick and is someone to admire.
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palooka wrote:Witter is really friendly and approachable, he thought he had to rock the boat a bit to get noticed, he's still in really good nick and is someone to admire.
I personally think you've just described Froch as well.
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danamba7 wrote:
palooka wrote:Witter is really friendly and approachable, he thought he had to rock the boat a bit to get noticed, he's still in really good nick and is someone to admire.
I personally think you've just described Froch as well.
That's fair comment and I can believe it's true, very successful sportsmen are different from the average Joe and I reckon around friends and familiar people they can relax a bit and not feel on parade.
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palooka wrote:
danamba7 wrote:
palooka wrote:Witter is really friendly and approachable, he thought he had to rock the boat a bit to get noticed, he's still in really good nick and is someone to admire.
I personally think you've just described Froch as well.
That's fair comment and I can believe it's true, very successful sportsmen are different from the average Joe and I reckon around friends and familiar people they can relax a bit and not feel on parade.
Exactly. Unfortunately I've not met Froch but with living local, I know plenty who have on nights out and none have a bad word to say about him.
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I didn't see it, did he wear his Captain Plonk pilot hat at any point?
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I think Carl is a top, top bloke, with a lot of thought behind his cranium, does he still ride his girly 600?
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banjo wrote:I think Carl is a top, top bloke, with a lot of thought behind his cranium, does he still ride his girly 600?

Times a week? Well wouldn't you she's not a bad looker that Rachael?
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lillywhite14 wrote:Always be wary of a man who keeps paintings of himself up in the house. Very, very strange.
:OhYes: I always wanted one with me stood with a horse, like in The Soprano's.
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palooka wrote:
lillywhite14 wrote:Always be wary of a man who keeps paintings of himself up in the house. Very, very strange.
:OhYes: I always wanted one with me stood with a horse, like in The Soprano's.
I used to have hundreds of pics with me stood next to a horse.... They were me and the ex-wife though so I had to get rid :oops: :lol:
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I personally think you've just described Froch as well.[/quote]

That's fair comment and I can believe it's true, very successful sportsmen are different from the average Joe and I reckon around friends and familiar people they can relax a bit and not feel on parade.[/quote]

Exactly. Unfortunately I've not met Froch but with living local, I know plenty who have on nights out and none have a bad word to say about him.[/quote]

I can second that, see him out around where I live fairly often, he is always happy to talk to people and have his photo taken with them etc. I get baffled that people can see a fighters public persona and think that's all there is too them.
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Rexob wrote:
banjo wrote:I think Carl is a top, top bloke, with a lot of thought behind his cranium, does he still ride his girly 600?

Times a week? Well wouldn't you she's not a bad looker that Rachael?
:OhYes:

I don't get the shite he gets, I know much bigger twats who've achieved feck all in their wretched miserable lives, Carl gets a pass for putting the effort in.
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banjo wrote:
Rexob wrote:
banjo wrote:I think Carl is a top, top bloke, with a lot of thought behind his cranium, does he still ride his girly 600?

Times a week? Well wouldn't you she's not a bad looker that Rachael?
:OhYes:

I don't get the shite he gets, I know much bigger twats who've achieved feck all in their wretched miserable lives, Carl gets a pass for putting the effort in.
Exactly, plenty of em about
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banjo wrote:
Rexob wrote:
banjo wrote:I think Carl is a top, top bloke, with a lot of thought behind his cranium, does he still ride his girly 600?

Times a week? Well wouldn't you she's not a bad looker that Rachael?
:OhYes:

I don't get the shite he gets, I know much bigger twats who've achieved feck all in their wretched miserable lives, Carl gets a pass for putting the effort in.
i kinda agree but I'm a frock fan, but the fact he has achieved so much makes you wonder why he needs to keep up the 'i'm great' routine. Pacman come across so humble which makes him so loved globally.
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95gerog wrote:
i kinda agree but I'm a frock fan, but the fact he has achieved so much makes you wonder why he needs to keep up the 'i'm great' routine. Pacman come across so humble which makes him so loved globally.
It seems like a self belief thing, he has to keep telling himself how good he is in order to believe it,
deep down he probably lacks confidence.
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keirw wrote:
95gerog wrote:
i kinda agree but I'm a frock fan, but the fact he has achieved so much makes you wonder why he needs to keep up the 'i'm great' routine. Pacman come across so humble which makes him so loved globally.
It seems like a self belief thing, he has to keep telling himself how good he is in order to believe it,
deep down he probably lacks confidence.

Imagine what he could have achieved if he had confidence?
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:lol: very good
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I havent watched it yet but let me guess ,Eddie Hearn is speaking from Essex manor where you can see a team of gardeners tend to his rose bushes on his sprawling estate

Either that or he's sitting in a massive room with a single chair in the west wing
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lillywhite14 wrote:Always be wary of a man who keeps paintings of himself up in the house. Very, very strange.
is it paintings now?

funny little thread this. I missed the show yesterday unfortunately as I was watching the Madrid game on record. The episode I really wanted to see in this series was Linford Christie, but I missed the damn thing :witzend:

Well, judging by this thread and I've only read the first page, the poor bastard seems to have gone down like a lead balloon - or like a Carl Froch opponent hitting the canvas.

It's weird - the sleeve of his book, which I picked up from the Heart shop is full of his standard self-aggrandizing boll*cks - I don't know why I bought it - but the book itself is marvellous and Froch comes over sound as a pound and as down to Earth as you like. I even thought he might have done Calzaghe after I'd read it - maybe I was Cobra'd by his book!
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magwitch wrote:
lillywhite14 wrote:Always be wary of a man who keeps paintings of himself up in the house. Very, very strange.
is it paintings now?

funny little thread this. I missed the show yesterday unfortunately as I was watching the Madrid game on record. The episode I really wanted to see in this series was Linford Christie, but I missed the damn thing :witzend:

Well, judging by this thread and I've only read the first page, the poor bastard seems to have gone down like a lead balloon - or like a Carl Froch opponent hitting the canvas.

It's weird - the sleeve of his book, which I picked up from the Heart shop is full of his standard self-aggrandizing boll*cks - I don't know why I bought it - but the book itself is marvellous and Froch comes over sound as a pound and as down to Earth as you like. I even thought he might have done Calzaghe after I'd read it - maybe I was Cobra'd by his book!

:o
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Oh sorry I read it wrong :TU:
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