fwanks ridiculous world title challengers

[RJP]

Pretty sure Froch-Taylor was the opening bout if the Super-Six tournament, rather than a voluntary/mandatory.

[Webbo911]

Is that Calzaghe-Pudwill and Maccarinelli-Lamontagne?

Bobby Gunn I think but not 100%.

Shouldn't some of the blame go to the fighters?

Surely they could just say "no, he's not good/high profile enough".

Then again, easy money is probably a hard thing to turn down when you've got kids and a mortgage.

Terrible opponent though.

[handsofstone]

Pretty sure Froch-Taylor was the opening bout if the Super-Six tournament, rather than a voluntary/mandatory.

It was the previous fight before SS,Froch won a contentious SD over Dirrell in his opening bout and Taylor got KO'd in the last again by Abraham

[ShadrachSimmo]

I thought they reserved "teak tough" for Ghanaians.

Yeah this is very bad. I couldn't watch most of FW's challengers for Calzaghe, Maccarinelli, Hatton (WBU), Gary Lockett (WBU) back when I spent a lot of money on Sky Sports.

Fana was destroyed some 7 years ago by Barrera down at super feather, in only a couple of rounds.

Meanwhile Crolla is coming off destructions of Barroso, Perez and could be heading toward unification with Linares...

Good post. To add even more emphasis to your point, it was in 2005 (eleven years ago) that Fana was destroyed by a past it Barrera.

And 16 years since he fought The Pitbull which adds even more emphasis to how ridiculous this match up really is.

[jamesmcdonnell]

Froch's last ditch rally was one of my absolute favourite boxing moments.

Fantastic never to be forgotten finish. I was leaping round the living room like a madman.

One of the best results by a British fighter ever in my book.

[Autobarn]

Wasn't Taylor Froch's mandatory?

Maybe he was.

But given that the champion rather than the challenger asked for the fight, I consider it a voluntary.

[Autobarn]

Pretty sure Froch-Taylor was the opening bout if the Super-Six tournament, rather than a voluntary/mandatory.

No, Froch was having this caliber of fights, 2 fights before the super 6 began, the thrillers with Pascal and Taylor.

[Autobarn]

Froch's last ditch rally was one of my absolute favourite boxing moments.

Fantastic never to be forgotten finish. I was leaping round the living room like a madman.

i was listening to it on the radio.

In round 11 I was in despair and was about to go to bed.

Then the twelfth round finish!

It was televised at a later date and I loved the exchanges in the last three rounds. The finish was astonishing. Froch must have rained down 100 power punches, leaving Taylor squatting with his head between his own knees.

[Autobarn]

Froch's last ditch rally was one of my absolute favourite boxing moments.

Fantastic never to be forgotten finish. I was leaping round the living room like a madman.

One of the best results by a British fighter ever in my book.

love Froch v Taylor and pascal. Tremendous fights, both. The Pascal fight may have got fight of the year had Vazquez and Marquez not fought again that year.

Was chuffed when Froch recaptured this form after the super 6, against Bute, Kessler and Groves.

[jamesmcdonnell]

Fantastic never to be forgotten finish. I was leaping round the living room like a madman.

One of the best results by a British fighter ever in my book.

love Froch v Taylor and pascal. Tremendous fights, both. The Pascal fight may have got fight of the year had Vazquez and Marquez fought again that year.

Was chuffed when Froch recaptured this form after the super 6, against Bute, Kessler and Groves.

Must say, miss Froch being around the boxing scene.

Wish he'd fought GGG, what a tear up that would have been, I'd have made him a very slight favourite, but win or lose, that would have been a cracker.

Think Carl retired at the right time though, there were signs his punch resistance might be starting to go a tad, though his powers of recovery seemed to still be there, and with his style, that was never going to bode well.

[Autobarn]

Loved his career.

That guy didn't need a matchmaker like most holders of world titles over here.

He just got stuck in against anyone.

In years to come I hope he's regarded over here in the same way that DannyLopez and Bobby Chacon are in America, for going to war in world class fights again and again.

[RJP]

Pretty sure Froch-Taylor was the opening bout if the Super-Six tournament, rather than a voluntary/mandatory.

No, Froch was having this caliber of fights, 2 fights before the super 6 began, the thrillers with Pascal and Taylor.

Yep. Just checked and you're 100% correct. Watched both the Pascal and Taylor (ITV2 on 24 hour delay) fights on free-to-air (remember that?).

Both were super bouts. I'm not sure we'll ever see a homegrown champ like Froch again. His resume is/was superb.

[Lenny Cravats]

Enzo used to have a fair pair of tits on him, but he seems to have lost them as he's got older. In stark contrast to myself.

I'm like Enzo.

I had a pair of tits on me every weekend. Not so much anymore.

[JimJim2009]

Well that guy was as bad as it seemed. Total joke of a so-called world championship fight. Empty venues and having to give away tickets to get bums in seats is hardly surprising....

[Horse]

Well that guy was as bad as it seemed. Total joke of a so-called world championship fight. Empty venues and having to give away tickets to get bums in seats is hardly surprising....

Smith should just defend his title against all of the WBO rated domestic fighters, if he doesn't want to fight anyone close to fringe world level.

At least then we might get some half decent domestic fights out of it.

[Taansend]

The bloke that Smith just fought against Charles Martin.

Who wins?

[Horse]

The bloke that Smith just fought against Charles Martin.

Who wins?

Martin.

[jameswilson]

The bloke that Smith just fought against Charles Martin.

Who wins?

Fighting a shit guy who is a champ - No complaints.

Fighting a shit guy for a vacant title - No complaints.

Fighting a shit guy for your first defence to get some easy money - Not delighted but if I was a promoter I'd probably do it myself so no complaints.

Fighting shit voluntaries endlessly - Complaints.

[handsofstone]

Liam is the only world champ of the 4 brothers and has by far the weakest resume

Shame as i rate him but he's effing wasted

[Taansend]

The bloke that Smith just fought against Charles Martin.

Who wins?

Fighting a poo guy who is a champ - No complaints.

Fighting a poo guy for a vacant title - No complaints.

Fighting a poo guy for your first defence to get some easy money - Not delighted but if I was a promoter I'd probably do it myself so no complaints.

Fighting poo voluntaries endlessly - Complaints.

So you're saying a draw?

[lefty]

I don't know why Frank bothers promoting anymore. He should just focus his money and time on the channel and securing international rights to the best fights. That's what the channel is best for imo. Obviously whether that's commercially viable or not is a different matter.

[JimJim2009]

I don't know why Frank bothers promoting anymore. He should just focus his money and time on the channel and securing international rights to the best fights. That's what the channel is best for imo. Obviously whether that's commercially viable or not is a different matter.

Arguably he stopped promoting a while back and just never announced it.

[lefty]

True

[Horse]

I don't know why Frank bothers promoting anymore. He should just focus his money and time on the channel and securing international rights to the best fights. That's what the channel is best for imo. Obviously whether that's commercially viable or not is a different matter.

No, he should put more effort into promoting and put on better and more regular shows.

[lefty]

I don't know why Frank bothers promoting anymore. He should just focus his money and time on the channel and securing international rights to the best fights. That's what the channel is best for imo. Obviously whether that's commercially viable or not is a different matter.

No, he should put more effort into promoting and put on better and more regular shows.

He's hardly got any fighters worth caring about now. That where would he display them if he took the money out of the channel to put on better shows?