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Re: Carl Froch: Andre Ward’s style was borderline cheating, beat Kovalev with low blows
Posted: 06 Sep 2019, 14:58
by cormack
margaret thatcher wrote: ↑06 Sep 2019, 14:33
samwbr wrote: ↑06 Sep 2019, 14:30
Froch acknowledged Calzaghe would stop him? Are you high?
I think it was more like, Froch said he wouldn't be able to beat Calzaghe on points, so he'd have to stop him. Or something like that.
whatever ,,,
JC would have frustrated and ouboxed froch all night long .
Dont be confused by the way I have a lot of time for froch but find him a bit forgetful !
Re: Carl Froch: Andre Ward’s style was borderline cheating, beat Kovalev with low blows
Posted: 06 Sep 2019, 15:16
by Terminator666
I thought Kovalev bailed out a bit to easily considering he was supposedly a beast
Re: Carl Froch: Andre Ward’s style was borderline cheating, beat Kovalev with low blows
Posted: 06 Sep 2019, 15:19
by margaret thatcher
Never had shown himself to be particularly durable or strong hearted though.
Most common picks originally were for Ward to school him the first go and win widely. He actually surpassed a lot of expectations. Hell, an ESPN expert poll even had Hopkins favoured and lots on forums picked him to beat Kov too.
Re: Carl Froch: Andre Ward’s style was borderline cheating, beat Kovalev with low blows
Posted: 06 Sep 2019, 15:21
by gilgamesh
Terminator666 wrote: ↑06 Sep 2019, 15:16
I thought Kovalev bailed out a bit to easily considering he was supposedly a beast
What exactly did he ever bail out of? Did he quit?
He reacted in pain to a goddamn LOW BLOW! A FOUL! He expected the referee to do his f*cking job. That's not quitting for f*cks sake you morons.
Kovalev should've just racked the guy in the balls back, yes. That's what he gets for expecting fair play I guess.
Re: Carl Froch: Andre Ward’s style was borderline cheating, beat Kovalev with low blows
Posted: 06 Sep 2019, 15:28
by Bard of Boxrec
gilgamesh wrote: ↑06 Sep 2019, 15:21
Terminator666 wrote: ↑06 Sep 2019, 15:16
I thought Kovalev bailed out a bit to easily considering he was supposedly a beast
What exactly did he ever bail out of? Did he quit?
He reacted in pain to a goddamn LOW BLOW! A FOUL! He expected the referee to do his f*cking job. That's not quitting for f*cks sake you morons.
Kovalev should've just racked the guy in the balls back, yes. That's what he gets for expecting fair play I guess.
Re: Carl Froch: Andre Ward’s style was borderline cheating, beat Kovalev with low blows
Posted: 06 Sep 2019, 16:03
by dr_devious
ewenhay wrote: ↑06 Sep 2019, 14:32
Froch is partly right. Ward was a dirty fighter. Plenty are.
But he was also a highly skilled technician.
Froch's comments are also traced with bitterness and envy.
Froch made these comments because Ward has been baiting him recently and Frochy bit
Re: Carl Froch: Andre Ward’s style was borderline cheating, beat Kovalev with low blows
Posted: 06 Sep 2019, 16:05
by Terminator666
To be fair, Frochs never stopped talking about Ward since the fight. He still probably will twenty years from now
Re: Carl Froch: Andre Ward’s style was borderline cheating, beat Kovalev with low blows
Posted: 06 Sep 2019, 18:00
by Steveh583
Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑06 Sep 2019, 13:01
Steveh583 wrote: ↑06 Sep 2019, 12:31
You must be new
He was mandatory for the WBC that joe vacated to face Hopkins ffs. He rang him live on itv asking for the fight. Regardless of who would have won, you are WAY OFF there.
And it cracks me up that people demean Froch's career by stating that there was once another boxer in history that could potentially have beaten him. 'Froch was poo cos the was once an undefeated, unified, two weight champ (who could potentially be the greatest British fighter ever) that may have beaten him...oh they didn't fight....the boxer vacated his title instead of face him....but still.....'
Calzaghe avoided Froch (because he had bigger fight to fry?)
Froch avoided DeGale (who was also a mandatory). Froch either wanted a Ward rematch or retire and he retired.
So basically.. Froch did to DeGale, what Calzaghe did to him.
BTW, i'm nor for or against any of these 3. Not a fan of any of them.
Wasn't doubting Joe's bottle. Merely pointing out Carl CLEARLY didn't avoid him as the OP stated. Joe would have outpointed him, but Carl would have been a nuisance like bika imo