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Froch after just winning back the WBC smw title Vs Abraham V Robert Stieglitz when he was WBO champ. This is always a fight I wanted to see. I would have loved matchroom to have put up the money to get Stieglitz over to the UK. I think it would have been a cool unification fight. Anyway, what do you all think?

froch pounds him

I think, Stieglitz' fight against Librado Andrade should give you at least a little clue of what would've happened in the Froch-Stieglitz fight.

Stieglitz was a brave, hard-working dude. He wouldn't have gone down without a fight. But he was taking way too many clean shots, had shaky chin (though, he withstood some big shots in the 1st Abraham fight) and was pron to cuts and bruises. Also, he wasn't really a huge puncher. Rather a volume guy.

Froch would've happily accepted the good little shootout, in which he would've eventually overwhelmed a gutsy German.

EdwardRevolver1993 wrote: ↑14 Dec 2023, 15:26 I think, Stieglitz' fight against Librado Andrade should give you at least a little clue of what would've happened in the Froch-Stieglitz fight.

Stieglitz was a brave, hard-working dude. He wouldn't have gone down without a fight. But he was taking way too many clean shots, had shaky chin (though, he withstood some big shots in the 1st Abraham fight) and was pron to cuts and bruises. Also, he wasn't really a huge puncher. Rather a volume guy.

Froch would've happily accepted the good little shootout, in which he would've eventually overwhelmed a gutsy German.

That's my reading of it. I don't know why he never opted to try and bring him over. Sakio Bika would have been good too

wrighty wrote: ↑14 Dec 2023, 16:23

EdwardRevolver1993 wrote: ↑14 Dec 2023, 15:26 I think, Stieglitz' fight against Librado Andrade should give you at least a little clue of what would've happened in the Froch-Stieglitz fight.

Stieglitz was a brave, hard-working dude. He wouldn't have gone down without a fight. But he was taking way too many clean shots, had shaky chin (though, he withstood some big shots in the 1st Abraham fight) and was pron to cuts and bruises. Also, he wasn't really a huge puncher. Rather a volume guy.

Froch would've happily accepted the good little shootout, in which he would've eventually overwhelmed a gutsy German.

That's my reading of it. I don't know why he never opted to try and bring him over. Sakio Bika would have been good too

If I recall, Bute's people once made Stieglitz an offer for a unification fight. That was when Bute was going to make a homeland appearance in Romania. For some reason, the fight didn't happen. Stieglitz people turned it down, I guess. Bute still fought in Romania, but against Jean-Paul Mendy (who was his mandatory at the time).

Froch and other top SMW guys were busy in the Super Six tournament around that time.

As of Froch vs. Bika - yeah, it would've been a rough fight. If I recall, Bika was calling Froch out circa 2013, but Froch wasn't all that interested.

Froch would have battered the eff out of Stieglitz.
Stieglitz was a hard-working fighter but took on laughable opposition as a belt-holder beyond an aging Abraham. Different classes of fighters. Froch by wide UD