Froch takes on Reid...

bennie · Post by **bennie** » 08 Aug 2007, 11:26

Carl Froch defends his British super-middleweight title on home turf at the Nottingham Arena on November 2 against former WBC champion Robin Reid - a coming together of dangerous, feisty characters promoted by Mick Hennessy.
Unbeaten Froch won the title with a first-round blasting of stablemate Damon Hague in Nottingham in 2005 and retained three times to secure the coveted Lonsdale Belt for life (he retained his old Commonwealth belt seven times). An impressive 21-0, Froch has taken out 17 of his opponents and is raring to go again after knee and hand injuries in recent months. Last time out in March, he blew away Russian southpaw Sergey Tatevosyan in two rounds - the first time Tatevosyan had ever been stopped. Carl is a cockure, almost arrogant champion and made the Nottingham Arena his own personal fortress but he's not getting any younger at 30 and this is the toughest-looking fight of his career, certainly since he caught up with Brian Magee in 11 rounds last year - a man Reid dropped four times and easily outscored a few years earlier.
Reid is a creaking 36 but the Reaperman has lost only to world champions Joe Calzaghe, Silvio Branco, Sugar Boy Malinga, Sven Ottke and Jeff Lacy in a career stretching back to 1993. He looked on the slide when Lacy hammered him in seven rounds in Florida in August 2005 - Reid was stopped (and floored) for the first time in his career - but after 19 months out, he outscored American Jesse Brinkley over eight bad-tempered rounds in the UK v USA Contender show in Newcastle in March to prove there is life in the old dog yet.
He won the WBC super-middleweight title from Vincenzo Nardiello in seven one-sided rounds in Italy in October 1996 and made three impressive defences before slippery Malinga outscored him in Millwall in December 1997. Reid later held Calzaghe to a split decision in a WBO title challenge in Newcastle in February 1999 (judge Paul Thomas had him ahead 116-111) and dropped another close decision to Ottke in a challenge for IBF and WBA titles in Nuremberg in December 2003, a decision the Runcorn man descibed as "beyond a joke."
Belgian referee Roger Tilleman warned Reid for hitting the German, denied him a knockdown, took a point off... "At least Dick Turpin wore a mask when he robbed people," said charismatic Robin, an 'adult' movie star who knows all the glib one-liners.
Reid's pet punch is the overhand right and Ghanaian Charles Adamu found Froch easy to hit with the shot in a gruelling 12-rounder in Nottingham in March 2004. Indeed, Froch has been criticised for holding his hands low but likes to whip in hooks and uppercuts from unusual angles. He has long arms, hence his nickname of "The Cobra".
'Action!'

johnswan1 · Post by **johnswan1** » 08 Aug 2007, 11:28

Happy about this - should be a good one. Always make sure I am watching when Froch fights.

Goz · Post by **Goz** » 08 Aug 2007, 11:30

Surely has to be Froch to win fairly comfortably now, Reid is well on the slide.

Maybe he'll get himself 'up' for a decent domestic clash and be competitive for a while but you can see him coming apart in the middle rounds.

oliverfennell · Post by **oliverfennell** » 08 Aug 2007, 11:37

Agree with that. Reid's at least two years past the point where he could have won this.

Twinkle Toes · Post by **Twinkle Toes** » 08 Aug 2007, 11:44

It's gonna be dirty.

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 08 Aug 2007, 11:51

Reid is going to get a hammering here. His timing looked shot to shite against Lacy, and if Froch maintains the decent workrate he showed against Tatevosyan, I can only see this going one way, with Reid getting bashed up and stopped by the ref.

bennie · Post by **bennie** » 08 Aug 2007, 11:53

The night before Calzaghe-Kessler.

Taki... · Post by **Taki...** » 08 Aug 2007, 11:54

Reid is a good name on Froch's record, but I'd have much rather seen him taking on a (genuine) top 10 SM. Supermiddle is the worst division in boxing for fighters avoiding each other.
There are around ten fighters in the top 20 with unbeaten records (and more than 20 odd fights)!

Chambers2 · Post by **Chambers2** » 08 Aug 2007, 12:04

It'll definately be a decent spectacle as Froch is involved, but I can only see one winner in this. Decent test though after abit of a lay-off, surely Carl and Mick have got to be looking at a Euro/World title shot soon or to to get involved in an eliminator after hes finished with Reid

gb · Post by gb » 08 Aug 2007, 12:08

Has the Adamu rematch been shelved then?

johnswan1 · Post by **johnswan1** » 08 Aug 2007, 12:08

Taki... wrote:Reid is a good name on Froch's record, but I'd have much rather seen him taking on a (genuine) top 10 SM. Supermiddle is the worst division in boxing for fighters avoiding each other.
There are around ten fighters in the top 20 with unbeaten records (and more than 20 odd fights)!

But he is coming off an eight month lay off due to injury. I think Reid is a fair opponent, but he needs to fight a top ten opponent after that.

Chambers2 · Post by **Chambers2** » 08 Aug 2007, 12:09

bennie wrote:The night before Calzaghe-Kessler.

Carls post-fight interview should be interesting then, I'm sure he'll be calling the winner out in his own inimtable style

oliverfennell · Post by **oliverfennell** » 08 Aug 2007, 12:20

You know, Froch has never before met an opponent who has won or even challenged for a world title. Reid will be his first.

Horse · Post by **Horse** » 08 Aug 2007, 12:28

gb wrote:Has the Adamu rematch been shelved then?

Yes, Froch vacated the Commonwealth title.

dookus · Post by **dookus** » 08 Aug 2007, 12:41

jamesmcdonnell wrote:I can only see this going one way, with Reid getting bashed up and stopped by the ref.

Christ! I know Froch is fighting at home, but they're surely not going to let the ref do that!

harrygreb · Post by **harrygreb** » 08 Aug 2007, 12:43

i went to see robin reid fight a french geezer a couple of years ago in brentwood. only there wasnt any fighting going on at all. they must have tapped gloves at least 30 times during the good natured proceedings.
many people had bought tickets on the strength of seeing reid in action. they were robbed. i hope froch, who i dont think is going much further, gives him a absolute pasting for stinking brentwood leisure centre out against that frenchman, although i promised after that i would never watch reid again and i'm keeping my promise.

nickd · Post by **nickd** » 08 Aug 2007, 13:04

Even in his heyday Reid's workrate was pretty low now its beyond abysmal. And Froch seems happy to potshot his way through fights throwing the odd haymaker here and there. I don't see this being action packed.

The Blade · Post by **The Blade** » 08 Aug 2007, 15:14

dookus wrote:
jamesmcdonnell wrote:I can only see this going one way, with Reid getting bashed up and stopped by the ref.
Christ! I know Froch is fighting at home, but they're surely not going to let the ref do that!

twenty six · Post by **twenty six** » 08 Aug 2007, 15:16

Anyone any clues how much Hennessey's purse bid was for this one ?
I've heard there were a few bids - maybe he's paid over the odds to secure Froch home advantage ?
Live on Sky.

Autobarn · Post by **Autobarn** » 08 Aug 2007, 16:03

harrygreb wrote:i went to see robin reid fight a french geezer a couple of years ago in brentwood. only there wasnt any fighting going on at all. they must have tapped gloves at least 30 times during the good natured proceedings.
many people had bought tickets on the strength of seeing reid in action. they were robbed. i hope froch, who i dont think is going much further, gives him a absolute pasting for stinking brentwood leisure centre out against that frenchman, although i promised after that i would never watch reid again and i'm keeping my promise.

was that the IBO non title fight 6 (or was it 8?) rounder that ended up on Bravo?

Grilling Machine · Post by **Grilling Machine** » 08 Aug 2007, 16:41

Terry D wrote:Then someone will get his boots smoked

Before going home for some cocoa. I'll have a tenner on 'Dangerous' Dave Parris by the way. Early stoppage.

ArtOfWar · Post by **ArtOfWar** » 08 Aug 2007, 16:55

I don't think this is a good fight at all, because Reid hasn't looked good for years. This is going to be a scrappy and ugly fight in my opinion. Froch should be moving up the ladder, but this fight is a step backwards.

leforge · Post by **leforge** » 08 Aug 2007, 17:13

I look forward to this. Good comeback fight for Froch.

nickd · Post by **nickd** » 08 Aug 2007, 19:34

If Reid is in shape I very much doubt Froch will stop him. It took him 11 rounds to stop Magee who has a shoddy chin.

Albert · Post by **Albert** » 08 Aug 2007, 23:43

Carl Froch will stop Robin Reid. Lacy destroyed Reid, if Froch has aspirations of making it massive on the world stage he will have to do likewise against a past it and FORMER world class but yes tough boxer.