: Mon Dec 08, 2008 3:35 pm  

Taylor's definitely the mandatory, but Froch's camp reckon he won't want to come over here and will go for one of the other titles instead.

: Mon Dec 08, 2008 4:09 pm  

Andy Gilder wrote:

Taylor's definitely the mandatory, but Froch's camp reckon he won't want to come over here and will go for one of the other titles instead.

That would be dissapointing as it would be a great fight. Froch needs to begin building his reputation up within the boxing world (particularly in America where his next fight has to be) and prove he is the #1 to face Calazage, to do that he has to beat Taylor, Kessler and possibly Bute which would take around 18 months and unfortunatly I doubt Joe will be around by then.

: Mon Dec 08, 2008 4:29 pm  

Andy Gilder wrote:

Froch's problem is I'm still not convinced he's as good as he thinks he is.

All this low hands and sticking your chin out nonsense will get you found out eventually, just ask Naseem Hamed.

I'm not convinced the Pac-Man and Pretty Boy Floyd are as good as Froch thinks he is!

: Mon Dec 08, 2008 4:43 pm  

Sheddy wrote:

That would be dissapointing as it would be a great fight. Froch needs to begin building his reputation up within the boxing world (particularly in America where his next fight has to be) and prove he is the #1 to face Calazage, to do that he has to beat Taylor, Kessler and possibly Bute which would take around 18 months and unfortunatly I doubt Joe will be around by then.

Taylor will duck Froch again IMO and fight Bute IMO. It really pishes me off that the majority of the American fighters never fight seem to fight out of America.

: Mon Dec 08, 2008 4:51 pm  

Lord_Percy wrote:

I'm not convinced the Pac-Man and Pretty Boy Floyd are as good as Froch thinks he is!

Well said, I was more than impressed with Froch on Saturday but there are still many vital flaws in his approach which a top fighter such as Calzaghe would rip into. It would be a big mistake jumping into the ring with Joe now as his career on the big stage could be over before it has even begun. His promoter doesnt seem to be helping him either by keeping Froch's feet firmly on the ground as he to seems to be getting carried away.

John D H wrote:

Taylor will duck Froch again IMO and fight Bute IMO. It really pishes me off that the majority of the American fighters never fight seem to fight out of America.

No matter who Froch fights next, it has to be in America whether it be Taylor or Kessler. If Taylor ducks Froch and goes on to have a title fight with Bute, it would leave Froch to fight Kessler. If they both won, it would leave Taylor with no option but to agree to a "super fight" vs Froch in MSG's.

: Mon Dec 08, 2008 4:53 pm  

John D H wrote:

It really pishes me off that the majority of the American fighters never fight seem to fight out of America.

Given how long it took Calzaghe to get around to fighting outside the UK, I'm not sure British fight fans have much grounds for complaint tbh.

: Mon Dec 08, 2008 5:00 pm  

Andy Gilder wrote:

Given how long it took Calzaghe to get around to fighting outside the UK, I'm not sure British fight fans have much grounds for complaint tbh.

Well. I suppose the fact that non of the big names in America wanted to fight him didn't help.

: Mon Dec 08, 2008 5:21 pm  

John D H wrote:

Well. I suppose the fact that non of the big names in America wanted to fight him didn't help.

I dont agree with that, I would have said it was the other way round, IMO of course.

: Mon Dec 08, 2008 5:29 pm  

Andy Gilder wrote:

Taylor's definitely the mandatory, but Froch's camp reckon he won't want to come over here and will go for one of the other titles instead.

Why doesn't he go over there? Really prove yourself and whack the Yanks in there own backyard. Beautiful!

: Mon Dec 08, 2008 5:32 pm  

Rupert Pupkin wrote:

I dont agree with that, I would have said it was the other way round, IMO of course.

Well Calzaghe offered to fight RJJ about 7 or 8 years ago but Jones refused.