Entries tagged with "Carl+Froch":
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On November 24, 2006 at Ice Arena in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, BBBofC and Commonwealth super middleweight champion Carl Froch defended his titles against former BBBofC super middleweight champion Tony Dodson from Liverpool. Froch was 19-0 going in and his glory years were to come. Dodson…
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On April 25, 2009 at Foxwoods Resort in Mashantucket, Connecticut, WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch, from Nottingham, England, fought former WBA/IBF/WBO middleweight champion Jermain Taylor, from Little Rock, Arkansas. Carl the Cobra was undefeated at 24-0. Taylor was 28-2-1, having lost a…
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A heretofore unknown podcast called Pound for Pound runs a regular feature called Froch’s Fascinating Fact of the Week…
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On May 31, 2014, at Wembley Stadium in London, England, Carl "The Cobra" Froch defended his IBF/WBA super middleweight titles a second time against George Groves. Their first fight ended controversially, so the rematch was much anticipated. Froch was 32-2 with 23 KOs coming in. Groves was 19-1 with 15…
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On November 23, 2013, at Phones 4u Arena in Manchester, England, Carl "The Cobra" Froch, from Nottingham, defended his IBF/WBA super middleweight titles against George Groves, aka Saint George, from London. Froch was 31-2 coming in. Groves was undefeated at 19-0. The fight was scheduled for 12 rounds...
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A stylish boxer-puncher who flirted with greatness in his prime, Pascal only came up short against the crème de la crème…
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A dream fight between two boxers at any stage of their career. This time we clash two super middleweights and see which one comes out greater…
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We have two unbeaten champions. We have all the sanctioned ‘alphabet’ belts at stake. We have Ukraine against Russia. Sounds good, does it not?
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His legacy is a complex one. Haye perhaps summed it up best when stating “I'm just as renowned for talking trash as knocking people out...”
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“I hope he stops now," Bellew told Sky Sports. "Father Time is undefeated and Haye is not the man to beat him.”
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Froch, one of the more astute commentators in the game, believes Joshua will get the win, but it won’t be a walk in the park…
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Leaving the exceptionally difficult and sometimes heartbreaking world of boxing while undefeated and on top is nearly unheard of in the sport…
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The Liverpool based fighter was known as The Warrior and made his name as a good domestic fighter…
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Zurdo, Alto y Peligroso, as in left-handed, tall and dangerous. Just how dangerous? We’ll have to wait and see…
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“At the end of the day, these careers are gonna stop, and the cheers are gonna stop at some point, and what are you left with?”
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“My body can no longer put up with the rigors of the sport and therefore my desire to fight is no longer there…”
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“I thoroughly expect Floyd Mayweather to win,” said Froch, “but he'd better not let the world of boxing down…”
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It’s possible that Jermain Taylor had a screw loose all along and provocation was all he needed to go berserk...
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The fight is bigger than boxing. It’s as big as Floyd Mayweather says it is. But as likely as not it will disappoint…
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When the Super Six concluded in late 2011, Ward had beaten Mikkel Kessler, Allan Green, Sakio Bika, Arthur Abraham and Carl Froch…
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Errol “The Truth” Spence lived up to his nickname when he stopped the truly gifted Kell “Special K” Brook in the 11th round…
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Brook may have a good chin but can the body stand up to a vicious attack? That is the wildcard and I think it is a definite possibility here…
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He could be a true superstar and this presents an intriguing test against someone who will not be there for him to hit...
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The only questions seemed to be, how long would it last and could Bellew land anything meaningful before he was stopped?
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“David hated the boxing business and all who claimed to be a part of it. He had no time for promoters, managers or trainers. He saw himself as different...”
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Linares hits opponents the way he hits the open road, with precision and delight. He came to Manchester looking for a fight and there stood Anthony Crolla…
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At what cost is the Kazakh willing to wait for his shot at a man who has already relinquished his belt and clearly gets his rocks off at being in control?
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"It’s an exciting fight—whether you think Kell Brook will get knocked out or not, you still want to watch it…"
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This limited fighter continues to grow, assuredly not into multi-weight world championship proportions, but where exactly?
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“Tyson is Tyson. How he’s been brought up, that’s how he is. In fact, if you were to meet him face to face, he’s a very nice guy…”
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Carl Frampton leaves this fight with even more momentum behind him, and you better believe the world is paying attention. America certainly is...
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In an ideal world, in an ideal sport, the subject would never even arise. But the world is no more ideal than boxing…
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Kovalev’s power and fearlessness, no less than his killer instinct, will still be a handful, no matter what Freddie Roach teaches Pascal…
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Somewhere in Hell, Fritzie Zivic, The Croat Comet, is probably cussing a blue streak, but it's a brave, new world...
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Klitschko has always felt like a B-level movie star who was cast as a leading man, not quite made for the spotlight…
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David Haye is as glib as ever, but given the fluid state of the heavyweight division anything is possible...
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Klitschko is a fine architect, calmly deconstructing faces, subtly carving through the resolve of the man opposite…
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“It would be great for British boxing to have another world champion, but I just don’t think he has got the tools to pull this one off…”
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Former world champion Carl Froch has said he would consider returning to the ring next year for one fight to reclaim his title…
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Boxing’s byzantine politics and the diktat of capital make a super middleweight unification bout unlikely any time soon...
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“It’s time for Jermain Taylor to say when, no matter how many tests he’s passed. Boxing is about to get him. This is a fight that he cannot win...”
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Is British boxing going through a renaissance, or has the Internet simply made the world a smaller place for fight fans?
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Former IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute stopped Andrea Di Luisa at 1:53 of round four of a scheduled 10…
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Was the British boxing scene always this interesting ... or are we only now beginning to notice?
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If Bute has any hope of sharing the spotlight (with Adonis Stevenson and a surging David Lemieux), he MUST win…
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Carl Froch will be remembered as a true fighting champion in an era where other stars decided to simply rest on their laurels…
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“I can count on my left hand who are the real fighters in boxing: Gennady Golovkin, Miguel Cotto and Keith Thurman...”
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“I don’t think I can be the man that I need to be, the fighting machine I need to be to succeed at the top level…”
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It's clear as day that the United Kingdom has a fighting spirit, it's in our genes and intertwined with our DNA...
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“I’m more than prepared for anything Paul Smith brings to the table. He’s going to be hit early. He’s going to be hit often…”