‘Carl Froch would lose’: Hall of Famer predicted the loser by friend

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British former super-middleweight champion Carl Froch could not fight Joe Calzaghe while still a pro boxer. A famous friend of Froch’s said recently that Calzaghe would have beaten Froch.

Instead of fighting Froch in those days, Calzaghe vacated the belt and joined a higher weight class for a bigger bout.

Froch’s friend George Groves said that Calzaghe would have beaten Froch if the two had met.

‘Even Froch would say that he couldn’t match Joe Calzaghe for hand speed, punch output, or endurance,’ Groves said. ‘He’d have to punch with him and he’d back himself to do so. Calzaghe got off the floor to win in the past, so if you can catch him, he can go.’

‘Also Froch is an underrated boxer, he had a very good, long job and he was awkward with his hands low. There was no quit in him and he carries power to the late rounds.

‘On their best nights you’d say Calzaghe could keep him off, but it wouldn’t be a foregone conclusion, l’d pick Calzaghe on hand speed and footwork, creating angles and never letting Froch set.’

It is very unlikely that an exhibition bout between the two would prove who would have won. This failed fight will remain talk of for a long time.