Calzaghe slams Froch in interview
February 23rd, 2010
By Sean McDaniel: Former WBA/WBC/WBO unbeaten super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe (46-0, 32 KO’s) had a lot of bad words to say about unbeaten World Boxing Council super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-0, 20 KO’s) in a recent interview at the City A.M. Calzaghe says “He [Froch] won a title that I gave up and hasn’t stopped b-tching about everybody. Because he’s not making as much money and not getting on TV, I think he’s bitter against the whole world. He’s like a spoilt little bloody b-tch.”
Calzaghe and Froch have made no secret about their dislike with one another. Froch is mostly upset with Calzaghe because he was ignored by him the last two years of Calzaghe’s career, even though Froch had proven himself as an excellent fighter and someone worthy to fight. But instead of facing Froch, Calzaghe opted to fight opponents like Peter Manfredo Jr., Mikkel Kessler, Bernard Hopkins and Roy Jones Jr. Froch obviously didn’t have the same name value as Kessler, Hopkins and Jones, but you could make an argument that he was a better alternative than Manfredo Jr.
The war of words from Calzaghe will likely cause Froch to fire back a response that Calzaghe might not like. Froch would probably still be interested in meeting Calzaghe in the ring for them to settle their differences. But Calzaghe doesn’t seem remotely interested in staging a comeback. “It’s a big difference between 47-0 and 46-1,” Calzaghe says. “If I did lose, that one loss would destroy everything I’ve done. I’d never forgive myself. Why would I want another fight? It would mainly be for money. That’s the wrong reason. I tried to visualize, if I did lose, who it would affect me. And it would really affect me. I remember my last loss, as an amateur, when I was about 17. It bugged me for months. I used to cry and I was really angry.”
Unless Calzaghe is planning on making a comeback and fighting Froch, he should let Froch be. Carl has so far found success in the Super Six tournament, and by criticizing Froch now at this point, it seems as if Calzaghe might be jealous of what Froch is accomplishing. Calzaghe could have easily stuck around and fought in the Super Six tournament himself if he wanted to. But instead he retired after wins over Hopkins and Jones.
If Calzaghe had taken part in the Super Six tourney and emerged as the winner, it would have done a lot for Calzaghe’s career. The criticism that Calzaghe has faced is mainly about the lack of recognizable high quality opponents that he faced during his career. Calzaghe didn’t face that many big stars during his prime until the last part of his career, but just when he was making strides by upping the quality of his opposition, he suddenly quit just as top fighters like Andre Ward, Andre Dirrell, Lucian Bute, Froch, Allan Green, Arthur Abraham and Chad Dawson were emerging as top fighters.
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Was a huge Calzaghe fan while he was active, now he’s not he should keep quiet about Froch, he’s actually becoming a bit of a pratt!
agree completely sully,,well written and spot on….
I don’t care what Calzaghe record was, he’s just a good fighter not great! Look at who he fought?? I’m sorry but 168 was never a hotbed of boxing until now. Why didn’t he move up or down?? Because he liked his undefeated record! Listen to him when he talks, that all he talks about…
Having been broght up with fighters like Leonard,Haggler,Duran,Hearns. I think Joe should realize and I’m sure he does deep down that he would not have lived with these truely great fighters.He has been a good champ cant knock him for being unbeaten but in the history of boxing he will only ever be known as an also ran when compared to the above mentioned fighters
Calzaghe beat a prime jeff lacy!!! who apparently was the next mike tyson. please!!!! a prime hopkins and jones both ducked calzaghe. they knew he was far too dangerous too take a chance. Hopkins made me laugh when he was asking for a rematch, he ran the whole fight, made it boring as hell to watch!!
calzaghe, jealous of froch? hahahahaah
I personally rank Froch as a far better fighter than calzaghe, i mean who has he really fought??? no big ffights he dodged all the good fighters, and when he did fight the likes of Hopkins he was way past his prime! n den retired! at least FROCH was man in enough to offer calzaghe a fight, n yet he has the nerve to call him a BIH….
if calzaghe did fight froch, it would of been the same as when calzaghe fought lacy, he would have been too fast and skillful with too much stamina for froch. All you have to do is look at the taylor fight too see what taylor did to froch for eleven rounds. the difference is calzaghe could have fought for fifteen rounds at that pace.
to joe calzaghe…either fight froch,which you wont cus you avoided him like the plague,or shut the f***k up…all you did was fight bums or geriatrics all your life…if froch fought manfredo he would have been done for GBH…stay retired joe for your own health!!!!
The reason Froch never got a fight with Calzaghe is still apparent, even after the welsh legends retirement.
Froch cannot pull TV/Crowds – it would have been all Joe.
As Calzaghe was near the end of his career, he is going to want paydays to set him up for after boxing, who would deny him that right? He’s been boxing the best part of 30 years.
Give the dude some slack.
joe would knock froch out inside three rounds and any 1 of them in the super 6
Calzaghe would beat Froch senseless. Carl Froch is an awful fighter, Kessler will destroy him, Ward will destroy, and Abraham might actually kill him.
@ Waheed your definitely right Froch does make a lot of asinine statements, and its nice to see him get some of that thrown back in his face.
I just hate it when boxers bicker back and forth with no intention of ever steeping in the ring with each other.
I love the different takes on the subject. If they fought I’m absolutely certain Joe would have won. However, by the end of his career Froch may end up with the more impressive legacy since he’s in a highly competitive tournament and has already defeated Jean Pascal and Jermain Taylor prior. I don’t want to take too much away from Joe, although his resume overall is pretty weak I still like his win over a prime Mikkel Kessler and his win against Hopkins(I don’t care if Hopkins is old it’s still a good win).
if anyone has a right to an opinion in boxing it JOE CALZAGHE. ‘ He waited till they got old’ IS RIDICULOUS joe was old himself.prime time Calzaghe would have still whupped em all. He beat chris eubank who would himself have wiped the floor with all the current super six. as for ottke,,don;t make me laugh,, watch the robin reed fight.and be honest.
the same stiffs that sven ottke beat during his title reign were the same ones calzaghe rolled over during his stay at 168. if ottke was so bad and these fighters were so good, why didn’t they knock out ottke? both were undefeated super middles and a fight couldn’t be made? i put calzaghe just a LITTLE higher than ottke. this myth that hopkins was scared of calzaghe was just a lie. calzaghe was never a KO artist and hopkins would have beat joe during his stay at 160. you can critize all you want about pascal, taylor and dirrell but what about lacy, kessler, hopkins and jones? lacy was exposed as a world class whipping boy. kessler never did anything since joe. jones was beat up by a blown up middle. the only one good in the bunch was hopkins and he was 43. c’mon!
A prime Jones avoided the fighters that had a chance of beating him!Thats why he earned the nicknmae,”reluctant Roy!”
I would love to see Joe in the super 6, and i do think he could beat froch.
But whats the point of slandering Froch now? You’re not gonna fight him you’ve made that clear so why continue talking about him? Whats the point of bickering back and forth? Either fight or please stfu.
in hopkins prime he turned down a fight with calzaghe cause calzaghe was knocking out everyone at the time and u make things like froch beating taylor, taylor isnt good another over hyped american fighter like pavlik. calzaghe cleaned up the titles in super middleweight and no over hyped boxer could do that and then went to light heavy to beat hopkins who was #1 in the ring magazine and beat him all you say he hopkins is past it but he taught pavlik a leasson calzaghe is a legend he beat everyone that was put infront of him
never was that impressed with calzaghe, he fought an old roy jones and an old hopkins. for all the guys that say mayweather is a cherry picker, calzaghe must have tought him how. he did beat kessler but so did a 26 year old ward. i would love to see him fight froch but i would def. want froch to get knocked out. calzaghe, be quite or come back and fight, but i would have to agree with his comments about froch.
Ottke was the Biggest Con in boxing, im sure Johnson , Brewer and Reid would agree
id take hattons record with 2 losses against 2 greats than joke calzaghes plumped up big 0 ! you fought , what was it nigel benn called ‘em , mexican roadsweepers and bin men , oh yeh , and that guy off the tv show. . .and the guy didnt even win that , get over yourself joe you wer’nt that good.
LOL @ Duke
Sven Ottke? Are you serious?
Calzaghe acting like Mayweather afraid of losing the ‘o’,obsession of zero defeat is not a guarantee to greatness,opposition will be dissected to justify if you fought the best.
calzaghe would have lost to a prime jones and hopkins. the guy wasn’t even the best super middle during most of his reign. that would be sven ottke.
calzaghe should just shut up. the guy waited til he was almost 35 to start fighting the best. froch has beaten pascal, taylor and dirrell in his last three bouts. he aint waiting til the best get old to get in the ring with them.
i agree with Northfleet mauler. Calzaghe would have beaten all except a prime jones. and thats nothin to be ashamed of.
He would have won the super 6 thats for sure
Calzaghe would have beaten all these fighters if he had bothered, then again if he was more thinkin bout not losin no wonder he didnt want to stick around.
He was a good fighter though. and as The Northfleett Mauler said – he would have beaten all except a prime jones.
I’m no fan of Calzaghe but I wish he had stayed around a little longer, he could handle any of these.
Calzaghe needs to shut the f up, he wouldn’t face Froch in the last two years of his carear as he know he would have been KTFO…
I have never seen anyone slap as much as that big welsh f t!!
A good guy and great personalty my @rse a very good boxer!!well yes but no legend as is shown by his careen earnings the big 0 is only as good as QUALITY fighters fought and joe was no MARVIN HAGLER having box out of his own back yard over a decade.
JOE CALZAGHE WAS A GREAT BOXER, NO ONE CAN DISPUTE THAT. BUT HE HAS A PADDED OUT RECORD. WHO OTHER THAN ROBIN REID AND KESSLER O DID HE BEAT IN THEIR PRIME. HE NEVER BEAT BERNARD HOPKINS.AT LEAST FROCH WILL FIGHT ALL COMERS.
DAVEY, You are 100% spot on!!!
@Cor Lawson Calzaghe feared nobody twist whatever you wish to suit your cause, Lacey was a World Champ and America was certain he`d kill Calzaghe, If Calzaghe feared why did he fight him … and no no no no about replying with “the Lacy was an overated bum” , at the time he was viewed as world class and that is what matters. The Same for Kessler who was a 2 belt unbeated world champ, there was alot to lose on Calzaghes part but i did`nt see him cower out of fighting kessler. And as i wrote before Calzaghe fought Manfredo only cos HBO said the winner would fight Taylor who then outpriced himself, Jones also has made his point about why he didnt fight Calzagfhe in is prime , a Case of too much too lose to an dangerous fighter who wasnt well known of in the states, Hopkins backed out of fighting Calzaghe by outpricing himself. Get a bloody grip Joe did nt avoid these guys out of fear. its more a Case of Joe being a victim of sporting political circumstance and that is being nice to those that avoided him.
calzaghe boxing legend would have beat everyone in the supersix! a lot of people duked calzaghe because he was so good. pavlik did before hopkins destroyed him! a younger jones and hopkins duked him. hes the best british boxer of all time! frochs a nobady who tried to make a name off calzaghe. i wish calzaghe would have fought him and sent froch into retirement!
As for the Manfredo comment , Calzaghe only fought against him because HBO said the winner would fight Jermain Taylor, who sadly outpriced himself another one avoiding Calzaghe.
Froch is a waste of space. Calzaghe would have knocked him out as well as the rest of the super six.
46-0, I would like to see him come back and beat Froch but he is best retired now. Calzaghe is a legend and being welsh he is my sporting hero. Loved going to NewYork to see him in his last fight.
I can understand why Calzaghe is angered. I think Froch does let his mouth go sometimes and really believes he’s alot better than he actually is. If they were to fight Calzaghe would still school him I’m sure. Froch has alot of heart but I don’t find him particularly skillful. Not a fight I would be interested in seeing
I think Calzahe did the right thing in retiring. He is too old now to carry on. In his prime he would’ve beaten all the guy’s you mention above of that I have little doubt. In saying that I’m not sure he would’ve beaten a prime Jones, but then again, who would?