Sport

Froch earns fourth round win
by Adam Marshall, 13 May 2008

Froch: Winner

Carl Froch demolished Albert Rybacki in front of his home Nottingham crowd on Saturday night.

'The Cobra' dominated a one-sided fight against his hastily-arranged opponent at The Trent FM Arena and cheered the spectators after Junior Witter surprisingly lost his title to Timothy Bradley.

The super-middleweight encounter was something of a mismatch as the unbeaten 30-year-old was on top throughout with referee John Keane stopping the contest in the fourth round to spare Rybacki further punishment.

One outstanding upper-cut in the third round rocked Rybacki back on his heels and the outcome soon became inevitable.

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A challenge to Joe Calzaghe, although unrealistic, is top of Froch's agenda even though Danish ace Mikkel Kessler is a likelier target.

"Never say never in this sport," said Froch to ITV afterwards. "I'm WBC number one, he's got to defend his WBC prestigious title against me or he's got to give it to me or vacate it. It's not an honorable thing to do.

"Me and Joe Calzaghe, we're on talking terms. I'm fine with Joe, he's a great champion and I've got a lot of respect for him, I really have.

"It'll be such a shame if he couldn't give the fans and British public what they want - a Calzaghe-Froch tear-up is what everyone is looking for.

"The WBC route is the route I'm on [though] and, if it's another route, I can defend that against all the other top names and become a superstar."

Although Froch is a mandatory challenger to Calzaghe, and the fight will be demanded by The Cobra's camp on Monday, the Welshman is virtually certain to vacate his title with a fight against Roy Jones Jnr in the pipeline.

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Jason - 14 May 2008 06:47: How classly is Carl lets see more of this behind stuff as he come across real nice.Weldone for getting this Team Setanta.; Report this to a moderator

alex nozza - 13 May 2008 13:38: dont really watch frotch much but i do think his hearts in the right place and i think he deserves a shot but NOT yes get kessler out the way then go for lacy then maybe calzaghie will listen to you at the moment your still a contnder and not someone who may stand a chance. make a name for yourself frotch and make england proud; Report this to a moderator

scubasteve - 12 May 2008 16:58: i want to see calzaghe froch,but would also like to see kessler frock aswell, i do think frock would loose both but i think he would give a good account of himself. Why do people constantly down people who are quite polite and want to fight the best , no shame in that; Report this to a moderator

P4PBest - 12 May 2008 14:56: Who in the British Public want to see Calzaghe v Froch, apart from Froch Fans. He maybe the No 1 WBC contender, but who has he beat to get there.. Froch needs to step up and fight people in the top 20 of the SMW division. Froch shouting out Calzaghe, giving it the big ones, is simply a Joke. I'd like to see Froch fight some of these fighters, kessler, bute, mundine, lacy, miranda...But the FACT is that Froch neither deserves or is in the same class as Joe. IMO Kessler would demolish Froch; Report this to a moderator

lolwut - 12 May 2008 12:33: @ Tom The reason he's hyping a Calzaghe "superfight" if you will is to put his name in the hat. Every fighter who wants a match has to hype his performance and the fight itself. You don't hear a fighter saying "I'm unsure what would happen if I fought this boxer and who cares about the crowd or the money" today. However, this was a very boring fight, and it would put me to sleep more than Hopkins and Calzaghe did, and thats saying something.; Report this to a moderator

scubasteve - 12 May 2008 10:11: i dnot know like i think id like to see froch take on joe rather than any of those other fights, there is people out there that want it, froch needs to get some big fights and i think he would give joe a run for his money, i think it would be far more exciting than any of the other fights hes gonna have but fairplay to joe, he cant wait on every decent fighter to come up to fight him, he got to keep moving onwards and upwards; Report this to a moderator

Tom - 11 May 2008 19:23: He wont get a Calzaghe fight as Joe will only be going for the huge fights at the moment (aka Ray Jones Jnr.) Plus the guy he fought was a muppet, youve got to fight bigger names than that before you get to fight the best. Also he's starting to sound like Witter claiming that the people want an all British showdown and Calzaghe's being a wimp. Rubbish. The majority of people want Calzaghe v Jones.; Report this to a moderator

Adam - 11 May 2008 18:13: Froch is talking a goood game, and i can understand why he wants Calzaghe. However, Calzaghe has far BIGGER fish to fry right now and Froch simply doesnt pull in a crowd. Plus, Ryback was a nobody, and made Froch look ALOT better than he actually is. I agree with the other comments here, in the opinion that Froch REALLY needs to put himself up against a big gun now to really test himself. Kessler perhaps ?; Report this to a moderator

DDN - 11 May 2008 12:02: He needs to step up now and fight a big name top 5 fighter, Kessler, Bute, Taylor, Andrade or Miranda. Even a fight against Lacy would be good for his profile if he could stop him in style!; Report this to a moderator

BIG BOY (ABERGAVENNY) - 11 May 2008 09:25: FROCH MIGHT AS WELL FORGET JOE ALLTOGETHER JOE IS NOT GOING TO FIGHT HIM HE IS DONE AT SUPERMIDDLE WEIGHT AND IS LOOKING AT BIG BUCKS FOR HIS RETIREMENT AND RIGHTLY SO JOE HAS SAID A NUMBER OF TIME THESE DAY HE NEEDS A FIGHT THAT HE CAN GET EXCITED ABOUT AND CARL DOES NOT GET HIS JUICES FLOWING BUT SAYING THAT CARL DID LOOK GOOD EVEN THOUGH HIS OPPPONENT WAS BELOW AVERAGE YOU CANT JUDGE CARL UNTILL HE FIGHTS A PROVEN OPPONENT SO COME ON CARL GET ON THE BLOWER TO KESSLER SO WE CAN SEE WHAT U R MADE OF; Report this to a moderator

Park - 11 May 2008 09:02: Huh, I never really noticed Froch before. This fight, or rather demolition, changed that, and was a welcome spectacle after Junior Witter lost to the Yank.; Report this to a moderator

Guy - 11 May 2008 08:56: It's difficult to gauge his performance after fighting someone without the skills to test him but i thought Froch had some good shots in his artillery and I found him entertaing; Report this to a moderator

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