Carl Froch is a Dunce

[itrymariti]

Anyone see "A Question of Sport" the other night?

The presenter goes: "Which British boxer lost to Antonio Tarver for the Light Heavyweight title last year?"

Carl Fraud: "Roy Jones Jr."

:-(:patsch

[TommyV]

:lol:

Not the sharpest tool in the box.

[kosaros]

He seems to pretty intellectual, just boxing is not his strongest subject :yep

[robpalmer135]

i have heard him say he doesnt watch much boxing

[GazOC]

He seems to pretty intellectual, just boxing is not his strongest subject :yep

Like TFFP you mean?;)

[MIK1000]

that's horrific.

[hoagy]

i have heard him say he doesnt watch much boxing


Probably explains why he keeps calling Joe Calzaghe & Bernard Hopkins..

[achillesthegreat]

That is frightening.

[Northern Ninja]

Not suprising.

[Carnage]

Good ol' frochy!!!

[TFFP]

What is more scary than the fact he knows dick about boxing is that he is a "pundit" on ITV, and that he can't even comprehend a simple question.

He's taken too many punches!

[Carnage]

by the way, is there any way I can watch this, can't seem to find it on iplayer?

[bringitondown]

Anyone see "A Question of Sport" the other night?

The presenter goes: "Which British boxer lost to Antonio Tarver for the Light Heavyweight title last year?"

Carl Fraud: "Roy Jones Jr."

:-(:patsch

To be fair to him, there was a board with about a dozen surnames on it (Jones and Woods were two of them), and as soon as he heard "Tarver" in the question he probably saw Jones first and immediately put the two together (and just forgot/didn't realise about the British bit). He answered immediately, without thinking (obviously) and when Woods was on the board Tiger Woods would've been the first person to spring to mind, whereas for Jones it would've been Roy Jones.

[P4PNo.1]

That is pretty bad :lol:

[slip&counter]

yes, i've also heard him say he's not a "huge fan of the sport" to use his words and doesn't watch much of it so hasn't got much knowledge on it, i think it was on the boxing hour i'm pretty sure it was on setanta

[mstar]

he is a bit dumb, i heard his answers with Steve Bunce on fighters in middleweight and british landmarks. Seems he lacks a bit in the head does our carl

[slip&counter]

this is a trend i also heard darren barker say he'd never heard of harry greb and archie moore

[Chinny]

That is bad but Carl definitely isn't stupid.

He picked Jones over Calzaghe so its fair to say he doesn't spend as much time watching boxing as we do but that is probably healthy. He seems to have other things in his life, a property business and a maxim girlfriend.

Dunce? I don't think so.

[Guy]

Poor old Carl last month he was insisting Joe Calzaghe took the mensa test now he's been exposed as a boxing dumbo himself.

It's a funny old game...

[DGLASS JAW]

yeah there are a few top fighters who dont watch much boxing ...gary lockett another one .

[kosaros]

Dean Francis is another. I don't think Amir Khan watches all that much boxing either.

[cityofgod]

That is bad but Carl definitely isn't stupid.

He picked Jones over Calzaghe so its fair to say he doesn't spend as much time watching boxing as we do but that is probably healthy. He seems to have other things in his life, a property business and a maxim girlfriend.

Dunce? I don't think so.

He actually said - if Jones had just 40% of what he used to have, then he'd beat Calzaghe.

Which is quite a decent take on it !

[Carnage]

Hold on, so the guy (might have) misheard the question, can you not see how he got to the answer??If he had said Wladamir Klitschko or President Putin then yeah, hes a thick shit, but saying roy jones jr really ain't that bad.

[MIK1000]

this is a trend i also heard darren barker say he'd never heard of harry greb and archie moore

it's shocking, go down ur local boxing club and most kids and guys will be only familiar with Ricky Hatton and Amir Khan. Alot of the amateur coaches too know very little about boxing history and the current scene.

[Dunky McCafferty]

Maybe Froch just got mixed up under the pressure of the spotlight, it happens!

Nerves affect everyone. people are reading too deeply into the fact he simply fucked up a question.

[Carnage]

Maybe Froch just got mixed up under the pressure of the spotlight, it happens!

Nerves affect everyone. people are reading too deeply into the fact he simply fucked up a question.
Cor...rect!!! :thumbsup

[richard_mcnair]

maybe if hed actually watch some boxing, maybe he would learn that its not unheard of for a boxer to keep his gloves up and actually try to block some punches - see what they're doing frochy??? try doing that youself...

[Farmboxer]

True, but still..........he did a great job Vs. Taylor. He took punches and came back by knockout. I have to give him credit for that.

[Broxi]

That's actually an easy one to trick the mind, as soon as he heard Tarver he linked it with Jones, as I do, and answered without considering the full question.

It's like one of those puzzles where your brain only picks up the parts it wants to see.

[Carnage]

True, but still..........he did a great job Vs. Taylor. He took punches and came back by knockout. I have to give him credit for that.
Cor...rect!!! :thumbsup

[Carnage]

That's actually an easy one to trick the mind, as soon as he heard Tarver he linked it with Jones, as I do, and answered without considering the full question.

It's like one of those puzzles where your brain only picks up the parts it wants to see.
Cor...well, you see where I'm going with this.

[debaser]

He's actually quite intelligent. Has a degree in sport science so can't be a dunder head. Obviously just misheard the question.

[jonnytightlips]

Froch is a major wanker.