Carl 'The Cobra' Froch: Legend?

As the three time super-middleweight champion of the world, one would think so. But going in to last nights fight with Lucian Bute as the underdog suggests that some still still don't rate Froch as highly as others.

Carl Froch floors Lucian Bute

Carl Froch has spent the last three or four years fighting the best boxers in the division all around the world; going in to the lion's den to fight other people in their back yard. Conversely this was Bute's trickiest fight by some way, and his first away from North America so it is no wonder that Froch outclassed Bute. I'd be highly surprised if Bute's team took up the option of a re-match as they would surely not want such a ritual humiliation for their charge for a second time. It is difficult to know where Bute will go now, but surely Froch is well on the path to greatness and a spot in the history books as a British legend. He did spend the early part of his career in the shadows of Joe Calzaghe, but he always called out Calzaghe even though the fight was never made. Why? We shall probably never know, but since then Froch has never ducked anybody and has beaten most. There is a chance that he will get the opportunity to avenge the Kessler defeat, and I would think he could then retire with his head held high and nothing else to prove.

As Froch said in his post-fight interview, he could not have done it without his long-time coach Rob McCracken. He also openly admitted that if he does as he's told he could win like that all the time; all he has to do is 'listen to the guru!' Hopefully McCracken (British amateur boxing's performance director) can work his magic on Team GB's boxers at the London 2012 Olympics which are not too far away.  

SPORT SHORTS

Well done to Mark Webber for winning today's Monaco Grand Prix for the second time. It wasn't the most exciting race that we'll see this season, but hopefully it can be a spring board for Webber to go on to bigger and better things. 

Congratulations to Harlequins for winning their first ever English Premiership Rugby Union this weekend. The club has been through some hard times following the 'bloodgate' scandal of three years ago, but they have shown true character to come back to where they are now. 

England's footballers won their first match under Roy Hodgson. Better that than not winning, but if England carry on playing like that, not only will they not go very far in Euro 2012 but it won't be long before fans (and the media) start calling for Hodgson to be sacked. I am not one of them though,. The poor bloke has only has three days training with the team, and the circumstances have hardly been ideal. There should be no pressure for this tournament, and it should be looked upon as a building block for the future; after all there will be several current players that may not be in the squad for the world cup qualifiers in September.  

Luke Donald has retained his BMW PGA championship title at Wentworth today by beating the field by four shots. He carded a solid 68 to enter the clubhouse having defended a title for the first time in his career. Onwards and upwards to major success?

Jessica Ennis set a new British heptathlon record as she won in Austria with 6,906 points. Not bad for a fat lass! Whoever said that was a fool. She is one of the best medal hopes that we have going in to the Olympics; is that the way to try and settle our athletes down? Sad news that heptathlete Kelly Sotherton has announced her retirement following a back operation. 

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