Froch brags About His Punching Power: “I Punch Like a Mule”
July 29th, 2009
By Scott Gilfoid: With few people giving World Boxing Council super middleweight champion Carl Froch (25-0, 20 KO’s) much chance of success in being able to win the Showtime Super Six tournament which begins in October, Froch took the opportunity to sing his own praises in an interview with Sky Sports earlier today, commenting “I punch like a mule.”
That seems like wishful thinking on Froch’s part, because Dirrell is one of the most elusive fighters in the super middleweight division, if not the most. He’s very hard to hit cleanly, and most of his opponents give up on their power shots after awhile of trying and missing, focusing on just trying to connect, period.
Once Dirrell has his opponents in that situation, the fight is pretty much won because he has a high connect percentage, great speed and good power and is able to take advantage of his opponents by unloading on them with machinegun like punches over and over again.
I expect Froch to land some punches, but he’s going to miss an awful lot of them, and much more than he did in his fight with Jermain Taylor in April. In that fight, Froch missed a lot in the first half of the fight and looked badly over-matched at the point. It was only after Taylor ran out of gas that Froch was able to start landing with a better connect percentage.
Still, Froch missed a lot with his shots even in the second half of the fight against a tired out Taylor. Froch is going to have problems against Dirrell if the American doesn’t fade like Froch’s last two opponents Taylor and Jean Pascal.
Speaking about himself in the third person, Froch said that Taylor is going to have problems with the Nottingham, England crowd, calling it the “Snake pit.” The crowd noise may indeed be a problem for Dirrell, because he will be facing a lot of pro-Froch fans. However, Dirrell is a former 2004 Olympic Bronze Medalist and has no doubt faced hostile crowds in the past and been able to rise above it and fight effectively.
Crowd noise can be a problem when a fighter is standing and trading shots with the home fighter. However, with a mover like Dirrell, it probably won’t make much of a difference because he rarely gets hit and the noise won’t slow him down and make him want to stand and trade with Froch.
Froch seems to think that because he’s beaten quality fighters like Taylor and Pascal it means that he’ll have too much experience for Dirrell. However, Dirrell appears to be a lot better than either of those fighters. Indeed, Dirrell is like a better version of both of them and have the same qualities – speed, movement and power – that they both possess, only better. Froch barely beat Pascal and Taylor, so it stands to reason that Froch will be fortunate if he can get by an even better fighter in Dirrell.
It doesn’t get any easier for Froch after his fight with Dirrell. In his second fight, Froch has been matched very tough by getting Mikkel Kessler and his third fight will be Arthur Abraham. As such, Froch could very well end up losing all three of his opening round fights and end up being eliminated from the tournament. That’s what I expect to happen.
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ahut up gilfoid you ignorant yank racist
Taylor fought a whole bunch of jr.middle weights (including Spinks(who was knocked out by Judah, a welterweight),that Ugandan etc.).He could´nt floor not even one of them ,as a matter of fact i remember the Ugandan saying that taylor could`nt punch his way out of a paper bag,yet Taylor had Froch out on his feet.To me that proves Froch is not ironed jaw as his jock strap holders claim.He is not a big puncher either,he hit Pascal with tons of punches and he never looked hurt at any time,and pascal was badly hurt by a non-punching preliminary fighter 3 fights previously. Dirrell is going to give him a serioos beating before stopping him.
FROCH IS A ONE TIME WONDER…. HE STANDS NO CHANCE AGAINST ABRAHAM…. KESSLER WILL WHIP ON HIM… KELLY PAVLIK WILL KILL EM… ANDRE DIRELL WILL DESTROY EM..SO WILL WARD…HES THE WEAKEST IN HES CLASS… JERMAIN TAYLOR IS NOT DOIN WHAT HE HAS TOO….
I’m looking forward to going to Nottingham’s “snake pit” to watch Froch “punch like a donkey…I mean like a mule”. I just hope he’s not gunna start kicking as I don’t want either fighter losing by disqualification.
popkins you’d be better of flushing your lady gaddiver down the khazie son!!dirrel will be in the land of nod inside 6 rnds!!
Gilfoid will be blowing his wad everytime Dirrel lands a punch and then boom, he’s down and Froch wins.
…But in all honesty it’s quite clear Kessler is the best fighter in this comp. Kessler v Froch is gonna be like the Danish version of Calzaghe/Lacy…the cobra gets schooled, and then KO’d. There’s a chance Froch could get lucky (again) and squeak past the less experienced Dirrell (although Andre’s superior speed should win him a UD). But against Mikkel??? Not a chance in hell.
look froch has plenty of faults = terible defence,balance,are just 2 that spring too mind but boy can he bang and he’s got great stamina,also he’s deceptivly quick and i like his corkscrew hook turned uppercut which will smash the granny out of dirrel.i see the fight against kessler too close to call.also i don’t see what the fuss is about abraham’s,he’s looked dire in his last 3 fights and will be exposed in this tourno i’d have preferred pavlick in the six but i suppose you can’t have everything!!!
I completely agree with the author. I predict Dirrell will beat Froch, in fact at 15/1 I’ve bet a fiver on Dirrell winning the tournament. After Dirrell, Froch faces the world’s No.1 Super middle, and then the world’s No.2 Middle…It could well be 3 straight losses.
Dirrell will try running for 12 rounds, taking pot shots because he’s American and everyone know yank fighters lack the heart to stand toe to toe and trade like the 3 European warriors in the competition!
The author says no ones giving froch a chance…. Hang on, the bookies make him second favourite and dirrell is the competition rank outsider at 16/1!!!
The authors either deluded or a wum
froch would blitz taylor in a return a lot quicker than the last time expect 2 see sum devastatin k.os by froch in this tournament and direll will be the first to fall
I pity you Scott. What Will you have to write about once Froch knocks out Dirrell.
I dont think Froch will win the whole thing (I’d love it if he did, but he wont) and I quite like watching Dirrell, but just because of you, I hope he gets smashed to bits. You are a moron. You write complete and utter nonsense. You have been banging on about Dirrell, and how he is far superior to Taylor, Pascall, and even went as far as to predict how he would beat all of the super middleweights (calzaghe included) and told us how he would do it. What do you vase this garbage on.
The guy is a prospect. Nothing else. You constantly bang on about Amir Khan and his suspect chin. What about Dirrell. Knocked down twice by Anthony (who) Hanshaw. He didnt seem so elusive in the first round of that fight. If, sorry when Froch connects, it’s as good as over.
You are an embarrasment to you family.
i agree i take my hat off to froch going in the tournament the bigger under dog but i cant see him lasting with kessler or even a return with taylor.
I reckon all these article writers get in touch and have made a competition to see whose articles get the most replys.
Thats why Scotts articles are so focussed on slating British boxers to the extent he does.
Froch looked awful against taylor.
I admire him for taking everyone on tho, he cant box, but he can bang and he has a fairly solid chin.
Either way this tournament is the best thing to happen for boxintg in a long time!
Glifoid strikes again eh…..you must be really annoyed knowing that it wont be an American winning the super6!
I think Froch has a decent chance and I’m not a big fan to be honest, but he is durable. Still, I don’t think anyone will stop Kessler winning it.
I think froch will win 2 out of 3 of his fights, but will lose to kessler on points
I see Froch beating Dirrell. Kessler, that will be a war. I think Kessler but hope for Froch. Abraham is unproven so dunno on him.
How writes these articles? Andre Dirrell by any chance?