Kessler will still dominate Froch – Prediction
November 22nd, 2009
By Scott Gilfoid: After watching last night’s one-sided beating of Mikkel Kessler by the new World Boxing Association super middleweight champion Andre Ward, I have serious doubts whether WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch will win the Super Six tournament. Actually, I give Froch zero chance of winning it. I think Kessler will make Froch look like a bumbling amateur when they fight, and I suspect that Ward knock Froch out when the time comes for them to fight.
The referee actually did Kessler a big favor by stopping it because Ward was serving Kessler up and might have been able to stop him if the bout – if you want to call it that – had been allowed to continue. Man, Kessler’s face looked like nine miles of bad road after the fight, lumped up and cut to ribbons. He started squawking early in the 8th about not being able to see, and I smelled fear from him.
It was terrible to see Kessler reduced to a pitiful punching bag from the hard punches from Ward, but I told you this was going happen. Kessler is a good fighter, but there’s a huge divide between Kessler and Ward and Dirrell. I think we saw that on Saturday night. Now it’s Froch’s turn. Luckily for Froch, he won’t be facing Ward or Dirrell. However, he doesn’t need to be because Froch is going to be just as badly in trouble by facing Kessler.
Don’t get things twisted about Kessler’s one-sided loss to Ward. Kessler is still a great fighter and only couple of other fighters would have been able to do what Ward did to him on Saturday night, and Froch isn’t among them in my view. I see Froch taking a vicious pounding by Kessler. Froch will come in standing straight up, leading with his chin, hands down by his sides naturally, and taking shot after shot from the quicker Kessler.
It won’t even be a fight, because unless Froch starts body slamming and firing off rabbit punches like no tomorrow, Kessler is going to badly out-point Froch. It’s too bad that there won’t Kessler’s WBA title on the line when they fight. Froch was really hoping there would be. He was under the illusion that Kessler was going to beat Ward, and that he would get the chance of having a huge fight that would get the boxing public excited.
I’m sure this disappoints Froch. That’s okay, though, the fight will still be vaguely interesting to see how much Kessler has left, and whether Froch can win a fight without resorting to rough stuff to try and get an extra edge. Even if Froch does start fouling, Kessler is fast and plenty tough. I think he’d will handle any rabbit shots and still win a one-sided fight. Froch is too slow, too upright and much too hittable to beat a quality fighter like Kessler.
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Even though Froch has almost half as many fights as Kessler, his wins over Jean Pascal and Jermaine Taylor are more impressive than anything Kessler has accomplished in his career. Kessler had one fight outside of Denmark in his first 25 professional bouts. To say that he’s been overprotected would be an understatement. His best win was against Anthony Mundine, an ex-Rugby player.
Look for Froch to reopen the cuts Ward gave Kessler with his headbutting, and to pull off a stoppage victory in the late rounds. I never put a lot faith in Froch, but I’m starting to come around.
Not only can Kessler win in the Big 6 but it is quite likely he will. He has a “CORNER” now with legend Jimmy Montoya.
Listen if more boxers had the same attitude as Froch, boxing would be in a good place. He will fight whoever wherever,not like some boxers i could mention. Froch will be knocking Kessler out in my humble opinion.
Hey you need to let me get some of that your smoking! Froch showed me a lot in his dirrel fight! He’s strong and has his own stly of fighting,he may not be the best boxer but that white boy has a lot of heart and gets the job done! Ward looked good against kessler but he was never nothing special! Who has. Kesseler beat?…I waiting….Aurther and Froch have this super 6 on lock! And that’s coming from a American!
Froch he fight very good with Dirrell ,a guy who was hitting with scare and run like Usan Bolt after that ,that’s not boxing…sorry, too hard to fight this guy.I dont see a easy fight for Abraham against him and maybe a surprise
Kessler was disappointed,rusty,slow, without tactics against a very good Ward which was a big surprise for me. This guy can really fight, but is not the favorite yet…
Let’s enjoy this tournament because is a thrill allready. In sport anything can happen.
I have an idea…why doesn’t everyone stop reading this fools ‘articles’ no one should comment anymore or read them…
then he might just go away… logs on IP’s will show that no one is reading this tripe…
scott scott scott u r a muppet
I havnt seen the Ward-Kessler fight but if Ward did hurt Kessler like these articles keep saying then Froch can do some damage, at the end of the day, Kessler wont be as quick as Taylor, and wont run and hold like Dirrell so if Froch fights like he did against Pascal (using his jab mid-rounds then he can pull it off.
Keep knocking Froch ,he will produce the goods to win no m,atter how. This is fighting after all and all that matters at the end of the day is the win. So keep saying what you want about Froch. Do you think he would be bothered to much. Ko win for Frock.
I don’t know, if Froch started the first round against Kessler with a flying headbutt, then elbowed him in the temple and then kneed him in the balls he would be in with a good a chance as Ward had. One problem he would need the same Californian referee.
“Don’t get things twisted about Kessler’s one-sided loss to Ward”
We’re not but can you not get twisted about finally picking the winner in fight? If Ward did get beaten by Froch fighting dirty then there may be some justice in that although Ward was good without the head butt but how good we don’t yet know.
roots your even more biased and dumb than gilfoid, did you get your name bacause gilfoid gives you a root ha ha
WARD COULDNT CRACK AN EGG, kessler couldnt see cos of the headbutt which obviously hurt him, i do think ward was too good for the ageing kessler, scott i wish you would stop contradicting urself. i also think kessler will be in the final after beating froch by ud. i also think taylor can upset ward, abraham will be to strong, smart and patient for dirrell. its still wide open. lets be honest scott, the ref should of at least taken a point off ward.
Kesslers got the power and game to ko Froch but Froch as the game and power to ko ward and froch’s punches are quick enough to hit ward when he leads with his head and move away. Kessler,Dirrell,Froch and Abraham to be final 4. Abraham to win n be the only undefeated one at the end.
FROCH IS A DIRTY FIGHTER,AND THE WORSE FIGHTER IN THE SUPER SIX,IF A NON-PUNCHER LIKE TAYLOR CAN HURT AND FOOR HIM LIKE THAT, THEN KESSLER CAN CERTAINLY KNOCK HIM OUT.DIRRELL HAD HIM HURT IN THE 10TH. ROUND AS WELL,SO HIS “IRON CHIN” IS VASTLY OVERATED.DIRRELL WAS ROBBED AGAINST HIM.
Froch will stop Kessler because he will take his will.
Froch will get what is due to him! He will not stand a chance against Kessler.. The man is a BUM
What an American emphatic. Just because of reading your articles, I started hate Ward… If Ward lost and two deep cuts over both eyes by Kessler’s head, you would write about “it’s not fair” article.
Be grown up and be fair…
Just watched the fight and I have to say that kessler didn’t look in the same condition as normal.
It could be interesting if he gets back in shape to fight Froch because I’m still putting my money on the winner of that fight winning the tournament
oh! what? rely? scot! you dont like british fighters? why dont you write an article every day to let everyone know! dick!!!!
I think froch would beat kessler if he fights like he did against ward, he was so poor. It didn’t help ward was so quick and agile, or that he headbutted 5 times hurting and cutting kessler and rendering him blind in his left eye after round 6! Never rated froch, didn’t give him much if any chance before the super six started, still don’t now
froch will ko kessler u idiot,and by the way dirrell lost to froch,fair and square,,dirrell ran,,deal with it…
how would Ward ko Froch you idiot? Froch has a great chin and Ward doesn’t have a big punch. having said that i do think Ward will beat Froch on points, it will be like the Taylor fight for Froch in that he will need a ko to win. but i do think Froch will beat Kessler by ko in what should be a great war.
ps i just new scoot had wrote this article by looking at the headline”kessler will still dominate froch-prediction” you are just so predictable you must have the i.q. of an 8 year old. lets guess what the headline will be after frochs fight against kessler. i said froch is crap or maybe froch gets lucky come on scotty do us all a favour ang grow up yuo moron.
quoted form from scotts article” luckily for froch he wont be facing ward or dirrell.” are you blind or plain stupid he has already beat dirrell stop talking nonsense.get over it people lose some win some this is boxing. it isnt an exact science.
Froch isn’t a dirty fighter. In the dirrell fight he fought fire with fire- that doesn’t make him dirty.
Froch v Kessler is a real fight. Not this US tippy tappy bollocks. This will be WW3!