Froch interested in Bute and Pascal bouts
January 21st, 2010
By William Mackay: World Boxing Council super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-0, 20 KO’s) appears to be thinking beyond his next fight in the Super Six tournament and is thinking about fights with IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute and WBC light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal, according to Thisisnottingham..
Froch had this to say about Bute “If he’s available I’d go over to Canada and fight him. He [Bute] is a good operator with fast hands and tidy skills and he demolished [Librado] Andrade in their rematch.” Froch needs to slow down his ambition for a second. He still has a fight ahead of him with Kessler in Mikkel’s home country of Denmark. That fight is no walk in the park for Froch, who struggled badly against his last two opponents Jermain Taylor and Dirrell.
I could understand Froch talking about wanting to fight Bute if he had dominated Dirrell and Taylor instead of going life and death with them. Froch has a fight against Arthur Abraham in the stage 3 part of the Super Six after his fight with Kessler in April. But by looking at Bute, it’s like a person who has a room full of chocolate that would take him years to eat asking for even more on top of that. Froch should just focus on the Kessler fight and hope he doesn’t get beat.
Froch also had this to say about Jean Pascal, an old opponent of his, saying “If Pascal beats [Chad] Dawson then Froch vs. Pascal II is a reality.” Dawson and Pascal will possibly be fighting in June 2010, if Pascal’s bum shoulder is healed up by then. Pascal looked poor in his last fight beating Adrian Diaconu by a lopsided 12 round decision in December in a fight that was held in Pascal’s adopted country of Canada.
I thought the scores were ridiculous for that fight and had Diaconu winning the bout by a round or two. Pascal fought with one had much of the time after his shoulder came out of the socket on him. In the second part of the fight, he did little other than throw an occasional flurry. I don’t see the point in Froch wanting to go over old ground by fighting Pascal again. Froch needs to be moving forward not going back towards his glory days. Anyway, I don’t see a Froch-Pascal fight happening for a couple of reason.
First of all, I see Froch losing to Kessler in his next fight. And second, Pascal will not beat Dawson. There’s no way that’s happening. Dawson is bigger, stronger and the much better boxer in my view and I see Pascal getting a boxing lesson by Dawson. Pascal barely beat Diaconu, who would likely be in serious trouble against a fighter like Dawson.
No, Froch should focus on the Super Six tournament and just try not to get wiped out in his next two fights against Kessler and Abraham. What good is it thinking about Bute and Pascal if Froch can’t get by Kessler and Abraham? I doubt those guys will want to fight Froch if he’s been beaten in back to back fights.
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Just wanted to comment on the Arthur Abraham lover!! He may well win the Super Six Tournament but to fight Calzaghe? Are you joking – Firstly Joe is retired so let the man enjoy his retirement. Second if he did fight Abraham then he would bash him up the same way he did Jeff Lacy!! Similar fighters that look for the knockout and come forward in straight lines. If it happened look for Calzaghe to win all 12 rounds or for Abrahams corner to throw the towel in the late rounds due to a one sided beating!!
Froch needs to keep hiz mind 0n kessler an n0t w0rry b0ut 0ther fights. but i g0t kessler by late st0ppage anyway th0ugh
ARTHUR ABRAHAM is gonna win the super six tournament easily with his style, he will be undefeated
and then i will see abraham vs calazghe! that will be my dreamfight
go arthur
specimen:
dawson gave up a world title to avoid diaconu. he went on to face two 40 year olds he had already beaten…whether they had good nicknames is not the point. they were 40. and he’d already beaten them. diaconu was a mandatory challenger…and dawson refused to fight him. that is the definition of ducking. and if you think it wouldn’t have been a tough fight; you’re wrong.
specimen, you really beleive Froch lost every single round against JT? i’m not a froch fan so i was a neutral for the fight and i had JT up by one round.
same with the direll fight, i beleive froch won that too, direll didn’t do enough to take a world title belt in that fight.
i really do think froch is an outsider for the super six, i put money on him at the start after i got decent odds, he always seems to come up with the win.
looking forward to the next round of fights, inparticular froch vs. kessler which i’m hopefully going too once the venue has been confirmed.
Thanks for YOUR thoughts on this matter William Mackay, il remember never to read them again.
Dawson did not want to fight Daiconu, he was looking for a bigger payday, ducking is an over used term.
I do not froch getting by kessler or AA. He really should focus on his next bout and not think about anything after that. As for Pascal, man the author is way off . . . the guy fought with one arm for more than half the fight and I had him winning easily. I guess some people score aggression whether it is effective or not. I am very, very excited about Dawson/Pascal both fighters do not get the respect they deserve. Froch got Pascal (who had trouble making SMW) to fight his fight in his hometown and it was a lot closer then the cards indicated. I think froch is in over his head with any of the four men that are mentioned on this thread . . . six if you count diacanu and dawson.
first of all,pascal showed alot of heart vs diaconu.hey writer mr.mckay,you fight with a dislocated shoulder and see what happens,you would probably quit.Second dawson is only taller.He started fighting at 168 also just like pascal did.Now technically he isthe better of the two.But dawson has been fighting stationery fighters who stand right in front of him ,look at the list glen johnson, tomas adamek,antonio tarver,andnow this guy pascal is very athletic and strong.Now both guys have been tested,pascal in a fight of the year type of clash vs froch on the road in another country.Now dawson must use his reach but you know bad chad he likes to war and he has a suspect chin.I think pascal gets on the inside and anything can happen there.Do not count pascal out of this,If he is counted out let it be the referee.But i can tell you if his shoulder is strong this guy trains hard it will be a war in canada in june. i’am out
froch is deluded like alot of english fighters and im london born and bred. i liked froch before he started making out he could beat hagler, duran , hearns and the rest. only 3 good fighters he went up against gave him huge problems. maybe them huge flush punches he keeps taking are giving him confidence
Bute will WRECK Froch
Firstly, i just want to specify that i don’t really speak english. Sorry for that and thanks for your comprehension.
I’m from Quebec and my perspective is not the same than someone from United States. I have follow the career of Diaconu and this is not the case of many Americans who just know Diaconu-Pascal I and II.
I’m with Dan, and it is sure than Dawson has ducked Diaconu. Not because he scared of him, not because he don’t think to win but only because Diaconu had just pass the KO to Rico Hoye in 3 and for sure The Shark appeared like a risky class B adversary. The only reason why he Duck him was simply because the risk don’t worth the trouble. Dawson would had everything to lose and nothing to gain.
Everybody knows Froch says stupid things! Like when he was challenging Joe Cal after only 20 pro fights! The kid is just that: A kid! He hasnt had a chance to have his heart tested yet. He thinks too much of himself. i dont think he’s arrogant, he just need a real test. he barely sliped by Direll! an untested kid with less than 20 -easy- fights! He lost every rds to J.T until he got a last second k.o from a notoriously no-stamina in late rds Taylor & all of a sudden he’s the best thing thats happened to boxing since Sugar ray Robinson?? Please!
DAN?? Are u serious? Chad Dawson ducking DIACONU?? I mean do u know boxing just a bit? have u ever watched chad dawson fight? Jesus u ppl are crazy in here man! Chad shut down Thomas Adamek the cruiserweight king who dominated the division so much he had to move to the heavies…Chad’s skills are something reminiscent of a bigger shane Mosley -even Floyd maywheater admit that Dawson is an underrated top 5 p4p- DIACONU??? Dawson beat Glen -the road warrior- johnson twice! Dominating him the 2nd time so obviously that he made me a believer! Glen johnson the toughest,most rugged man in boxing! the man everybody ducks! even Hopkins!!! I swear, some of u guys need to put on a pair of gloves & step in a ring before u make comments about fighters!!
Who’s a hater here… Carl Froch is my 2nd favorite in the Super Six, only surpassed by Arthur Abraham.
I would find it strange too if AA, Ward or Kessler would look beyond the super six right now! Maybe if Dirrell did it would be a little understandable because of his prospectus, but anyone else looking ahead is strange!
Same old Froch haters, everyone just carry on, he keeps on winning and will do with you lot calling him at every possible opportunity.
Froch thrives on the this kind of trash talk you know!
I’m surprised he’s looking over the Super 6 right now… I can see him beat Kessler, I can’t see him beat AA though… But if he wins one, there’s gonna be a next fight sceduled right after in the semi finals.
So or he has 2 losses on his record, or he is tangled up until 2011.
“Diaconu, who would likely be in serious trouble against a fighter like Dawson.”
then why did chad dawson duck him? give up his title & rematch two 40 year olds he’d already beaten rather than fight him?
glad someone in the super 6 is talking about bute tho…proven as one of the best at smw & we’re supposed to think andre dirrell is worth watching as opposed to him?
Seems odd he is even talking about Pascal, it was a great tear up when it first happened but I also see no point in this fight happening again.
Bute is a possibility sure but as you say Froch has a lot of work left in the super six. I think Froch knows he has to go “life and death” in fights, he even says it himself, but thats what makes him exciting to watch. It was Dirrell who made the last fight boring in my opinion.
Froch v Kessler will be a great tear up and I see Froch winning by late stoppage. As you say, first things first.