Froch looking to take supporters with him for Kessler bout
February 16th, 2010
By Scott Gilfoid: WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-0, 20 KO’s) is hoping to drag as many of his British boxing fans to Denmark as possible for his next stage 2 Super Six tournament fight against Mikkel Kessler (42-2, 32 KO’s) of Denmark on April 24th at the MCH Messecenter Herning, in Herning, Denmark. Froch, 32, will be entering hostile territory for the fight and fighting in front of an unfriendly crowd for a change. Froch thinks that he previously fought against hostile crowd in his fight last year in America against Jermain Taylor, but in looking at that fight, the American boxing crowd was as silent as a bunch of kittens as they watched the bout.
Froch may not perform well with that many fans rooting against him. In an article at thisisnottingham, Froch says “There will be 10,000 in Herning and I know it will be a hostile place, but I have to make sure that I take a lot of my supporters with me.” Froch might bring a few of his Brit boxing fans with him, but probably not enough for it to matter.
Froch instead should forget about it and just focus on trying to block some punches and not be so wide open defensively. Froch’s defense was pretty much nonexistent for his fight against the talented Dirrell. Froch can’t fight like that against a talented fighter like Kessler without taking a one-sided beating, looking bad, and maybe getting stopped. He’s got to stop blocking punches with his face and put up his guard. There’s no crime in blocking shots with his gloves for goodness sakes.
Froch may end up looking like a mummy if he fights Kessler the same way he did Dirrell. Kessler will carve him to pieces all night long. Kessler will drive his fists right down the gullet of Froch and send him home to Nottingham looking like a wreck. So my suggestions for Froch is to cover up his head, try to look a little less robotic and stop sticking his big lantern jaw out. He needs to bend his knees a little, stop standing straight up and present a smaller target for Kessler’s shots.
Froch says “Kessler has all the advantages. He’s at home, the crowd will be on his side and he knows defeat means the end of the Super Six dream. But I’ve proved I can go overseas to a fighters (Jermain Taylor] backyard and pull off a big win.” I think Froch is really deceiving himself if he sees that as going overseas. Technically, Froch went overseas, but that wasn’t a huge hostile crowd that Froch had to deal with for the Taylor fight, and it wasn’t a Super Six tournament fight.
That bout took place before the Super Six tournament started. Froch won the fight, but there’s no comparison to the crowd at that fight and the one that Froch will be facing on April 24th in Herning, so he needs to get a clear picture on that. That’s like me saying that because I’ve given a good presentation in front of a quiet class of 30 that I’ll do equally well giving the same presentation in front of 10,000 hostile students in an arena. Maybe I would, but then again maybe I wouldn’t. I think Froch is going to freeze up on April 24th, and the hostile fans won’t have anything to do with it. They won’t help him much, but that won’t be the reason Froch loses to Kessler.
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In the Kesser VS Ward fight it is much the same , Kessler LOST the fight moreso than Ward won the fight .. Kessler looks OLD, the timeclock has rung, he is a shot fighter . You can just see it in his body statue muscle loss , drawn ect . Even before the fight you could just see Kessler wasnt the same man , and when they had shown his last 3? fights he looked 40 yrs old . Froch isnt much of a boxer he is just tough as nails and thows alot of punches love to see his fight of course . I think Froch will suprise ? alot of people and beat down Kesser eventually knocking Kessler out in around the 9-10th round .
Direll could have beaten Froch if he had let his hands go and fought more as we had seen a few times during the fight . BUT other than those few moment Direll ran SO much you couldnt give him the fight Direll lost the fight moreso than Froch winning it .( AND I bet on Direll myself AND im American ) Direll ran TOO much to consider it slick boxing . Look at an old Ray robinson or Willie PeP fight , THAT was slick boxing . For the record Im 44 yrs old so it isnt a nostalgia opinion .
Just looking at Kessler on boxrec and none of his past opponents can bang like Froch and I am starting to think that Ward has exposed Kessler to the public. We all know that Calzaghe was not a power puncher, he was a volume puncher with super skills and speed. Calzaghe basically overwhelmed and out boxed Kessler but did not hurt him that much. This time Kessler is actually fighting someone who can really punch so it will be interesting when Froch lands, which he will – I mean, if he can catch Dirrell (which he did a few times) then he can catch Kessler.
Froch beat Dirrell or should I say Dirrell beat Dirrell?
He moaned, ran, grabbed, moaned some more and basically cried to his grandfather in the corner, who told him to shut up and man up (which was funny). Sure Dirrell had skills and speed but he was so easy to wind up that his “game plan” went out of the window and Froch took full advantage.
Against Taylor the american crowd where ruthless and booed Froch so much that it affected him and he “wasn’t there” for the first 5 rounds. He has taken that experience on board now and will not be as ruffled by a hostile crowd.
Froch by late stoppage.
Froch did beat Dirrell, stop crying and wash your bedsheets ‘truth’.
I would love to have been there Matt Flannaghan, I bet those yanks soon shut up, all mouth and no action aint they?
IT DOES´NT MATTER WHERE THE FIGHT IS , THAT BUM FROCH WILL BE DESTROYED, AND THAT WOULD BE HIS 2 ND LOSS, HE DID´NT BEAT DIRRELL
You will see the difference between Yorkshire beer and Danish lager. Yorkshire beer with malt and hops developes strong bones and the Danish lager will put the English fans out of their minds. It wouldn’t surprise me if the whole lot ends in a big brawl.
how do you know what its like anywhere else in the world, you havent been out of your state have you… dear o dear what a melt…
Are you kidding Scott, Froch was booed like a bad guy in a Rocky film when he entered against Taylor. The Danish crowd cant be too bad, Brian Magee went over in January and destroyed Mads Laursen in seven rounds.