Froch to fight Kessler in Herning after all – News
February 3rd, 2010
By Sean McDaniel: World Boxing Council super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-0, 20 KO’s) has confirmed that he will be fighting his next Super Six fight Herning, Denmark, according to Livefight.com. Froch, 32, will be facing former WBA super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler (42-2, 32 KO’s) in a stage 2 bout of the Super Six tourney. Froch had been battling with Kessler’s promotional company recently over the venue for his April 17th fight against Kessler. Froch wanted the bout to take place in Copenhagen, Denmark rather than Herning, because it would be easier for his British fans to get to Copenhagen.
Indeed, 5000 seats would be far too few for a popular fight like Froch-Kessler. Even 10,000 might be too small a number. This fight would be huge in the UK. It’s unfortunate that the fight isn’t taking place there, because it would likely sell big numbers.
Froch says “A ring is a ring to me, no matter where myself and Mikkel fight, the outcome will be the same.” said Froch confidently. But my stance on the venue location was nothing to do with ego, or to create problems for Sauerland – as he is a decent guy – it was to assist my fans to get over to Denmark to support me. I’ve boxed in Copenhagen and loved the place and appreciated that with Copenhagen being Kessler’s home town, it would be a no brainer to forecast the fight being there” said the unbeaten champion in 26 fights.”
It’s good that Froch has apparently had a change of mind about the venue issue, because he doesn’t need this weighing him down while he’s trying to get ready for a tough fight against Kessler. Froch is coming off a 12 round split decision over Andre Dirrell in the stage 1 portion of the Super Six tournament on October 17th. Froch struggled badly with Dirrell’s blazing hand speed and crafty defense for most of the fight, which was held in Nottingham, England.
Froch eventually won the fight, but he failed to really establish in the minds of many boxing fans that he was the better fighter of the two. Froch’s work doesn’t get any easier against Kessler, who up until his recent 11 round technical decision loss to Andre Ward on November 21st, was picked to win the Super Six tournament by many people.
Kessler was dominated by Ward for most of the fight, but he still remains an excellent fighter. Froch will have to come up with other ideas to beat Kessler. He won’t likely be able to beat Kessler by roughing him up like he did against Dirrell. If Froch fights like that in Kessler’s home country of Denmark, Froch could end up losing a lot of points for penalizations for fouling or he could wind up disqualified.
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Neither showed me anything.Kessler should have distroyed Ward.Fact if J.Taylor would have beat Ward.Ward is feeling better that Taylor dropped out.
bit of a long and pointed chin goin on there carl nice
kessler will not k.o. froch.
froch is the don boy.
kesslers power is overrated, who has he koed that’s decent????
who wants to have a bet that if froch win’s he’ll call out calzaghe again?
Can we drop the calzaghe debate already. Im not a froch fan either but he’s here to stay sadly. Before Kesslers last fight I would say he (Froch) has no chance of winning, just hope Kessler had a bad night, and it did look that way. Can see froch getting dropped if Kessler is on his game. So fingers crossed to that.
I can see froch winning, but it won’t be pretty! Should be interesting though!
I hate the way everyone brings up dirrell though. The guy came to spoil, and even though froch was bad, I personally would have struggled to give it to dirrell on the grounds he was more trying to avoid fighting than trying to win a fight!
Anyway, froch stoppage or kessler by points. It’s hard to call this one really.
JW – Can you blame Froch for having a go at Calzaghe? Froch wants to test himself against the best, he has proved this by going to America for his first defense against a dangerous fighter in Taylor. His comments towards Calzaghe come from frustration, I believe he has full respect for Calzaghes achievements in the ring. Sure Froch can be blunt and abrasive but look at how he fights.
Andre Dirrell will make many fighters look bad. His style is flashy and quick but it will always make for a boring fight (see Mayweather). Froch won that fight by 2 rounds, so even with the point that Dirrell lost Froch still won. Dirrell looked fantastic in round 4, round 11 and a couple of others but was so inconsistent he gave the fight to Froch – who was by comparison very consistent throughout.
Froch was like a rabbit in headlights in the Taylor fight and had already lost it before he “woke up”. He was lucky to get the KO when he did but it was fully deserved in the end, stamina is an essential weapon for any boxer and Froch has that in abundance.
I am looking forward to the Kessler fight as I think Froch is one of the most exciting fighters to watch. He looks like he could lose, he has his hands down and he can be explosive – what more do you want?
I HATE THIS GUY HAS HE GOT ANY FANS! HE BAD MOUTHED CALZAGHE FOR A NAME HE WOULD HAVE GOT KNOKED OUT COLD. IM A BRITISH FAN BUT I DISLIKE FROCH FOR HIS ATTITUDE AND ABILITY.
Hey southpawmule
Froch has already taken taylor and dirrel to the cleaners.
Mikel is a handfull at least froch by late stoppage.