Kessler vs. Froch: Mikkel won’t be able to miss
February 25th, 2010
By Scott Gilfoid: I hope WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-0, 20 KO’s) lives it up and enjoys his fame while he still has his World Boxing Council super middleweight title, because after April 24th, the title will be resting in the capable hands of his Danish opponent Mikkel Kessler (42-2, 32 KO’s). Froch, 32, will be facing Kessler in their stage 2 bout of the Super Six tournament at the MCH Messecenter Herning, Herning, Denmark. I got a kick out of what writer Bill Dettloff of The Ring had to say about the Kessler-Froch fight, saying “Don’t be fooled into liking Carl Froch against Mikkel Kessler because of how awful Kessler was against Andre Ward, in terms of style. Froch is Ward’s polar opposite. Kessler will be hard-pressed to miss.”
On the inside, Ward was able to dominate and control Kessler by landing hard shots with big power. Kessler quickly proved to have no inside game at all, and was nearly defenseless against Ward when in close. In contrast, Froch will be coming at Kessler with his hands down by his sides, learning forward with his chin in the air just begging to be socked.
Kessler, who normally is a dead aim shot, won’t be able to miss that inviting target and will be teeing off on Froch all night long. And when you add to that the fact that the Herning Arena will be jammed packed with close to 10,000 screaming Dane all supporting Kessler, I see Froch’s WBC title going bye-bye. I hope Froch lives it up in these next two months and enjoys his fame while he has it, because Kessler is going to send him crashing down to earth on April 24th, and probably send him limping home to Nottingham all beat up.
Dettloff also has this to say about Froch: “I’ll be more interesting to see whether Froch’s girlfriend, who is way out of his league as it is…will stay with him after the fight, when Froch’s nose resembles the slalom run in Vancouver.”
Oh man, that’s hitting below the belt. I don’t know if Froch’s nose will be busted up, but I think his big lantern jaw may be hurting if Kessler’s lands the kinds of shots that I think he will be in this fight. My advice to Froch is to learn how to cover his head by the time he enters the ring against Kessler, because if he doesn’t do something to protect himself, Kessler is going to tap that huge jaw of Froch’s and take him out. Froch needs to cover up and work on blocking some of the incoming with his gloves rather than taking shots with his face.
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can we really expect an article dissin froch everyday scott??? you said all this a week ago then the next day then the next then the next. weather you’re right or wrong isn’t the point the point is you’re coming across as desperate biased twat with nothing to do all day. debate your way out of that gilroy
I HALSO THINK KESSLER WAS ALOT BETTER BEFORE THE CALZAGHE FIGHT. I DONT LIKE FROCH I DONT THINK HE HAS FOUGHT ANYONE WORTH MENTIONING. PASCAL WAS JUST COMING FORWARD GIVING FROCH TROUBLE THEN GASED OUT. THEN THERES TAYLOR WHO WAS FINISHED AND HAD THE FIGHT WON UNTIL HE TRIED TO GO TOE TO TOE IN THE TWELTH. THIS IS A 50/50 FIGHT I THINK KESSLER HAS ENOUGH LEFT TO BEAT FROCH, BECAUSE FROCH’S DEFENSE IS LAUGHABLE.
When froch lands the meaningful shot its over for kessler
I dont think you guys are giving Kessler enough credit. You guys are also down playing the performance of Andre Ward who was slick AND rough with kessler which is the reason why he lost. I believe Froch is the one that is overated. Lets not forget how a washed up jermain taylor almost killed him early in the fight with a powerful knock down, And how he was hardly able to land one clean blow against Dirrell. He was also hurt by Dirrell. Unless Froch enhances his technical ability drasticly i have Kessler winning this fight by TKO or UD.
You know what, Kessler wont be able to miss but then Froch never really defends and rarley tries to bother to get out of the way.
But speed and footwork wise Kessler aint no Taylor or Dirrell, he aint guna be that hard to hit either if Froch is happy to take a few on the way in.
Im telling you all now, this really could be fight of the year. Brutal.
Froch is much tougher than Kessler. After that fight with Dirrel you know he will be prepared. Kessler as a Boxer is over rated. His style might keep Kessler at a distance early but Froch is going to rough Kessler up going down the stretch. 65/35 Froch….
Kessler was the favorite to win this tournament for a reason . But who knew father time had his number ? Even in his warm up fight before the tournament he looked old . Pre Calzaghe Kessler had this tournament hands down , now hes an also ran . His body now has that worn out Hatton look at the weigh ins .
The pre Calzaghe version of Kessler would dominate Froch but now this fight is “up for grabs”.I believe that whoever wins will do so in devastating fasion. Styles make fights and this one has KO written all over it.
the to good fighters kessler as faced his come up short kessler is very overrated
@ mo you do know froch beat both those guys, they may not of been a beautiful shows but he got the W and thats what counts at the end of the day.
Kessler was great but since the calzaghe fight hasn’t really been the same. He seems to lack a lot of confidence and I think because of that he will lose by decision, Kessler has even said himself that this is his last chance and if he loses his career could be over. Froch on the other hand is full of confidence from his last two wins.
Kessler also couldn’t knock calzaghe down so I cant see him knocking froch out(who has only been down once in his career )
Kessler will definately have more success with Froch’s style than the awkward Ward…having said that, Froch will find Kessler’s style easier to deal with than the slippery Dirrell. I think it will make for a very entertaining fight and both fighters will certainly look better than they did in the first round matches!
lol well, if dirrell is soooo fast and slick.. how come he didn’t land on froch but the stiffer slower punches from Kessler will…? your a muppet and keep hating on Froch because he hammered that rubbish over rated yank Dirrell!! Who is Dirrell anyway?? Before the super 6 he was unheard of.. and after seeing him fight Froch, I see why!!
ok i dont care whether you’re right, wrong or talking about baseball, how many articles can you write where literally all you are informing us is that Froch is rubbish and will lose, Kessler will win and its irrelevant cus Dirrell is in another league anyway? Is that now 20 articles you’ve done on the next round of the super 6? All telling us exactly the same opinion you have which is based on your clear bias rather than anything more educated. Just please shut up and leave some space for someone who can write a good, varied, informative and non-monotonous article please.
“the title will be resting in the capable hands of his Danish opponent Mikkel Kessler” – The only thing Kessler is capable of is losing. The biggest names on his record are Beyer and Andrade, they are both second rate.
“I don’t see how Kessler will be able to miss, not with Froch leading with his face as he plods forward” – Why should it be different with Kessler? Are you saying that Kessler is better then Taylor, Pascal and Dirrell? Better then Dirrell you say.
“Kessler, who normally is a dead aim shot” – When he is fighting the second rate guys sure.
“My advice to Froch is to learn how to cover his head”- Are we all agreed that Dirrell and Taylor are faster then Kessler? I think Froch will find this fight much easier to handle. Kessler is over-rated and Froch is under-rated. You’ll see.
Kessler will dominate Froch I reckon.
yup i agree scott froch is gona get his ass kicked just like he did against taylor and direll
We’ll see, froch is one gutsy fighter. He’s beaten 3 quality fighters in his last 3, possibly all better than kessler is currently. Come on carl!!
DEAD ON FROCH WAS REAL LUCKEY UP TILL NOW DONT GET ME WRONG I ADMIRE HIS GUTS N HEART N DETERMATIONBUT,BUT KESSLER IS GOING TOK HIM UP,HE IS TOO SLOW AND HAS ONE OF THE WORST DEFENCES I HAVE EVER SEEN,EASY TO PICK OFF KESSLER HAS FAR BETTER BOXING SKILLS N LATERAL MOVEMENT AND WILL DESTROY HIM,
no way he will win this bout