Froch says he won’t fight Abraham in Monaco or Poland – News
June 10th, 2010
By William Mackay: Former World Boxing Council super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-1, 20 KO’s) has ruled out another two countries where he doesn’t want to fight his next Super Six tournament opponent Arthur Abraham. Froch now doesn’t want to fight Abraham in Monaco or Poland. Froch has already said he didn’t want to fight Abraham in Germany. In an article at Thisisnottingham.co.uk, Froch said “The next fight is all or nothing for me. I’m only going to fight on my terms. I won’t be pushed around this time. I won’t be going anywhere east of Nottingham to fight. I don’t mind Canada but I not going to Poland or Monaco. And I’m not fighting in Berlin – there’s no chance of getting a verdict there.”
Froch likes Canada for some reason, but Abraham has been cool to this idea, so Froch may have to give in on that one. The chances of this fight happening in Froch’s number #1 spot, Nottingham, are almost nil, though, because Froch beat Andre Dirrell by a controversial decision last October. Abraham likely won’t want to end up like Dirrell and be on the receiving end of a questionable decision.
This is why the two fighters are going to have to find a suitable venue that both of them can agree to in Europe. It’s silly to bring the fight to Canada or the United States when neither of those fighters have much of a fan base there.
Speaking about his 12 round decision loss to Mikkel Kessler in his stage 2 part of the Super Six tournament, Froch says “My preparation was shot to pieces. I didn’t have my usual sharpness. I had Kessler hurt in the 5th and usually I would have finished it off. But the energy and aggression weren’t there.”
It sounds like Froch is making it excuses after the fact. The reason why Froch didn’t have his usual sharpness is because Kessler set a really pace, unlike Dirrell, and took the fight to Froch all night long. Froch didn’t seem ready to fight hard for 12 rounds and tired out in the middle of the fight. Froch looked too tired to do much, even in the 5th round. Kessler recovered quickly in the 5th and took the fight to Froch, landing well.
I’m starting to wonder whether the Froch-Abraham fight can even be made. With Froch rejecting all the potential venues for the fight to take place, it may result in the fight not getting made. Froch wasn’t pushed around in his fights against Dirrell and Kessler, so it’s hard to understand what he’s talking about when he’s saying “I won’t be pushed around this time.”
I have no clue what Froch is talking about. He fought Dirrell in Nottingham and got a nice questionable decision out of it. Froch fought Kessler in Denmark and got lazy in the middleweight of the fight and lost. Kessler continued to fight hard in the rounds where Froch looked lazy and tired. So how is that a case of Froch getting pushed around?
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calzaghe was past it when he beat a peak kessler wards in his peak when he beat a past it kessler the joe that beat lacy would beat all of them easy remember joe was 35 or 36 when he beat kessler
is frochs backround polish so why wouldnt he wanna fight in the land of his fathers
froch should be wearing a frock
It wasn’t long ago when Froch wasn’t afraid to come to the USA to fight Jermian Taylor, what happened Carl?
Mike Joe fought Kessler I believe in his 38th fight and kesslers 40th. So to say ward fought a shell of Kessler is unfair to the kid. Kessler up until the fight had not taken any punishment or had he slowed any. Ward with 19 fights showed at his current time of development he is head and shoulders past Joe. What if this would have been his 38th fight.
my bad, wouldn’t read
If i had one wish it would be to have been able to see calzaghe take froch out a few yrs ago and we would read about froch being frightened to fight cos he would have crawled back to the hole he came out of a long time ago
@Coach… Calzaghe would beat ward imo the kessler calzaghe fought was not as good as the Kessler ward fought. However ward is an exceptional talent and provided he doesn’t get caught with a cheap shot he will beat everyone at supper middleweight. He has an excellent approach to boxing and I for one cannot wait for june 19th.
Froch fan here. I thought he lost to dirrell although i can see why he was given the decision. He did lose to kessler by about 4 rounds. They should fight at a neutral venue as long as it isn’t germany. The fight probably won’t go the distance anyway so why does it matter?
That’s exactly my point. U mentioned all of them in their prime which they were not when Joe fought them. Eubanks had long faded and Bhopal and Roy were long past their best days as fighters. Ward has not lost since he was 12yrs old and it is estimated he is 150 and o since that time. Fans who r true to the fight game will always acknowledge the facts and even if you cannot stand a particular fighter you will b truthful on the facts. For Joe to be crowned the best he should have fought Dawson. He knows this and is having problems now trying to suppress his guilt for frauding the public in his last two fights. Then cowered out before the fans demanded he fight Dawson. He is a tortured soul.
@ coach … do u not see that Ward has an ever present unfair advantage ?
carnt believe u question Joe Calzaghe … he is the number 1 reason why when fighting against a USA fighter in USA your gona get hard done by
do you remember Calzaghe Vs Hopkins ? who made the fight ? it wasnt bhop and it wasnt joe … it was the referee cortez !! he wouldnt allow hatton fight on the inside against mayweather .. yet insisted bhop fights on the inside against calzaghe !!!!!! UNDEFEATED !!!!
Calzaghe has fought some great fighters Eubank , Lacy , Kessler , bhop and roy jones … all of those in their prime would school Andre ward
I honestly BEG Abraham to fight this twat in Nottingham !!
Losing there would be the greatest humiliation for froch & his stupidly over-inflated entourage !
They say the higher you go .. the harder you fall… and froch’s time appears nigh to experience a devastating crash (both on the canvas, and having his arrogance, attitude, delusions of grandeur & big mouth permanently put to sleep !
Go Arthur !
(..p.s. I’m English btw.. !!)
Coach. calzaghe fought eubank on his 23rd fight a world class champion. u going on about ward fighting kessler in his 20th
Oh my goodness! Does this child need to be put in a corner? He is making all of his British boxing compatriots bad now. It’s already been established that the fight would take place in Canada, Froch already had his bottle. It’s looking as though he is making these “demands” if he wins against Abraham to advance to the 2nd stage and he wants those two countries to be eliminated from his list.
Froch should stop moaning or leave the supersix’s and Bute should replace him – enough, it getting boring you got a gift against Dirrell what more do you want?
Why is there so much hating on ward fighting his first three fights at home. Out of 44 fights Kessler has fought 38 of them at home. Arthur has fought 90percent of his fights at home and the same with bute. It is quite interesting that bute is considered the number one super middleweight and he jus got around fighting Miranda in his fifth title defense. Ward fought Miranda in his 17th fight. He schooled Kessler in his 20th fight. I ask you to name me in 20seconds who did Abraham, Kessler,froch,bute,Joe cal,green, fight in there 20th fight. Give ward his due.
Froch is a b!+ch, it was all fine and dandy when he was gifted a win over Dirrell. Now that he lost a close fight, and felt Dirrell’s pain, he refuses to fight anywhere but at his mom’s house. He won’t even fight in a neutral place.
I think what he’s talking about by getting pushed around is with the Kessler fight he had to fight I think a day or two after getting there and was made to do a lot of PR stuff like driving around a race track etc etc.
Stick the fight in Canada then It will be on UK and German TV live at between 5-8pm
What happened to being hte best of the best Carl? To be fair, with your style of fighting, it’s unlikely you’ll ever win a points decision against top quality opposition. Your best chance is by knockout, because you don’t have the best technical boxing skills, far from it. But you can bang, and have a granite chin…so it doesn’t matter where you fight.
This MF is Wasting time. and he should be dropped off the supper six.. he is a momi’s boy.
But if Froch is sooo concerned about not getting the verdict on a decision,why doesn’t he focus on ending the fu**ing fight.he know how to KO so why is he worrying so much. Hes a great fighter but quit the bullsh*t already.
Froch is right not to fight in Germany or anywhere with an Eastern European bias. Remember Bauer, that dude was the biggest fraud in boxing, he never fought away from home and noone ever got a decision against him until Kessler put him down. Froch does need to stop whinging about Kessler and pick his balls back up. He ran out of steam half way through but he’s still in the competition and should be thinking about getting his title, like Kessler was thinking about getting his title back. Froch should beat Abraham but he needs to get back in the zone. I think Kessler could go all the way now that he’s back in the zone. I hope he knocks out that coward faking worm, Dirrell. Ward v Green is shaping up to be a classic and I just can’t call it.
What makes Froch think hes the big attraction here? Hes lost his only real asset which was his belt.
This is part of a tournement and Abraham is the bigger attraction ticket wise (i think). He has to take this fight if he wants to remain in the competition and thats gotta be somewhere.
Where has all his warrior spirit gone? “I will fight anybody anywhere” and all that. Has he gone from being over confident and over crediting of his own performances to very nervous and not confident of winning?
I can understand Froch wanting to fight on nuetral ground. But, the only hometown outcome that was questionable, in the whole tournamnent so far, was HIS.
ALL THIS FROM A GUY WHO WAS GIFTED A DECISION IN HIS HOMETOWN. HE IS LIKE MOST BRITISH FIGHTERS, THEY ARE GOING TO SMASH EVERYBODY BEFORE THE EVENT, THEN FULL OF EXCUSES AFTER. DROP THE GUY AND BRING IN A TRUE WARRIOR IN BIKA.
This guy knows he didn’t beat Dirrell. Fighting at home doesn’t guarantee victory. The should replace him with Bute. He may be the best in the weight class.
why not iraq or aftganistan then..ho.ho.
Froch is a B.I.T.C.H………….
Froch is getting embarrassing himself and us (British fight fans). He has always prided himself on being a warrior saying he will fight anyone anywhere….. so why is he suddenly acting like the most pathetic frightened fighter on the plant. My theory is that he has now realised he is no-where as good as he thought he was, and is out of his depth against Abraham. Lets face it, he had fought no-one up until Pascal. Then was so lucky that Taylor’s stamina deserted him with 13 seconds left, won a very dubious split-decision against Dirrell (who I thought had won), and was exposed as the clueless amature he is against Kessler. Not really a great career so far.
************** FROCH IS TRYING TO GET HIMSELF KICKED OUT OF THE TOURNAMENT ******************************** HE IS LIKE EVERY OTHER BRITISH FIGHTER, UNDEFEATED FOR YEARS, SOON AS HE IS IN WITH REAL COMPATITION THE LOSSES START TO MOUNT.
USA is the best place .. Its outside Europe plus both will get exposure … Lets be real, both are little known outside their village ..
i was a big Froch fan but i’m fast losing interest in him, it seems he is really bitter about his loss and he sounds like a spoiled brat moaning and stamping his feet. he should accept one of the neutral european locations put his loss to rest and get on with fighting. if he carries this loss around his carear will be over.
It does’t matter where he goes, this fight won’t go the distance. He will be KO.
Monaco is a good shout .. millionaire city !! all the money will be there …plus he can out box abraham there with fair judges
its totally fixed to the home boxer this tournament so considering all of wards fights are in California its safe to say he will steal it … bet he wouldnt beat any of the boxers away from home though
I think the issue is Germany and Abraham …
Well Said Carl … The fight should be in the US …
CARL STOPPING MOANING!!!!!
MAN UP, REATTACH YOUR BALLS AND SMASH THE GUY.
IF YOU DO THAT THEN YOU COULD FIGHT HIM IN HIS LIVING ROOM AND WIN!!
MORE TIME GETTING READY LESS TIME BI*CHING.
Froch makes for a good fight but he is really looking bad now with all this complaining. Montreal is a great boxing venue so just go there and pair it with Bute or Andrade’s next fight..both loved up there in Canada.
It is getting tedious listening to Froch whining. So, why then bOXING101, are you even commenting on this article… IOW adding to the amount of replies and comments about it? Don’t like it? IGNORE IT!
froch is the king of nottingham but hes a bigmouth everywhere else hes defo looking 4 wayout of this fight bigtime abram should say yes 2 london and put froch fast 2 sleep
You’ve written this same article about 4 times now!!!
Mackay = Gilfoid
I can’t say Froch didn’t deserve to beat Dirrell as when the going got tough (or I’d even go as far as to say when Froch was going to just throw a punch) Dirrell threw himself to the floor like a spoilt child. I’m glad Abraham KO’d Dirrell as he may now rethink his tactic of throwing a jab and jumping to the ground. whilst Dirrell was being a baby Froch was a warrior, a limited warrior but a warrior none the less. However, Kessler beat him fairly and now the reasons I dislike Dirrell I now find are the same reasons I dislike Froch, He is no longer a warrior, he is a baby with no heart and acts like a spoilt child. Abraham should be applauded for taking the opportunity to take out a cheat like dirrell and hopefully he will take out the snake froch.
@MrBoxing101
I’m also british and Dirrell did win the fight in my opinion by a good few rounds (at last someone else from britain that is’nt bias) that terrible decision has caused all this.
I use to really like Froch, after he beat Pascal and Taylor he showed a real warrior heart.
But ever since losing to Kessler, he’s just been acting like a petulant child.
I’m British and i’m not even going to defend him…
He lost to Dirrell (though i hate to admit it)
and i don’t know why he’s even objecting to the Kessler decision, because he clearly lost.
Froch is a puff..
This Carl Froch dude is a bh!!! Listen, it was a close fight and it could have gone either way. I felt Dirrell won his fight against Froch but it was not a complete robbery it was close and so was the fight against Kessler, it was close but Kessler got the descision. Froch is going to get knocked out anyways so I dont understand why he is so presistent on boxing in England.