The venue still not decided for Froch-Abraham fight
July 12th, 2010
By William Mackay: Here it is almost the middle of July and former WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-1, 20 KO’s) still hasn’t decided on a venue for his stage 3 bout Super Six tournament bout against Arthur Abraham (31-1, 25 KO’s). Froch is supposed to be fighting Abraham in September, but now I’m not so sure. Froch, 33, refuses to fight Abraham in Germany because he feels that he won’t be able to get a decision over there.
That experience seems to have jaded Froch because he can’t agree on any of the venues that are being offered up by Abraham’s promotional team. The latest word was that Froch wanted the fight to take place in Ireland for some reason. Given that Ireland is right next door to England, it’s highly unlikely that Abraham will want to go along with that, and I frankly don’t blame him one bit.
Froch wants to find a location where it’s easy for his fans to come see him fight while at the same time picking a spot where he thinks he has a good chance of winning a decision. I don’t that there is a location outside of the UK where Froch will be able to get a lot of his fans to come see him fight. I don’t think Froch is at the popularity level of someone like Ricky Hatton, David Haye or Amir Khan.
The chances of Froch of actually beating Abraham, regardless of wherever they end up fighting, is pretty slim. Froch’s whole style of fighting in which he goes right after his opponents and looks to slug is made to order for Abraham. This is the perfect opponent for Abraham. If you were to make a mold of the ideal guy for Abraham to fight it would be Froch.
The reason why is because Froch likes to stand and trade shots all fight long and hardly ever backs off. He’s basically a 50s type of fighter in the wrong era. Abraham is going to tee off on Froch and lop his head off with one of his big right hands. By not making a decision about the venue of the fight, Froch is saving himself a lot of potential humiliation when he ends up getting knocked out by Abraham.
Once Abraham beats Froch then he’s finished in the Super Six tourney. Froch will have to go back to Nottingham a beaten man and will have to figure out what he wants to do next. Obviously, it’s probably a bad idea for Froch to stay at super middleweight because the talented fighters like Dirrell, Andre Ward, Kessler and Abraham will continue to cause Froch all kinds of problems. What Froch needs to do is move up to the light heavyweight division and try his luck at that weight.
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Interesting that no one has revisited this topic.
To say that Froch is scared is laughable. Froch may have his limitations but he fears no one.
He may well have a hard time fghting Abraham, a fight he’ll probably lose, but he will not fear him.
Rightly or wrongly, Froch feels that he will not get a fair crack of the whip outside of England – or even the East Midlands – so that’s why he’s holding out over the venue.
BRING IN BIKA AND KICK OUT FROCK, SOORY I MEAN FROCH.
@ MBA froch scared you moron you just started watching boxing are something if froch is scared what is calslappy
They should have the fight in Frochs hometown because I think half the crowd will want him to lose. Anywhere else in the planet, the crowd will be strongly for AA wanting the moaning ballbag to be Ko’d
I’m not really into this super 6 tournament but I’m occasionally reading about the developments…Up until now, there is so much fuss about the venue because of Froch reluctance to fight Abraham…why not drop Froch from the line up? He seems so scared…he feels he will be robbed if the fight is held outside of his choiced venue…Let him not worry about it..the judges will not be having a hard time scoring the fight because it will most likely end with Froch being knock out cold.
So Ireland is right next door to England? Well so is France, even nearer in fact and doesn’t have another Country – Wales – in between, but we all know that NO English – or Scottish, Welsh or Irish fighter would get any change off the Frogs.
This Fight should be staged in Britain. If Kessler could fight at home in Froch’s last fight then it’s not unreasonable for Froch to try for a home fight this time round.
Personally I think that Froch will find it tough against Abraham who is probably the best Super-Mid around currently. But Froch isn’t stupid and he knows that too, so there’s nothing wrong in him trying to get an edge by going for a home venue.
God im sick of hearing about this bum froch as though hes got any kind of pull in the boxing world.. He is nothing and nobody wants to pay to see him fight. Abraham should just offer a few sites and if froch refuses the association will have to look into removing froch ro fights wont happen then he will be right where he deserves to be, in the dirt. He has spent his career trying to ride on the rep of calzaghe, has made excuses for his loss and near wins. Always thinks he is hard done by and truly believes people care that much about him. Hopefully he gets kicked and we can get someone better in
This is all bull . Why cannot these two come to terms on a neutral site.They should be gratefull to having this kind of payday for 36 minuttes of work,maybe less .I know there is preperation also,but they all need to show a little grattitude to the fans who awaite the challengers efforts.The money and egos have far exceeded that of the norm.Fight or flight.
My sister works for a marketing firm that Showtime have used in the past. The latest is talk of the fight being hosted in Africa, the thinking being that having a high-profile fight there would increase the marketability and hence more $$$.
There is a challenge around a specific venue, although supposedly there are a couple of locations that have shown an interest.
Plus this will offer the “neutral venue” the both fighters are after, and create a little bit of history as well.
Although I doubt the “rumble in the jungle” would be a term applicable here….!!
Are you still trying to ply your tired wares as a writer? Froch is right not to fight in Germany. You have to understand the relationship between England and Europe grasp Froch’s hesitance, perhaps the closest thing on the US side would be a Mexican v Puerto Rican rivalry. For Froch to suggest Ireland is a big step because the Irish hate the English more than anyone. I think Froch should stop worrying about his fans though and fight in the states or canada where neither fighter is on his home ground. This fight could be interesting because Froch/Abraham are the two biggest punchers in the supersix also, both has the potential to win. What this hack writer fails to understand is that what makes Froch and Abraham more compelling viewing is that they do come to fight and KO not butt and hold like Ward/Dirrell.
Just because Froch has mumbled something that doesnt make it a realistic option eg. Calzaghe…..
I cant see Light heavy as his future. He is better off staying where he has a physical strength advantage
he may decide to retire if Abraham catches him though! AA has already retired Jermain Taylor who was 14 seconds away from beating Froch
you idiot
Froch move up to light heavy??? why, he always comes in a few pounds under. He is a physical fighter who would simply meet stronger opponents up there.
if he does get KO’d by Abraham his options are:
other SMW’s ie the others that are out of the super six, Lucian Bute or the up and coming domestic fighters who are big draws-Degale and Groves
or maybe he could make middleweight, he never looks to troubled making SMW and would be physically very strong at middle weight
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Froch is one worried dude. Perhaps if AA would offer to fight Carl with one arm tied behind his back and skip on one leg he will finally agree to meet AA wherever for this eventful bout.
The cowardly die a thousand deaths, is this what Carl is going thru?
News flash! There is no news!
Tell us something we don’t already know. And BTW, this one, if it happens, doesn’t go to the scorecards. AA KOs Froch late.
Boooooooooring! 1000 articles without new message!
I doubt that it matters where the fight takes place or even if Froch can last 12 rounds. Remember that AA beat JT on the cards before knocking him out and he has far, far, far more skills than Froch
I hope Abraham knocks Froch out, the location is not important!
What a surprise their never will be
Froch is definitely tailor made for Abraham, and I doubt that he can adapt his style for this fight. Still, he offers a lot more activity than Abraham, and I give him a good chance of winning a decision if his chin can survive some extremely hard later rounds.
On that eventuality that he can dominate most of the rounds. but look very bad in the 2 or 3 last; his worry about a fair decision is understandable. I think that they will find neutral ground soon enough.