Froch: I’m not going to cry about Ward’s injury; I’m just going to make him pay

By Sean McDaniel: Photo credit: Casino/Showtime – WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (28-1, 20 KO’s) isn’t pleased with the cut that his opponent WBC super middleweight champion Andre Ward (24-0, 13 KO’s) received recently which has caused his October 29th fight to be postponed until at least December.

Froch was skeptical about the injury at first, believing that it might not be a legit cut. Now, however, Froch accepts that the injury has occurred and knows he’ll have to wait for a little while longer before he gets a shot at capturing the Super Six trophy.

Speaking with Sky Sports News, Froch said “It’s happens so I;m used to it so I’m not going to cry in my pillow at night over it. I’m just going to think about what to do to Ward and make him pay when I fight him. He has something I want, which is the WBA title…so when the fight happens, we’re going to be trying to do some serious damage.”

Froch shouldn’t lose his head over this, as we’re only talking about a little over a month extra that Froch has to wait for the fight. If he’s really better than Ward like he thinks he is, then it shouldn’t matter whether Froch has to wait an extra five weeks for the fight to take place.

Froch should in theory still be able to beat Ward if he’s the better guy. If not, then it doesn’t matter whether the fight happens now or in the distant future, Froch will lose under any circumstances.

Froch has got to come up with a plan to win this fight because right now he’s considered the underdog. If you look at how he struggled and was beaten by Mikkel Kessler last year, and then look at how easily Ward beat Kessler in 2009, it’s not looking good for Froch. Ward was a lot faster than Kessler, and Kessler in turn was much quicker than Froch. If Ward is able to land lead right hands all night against Froch, it’s going to impress the judges and likely lead to him winning a lopsided 12 round decision.

Froch said “I’ve been doing some great sparring and now I’ve got to take my foot off the gas, ease off, have a bit of rest, probably a week to 10 days off, and then get back on it.”

Froch might not want to take too much time off, as he doesn’t want to be struggling to get back to where he was previously. He’s going to need to find some hand speed somewhere if he’s to have any chance at winning.

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