By Scott Gilfoid: Eddie Hearn, the promoter for IBF super middleweight champion Carl Froch (30-2, 22 KO’s), thinks Froch has improved since he was beaten by Mikkel Kessler (46-2, 35 KO’s) three years ago in the Super Six tournament in Herning, Denmark.
Froch lost the fight by a 12 round unanimous decision by the scores of 115-113, 116-112 and 117-111. However, Hearn thinks Froch has gotten better in winning four out of his last five fights.
Hearn said as quoted by ringtv “I really feel Carl is a different fighter now, especially in the United Kingdom. These are the kinds of fights and nights that can cement the legacy of Carl Froch.”
Froch and Kessler will be fighting a rematch that’s tentatively scheduled for May 25th at the O2 Arena (Millenium Dome), Greenwich, in London, United Kingdom.
As far as Froch improving since his loss to Kessler in 2010, I don’t see any improvement. Froch is now 35, and if anything he’s not the same fighter he was back in 2010. The difference here is that Froch got beaten by Andre Ward and then he has had two easy fights since then against an unproven Lucian Bute and a flawed Yusaf Mack.
It’s easy to say that Froch has improved when he’s facing weaker opposition. That’s not to say that Bute isn’t a good fighter, but he fought the wrong fight, and he failed to adapt when it was clear that he couldn’t stand and trade with Froch.
The only difference I see in Froch is that he’s not been fighting Andre Dirrell, Kessler and Ward in his last two fights, and because of that he’s done well. I consider Froch’s fight against Dirrell to be a loss for Froch, and he almost got beaten by Jermain Taylor. Nah, there’s no improvement in Froch’s game from what I can see; it’s the same old Froch.
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