Kessler: I see a lot of flaws in Froch’s fighting style

By Boxing News - 03/15/2013 - Comments

kessler4323By Scott Gilfoid: WBA super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler (46-2, 35 KO’s) says he’s spotted some major flaws in IBF super middleweight champion Carl Froch’s fighting style in his last two fights that he plans on taking full advantage of when he faces him on May 25th at the O2 Arena (Millenium Dome), Greenwich, London, United Kingdom.

Kessler said to Sky Sports “I see a lot of flaws in Carl’s [recent] fights, and I’m going to take advantage of it.”

It’s pretty easy to figure out exactly what the 34-year-old Kessler is talking about when he talks about flaws in Froch’s game. If you watch Froch’s recent fights against Lucian Bute and Yusaf Mack, you’ll notice that Froch doesn’t move his head very much. His head is perfectly still as he stands straight up throwing nonstop combinations. Froch is so easy to hit now that it’s not even funny.

Those two fights hurt Froch’s game because it’s got him fighting in a wild manner where he’s more like a toughman fighter than an actual boxer. He’s someone that’s just going out and bum rushing his opponent and looking to blast them out without showing finesse or defensive skills. If Froch fights like that against Kessler, and I believe he will, he’s going to run into something big and get dropped on the canvas.

The last time they fought back in 2010, Kessler was able to get inside of Froch’s long arms in the same way that Andre Ward was to land his shots while avoiding most of Froch’s own punches.

The shots that Froch did land were weaker because Kessler was too close for Froch to get a lot of power on his punches. Froch punches hard when he’s got a guy that’s at the end of his shots, but when fighters like Kessler and Ward get inside of Froch’s long arms, he’s pretty much a limited fighter without power.



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