By Scott Gilfoid: IBF super middleweight champion Carl Froch (30-2, 22 KO’s) plans on using his fight with Lucian Bute as a template in how to defeat WBA champion Mikkel Kessler (46-2, 35 KO’s) this Saturday night in London, England.
Mikkel Kessler
Video: Froch vs Kessler II Weigh-In
By Scott Gilfoid: IBF super middleweight champion Carl Froch (30-2, 22 KO’s) and WBA super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler (46-2, 35 KO’s) weighed in today for their fight on Saturday night at the O2 Arena in London, UK. Froch came in at 167.9 lbs, looking more muscular than usual on his upper body. Kessler weighed in at a pound less at 166.74 lbs.
Kessler unconcerned with Froch’s threat to kill him
(Photo Credit: Thomas Sjoerup) By Scott Gilfoid: WBA super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler (46-2, 35 KO’s) basically laughed off IBF super middleweight champion Carl Froch’s comments made yesterday about wanting to kill him if he has to this Saturday night in their pay per view unification fight at the O2 Arena in London, UK.
Kessler is totally unafraid of Froch after having easily handled him three years ago in beating him by a 12 round unanimous decision.
Kessler said on his twitter “Carl Froch says he wants to kill me. That’s not very polite. :)”
Cleverly calls Froch a hypocrite
(Photo Credit: Lawrence Lustig) By Scott Gilfoid: Recently, IBF super middleweight champion Carl Froch was up in arms just because WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly and super middleweight contender George Groves, neither which are friends with him, chose to spar with WBA super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler upon receiving an invitation from him to help him get ready for the Froch fight this Saturday night.
Froch took it as a sign of Groves and Cleverly being disloyal to him because he’s from the UK like they are, so they shouldn’t help a fighter from another country.
Cleverly remembers how Froch helped out Kessler last December in giving him pointers in how to beat Ireland’s Brian Magee, and his advice helped Kessler stop Magee in the 3rd round by series of hard body shots.
Calzaghe picks Froch to beat Kessler
By Scott Gilfoid: You can add former super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe to the long list of people who think that IBF super middleweight champion Carl Froch (30-2, 22 KO’s) will defeat WBA champion Mikkel Kessler (46-2, 35 KO’s) this Saturday night in their rematch.
Calzaghe thinks Kessler isn’t the same fighter he was back in 2007 when Calzaghe fought him and won a close 12 round unanimous decision.
Kessler expects Froch to come out fast and make mistakes
By Scott Gilfoid: WBA super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler (46-2, 35 KO’s) believe that IBF super middleweight champion Carl Froch (30-2, 22 KO’s) has worked himself up to such an emotional state to where he’s going to come out incredibly out of the blocks this Saturday night and make a ton of mistakes that could lead to Froch getting knocked out in front of his loyal British faithful at the O2 Arena in London, UK.
Kessler said “Froch has put himself under big pressure by saying all sorts of things, but I know when a fighter does that he can make mistakes, big mistakes. Carl came out very fast against [Lucian] Bute and we all saw what happened. But if he is going to be a bit too aggressive…it will suit me.”
Who says boxing is dead?
(Photo Credit: Thomas Sjoerup) By Mateo Miranda: Even though boxing is going through a promotion and TV networking war, we have to give props to Oscar de la Hoya and the whole Golden Boy Promotions team, Mayweather Promotions, Bob Arum, Lou DiBella, K2 Promotions, promoters overseas, and of course HBO and Showtime for these next few months of nonstop boxing entertainment.
Lucas Matthysse vs. Lamont Peterson was the prologue and left our mouths drooling and hungry for more.
Adjust your flat screen TV, ramp up the surround sound, grab your beers (or sodas), and light up that barbecue grill (some are probably still smoking from this past Saturdays annihilation) because we are entering one of the most epic boxing TV lineups in recent memory.
British Boxing Board of Control investigating Froch for comments made about Kessler
(Photo Credit: Lawrence Lustig) By Scott Gilfoid: The British Boxing Board of Control (BBBof C) is reportedly investigating IBF super middleweight champion Carl Froch after he made comments about potentially killing his opponent WBA super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler (46-2, 35 KO’s) in their fight on Saturday night in London, UK.
Froch got himself worked up and said this as quoted by the Telegraph.co.uk “If I have to I will kill this f*****. I will kill him. It sounds brutal, it sounds horrible, but that is what it means to me…when I smash his face in, I am going for the kill.”
Robert Smith, the general secretary of the British Boxing Board of Control, said to Sky Sports “We are looking into it and will deal with it accordingly…we are not in a position to do anything about it before the fight.”
Cleverly: Froch vs. Kessler II is a 50-50 fight
By Scott Gilfoid: WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly, who was selected to spar with WBA super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler (46-2, 32 KO’s) recently, can’t pick a winner between him and IBF super middleweight champion Carl Froch (30-2, 22 KO’s) for their fight this Saturday night. Cleverly sees it as a fight that could go either way.
Froch: Kessler is cheeky for coming to England to fight me on my turf
(Photo Credit: Thomas Sjorup) By Scott Gilfoid: For ages, IBF super middleweight champion Carl Froch (30-2, 22 KO’s) has been saying how he wanted WBA super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler (46-2, 35 KO’s) to come over to the UK so that Froch would have a chance to get revenge for his previous loss to Kessler in Herning, Denmark in 2010.
Froch felt that it was only fair that Kessler should come over to fight him in his home country of the UK since Froch had fought Kessler three years ago in Denmark, which is where Kessler lives. But instead of being pleased that Kessler finally gave in gave Froch his wish to fight him in the UK just to get him to shut up about it, Froch is now saying Kessler is being cheeky [rude/insolent] by coming over to try and beat Froch up in front of his own British fans.