Froch-Kessler

By Scott Gilfoid: On the Steve Bunce boxing hour show, WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-0, 20 KO’s) was in fine form, predicting a win over his stage 2 Super Six tournament opponent Mikkel Kessler (42-2, 32 KO’s), whom he will be fighting on April 24th, in Herning, Denmark. I’ll say this: For a [...]

By Sean McDaniel: World Boxing Council super middleweight champion Carl Froch really let it hang out in an interview in which he talks about his rough childhood, and how he hung around rough people, got into fights and had his bicycle stolen on a couple of occasions. You can see the pain in Froch’s face [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Losing can be a bitter pill to swallow and yet be a good thing at the same time. Former World Boxing Association super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler (42-2, 32 KO’s) says he’s learned from his defeat to Andre Ward in their Super Six tournament fight, and vows not to make the same [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Former WBC/WBC super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler (42-2, 32 KO’s) says he’s in the best shape of his life for his April 24th Super Six tournament bout against World Boxing Council super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-0, 20 KO’s) at the MCH Messecenter Herning, in Herning, Denmark. The bout has already sold [...]

By Sean McDaniel: For a fighter that has struggled to win his last two fights, World Boxing Council super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-0, 20 KO’s) sounds as if he’s been dominating all of his opponents for years rather than going life and death with his last two opponents. On April 24th, Froch will be [...]

By William Mackay: World Boxing Council super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-0, 20 KO’s) is counting on his April 24th opponent Mikkel Kessler (42-2, 32 KO’s) trading with him and making it easy to land his big shots. Froch, 32, really has no other way of winning the fight unless Kessler falls into his trap [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: The 2nd round of the Super Six tournament started on March 27th with Andre Dirrell defeating Arthur Abraham by an 11th round disqualification victory. But I’ve seen enough from this fight and the first stage of the Super Six tournament to come to the conclusion that the European fighters look stiff, robotic [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: A usual, World Boxing Council super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-0, 20 KO’s) is confident about his chances against Mikkel Kessler (42-2, 32 KO’s) on April 24th at the MCH Messecenter Herning, in Herning, Denmark. Froch says in an article at Express.co,”A lot has been made of the fact that Kessler has [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Former WBA/WBC super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler (42-2, 32 KO’s) knows what he’s up against in facing World Boxing Council super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-0, 20 KO’s) in their stage 2 Super Six bout on April 24th, in Herning, Denmark. In episode five of Showtime’s Fight camp 360, Kessler, 31, says [...]

By Sean McDaniel: World Boxing Council super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-0, 20 KO’s) doesn’t care how he wins against his next Super Six tournament opponent Mikkel Kessler (42-2, 32 KO’s) just as long as he gets the victory and moves on to the semi finals of the tournament. Froch, 32, already has two points [...]

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By Scott Gilfoid: Having struggled badly with Andre Dirrell and still a fight ahead against former WBA/WBC super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler on April 24th, World Boxing Council super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-0, 21 KO’s) says that he sees Andre Ward as hei biggest challenge in the Super Six tournament. In an article at [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: World Boxing Council super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-0, 20 KO’s) is extremely confident about his chances of beating both Mikkel Kessler (42-2, 32 KO’s) and Arthur Abraham (31-1, 25 KO’s) in the stage 2 and stage 3 Super Six tournament bouts. Froch, 32, will be fighting Kessler on April 24th, in [...]

By Sean McDaniel: In looking over the past handful of fights of Carl Froch (26-0, 20 KO’s) and Mikkel Kessler (42-2, 32 KO’s), I don’t see how Froch has the talent to beat Kessler in their April 24th fight. While I think Froch is a good pressure fighter with heavy hands, I think he’s lacking [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-0, 20 KO’s) is very proud of his physique and conditioning. In an article at thisisnottingham, the 32-year-old Froch went on at length about both his physique and his conditioning, saying “You saw when I stood there with James DeGale and Tony Jeffries and we took [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: We’ve seen what happens when a fighter gets a little too over anxious and starts fouling this past weekend when Arthur Abraham was disqualified in the 11th round for striking Andre Dirrell after he had slipped on the canvas. On April 24th, World Boxing Council super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-0, 20 [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-0, 20 KO’s) would like to move up to the light heavyweight division after he finishes the Super Six tournament, according to Thisisnottingham The 32-year-old Froch says I want to win the Super Six tournament first, as that will give me universal status,. Then maybe step [...]

By William Mackay: Former World Boxing Association super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler (42-2, 32 KO’s) has a difficult opponent in WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-0, 20 KO’s) for his first fight coming off an 11 round technical decision defeat last time out last November against Andre Ward. Kessler and Froch will meet on [...]

By Nate Anderson: World Boxing Council super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-0, 20 KO’s) isn’t concerned whether Joe Calzaghe (46-0, 32 KO’s) ends up helping his April 24th Super Six tournament opponent Mikkel Kessler. In an article at ESPN, the 32-year-old Froch says “Calzaghe was no man enough to fight me and maybe feels a [...]

By William Mackay: According to Danish site dr.dk/sporten former super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe has offered to help Mikkel Kessler prepare for his April 24th Super Six bout against WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch. The report states that Calzaghe approached Kessler through his agent about helping him in the Froch bout. Kessler says “I’ve [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Carl Froch (26-0, 20 KO’s) is feeling pretty good about his chances at beating former WBC super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler (42-2, 32 KO’s) ahead of his April 24th Super Six fight in Herning, Denmark. Froch, 32, is riding high on his crest of his last three wins over Jean Pascal, Jermain [...]

By Sean McDaniel: WBA heavyweight champion David Haye is becoming something of a Nostradamus predictor in the boxing world. In his latest round of predictions, the 29-year-old Haye is predicting that British fighters Amir Khan, Carl Froch and Kevin Mitchell will all win their next fights coming up. Haye, who seems to have an eye [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: World Boxing Council super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-0, 20 KO’s) makes light of the shots he absorbed in his questionable 12 round split decision against Andre Dirrell (18-1, 13 KO’s) in their stage 1 Super Six bout last October in Nottingham, England. Froch, 32, says in article at the Sun “The [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: The upcoming stage 2 Super Six matches between unbeaten Arthur Abraham (31-0, 25 KO’s vs. Andre Dirrell (18-1, 13 KO’s) and Carl Froch (26-0, 20 KO’s) vs. Mikkel Kessler (42-2, 32 KO’s) could see the end of the unbeaten records of Froch and Abraham. In fact, I’m dead certain that both Froch [...]

By Sean McDaniel: For British boxing fans that want to see WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch’s fight against Mikkel Kessler on April 24th, they will have to watch it on Primetime television network. Since Froch’s bouts aren’t being shown on terrestrial television, the only option for fans is to see Froch on pay-per-view in [...]

By Sean McDaniel: World Boxing Council super middleweight champion Carl Froch fired back at former super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe in an interview at Livefight.com, saying “I think Joe’s a bit of a strange guy if I’m honest. And I don’t mean that nastily, but I really think he is a grump. Like a Welsh [...]

By William Mackay: After the first stage of Showtime’s Super Six tournament some boxing fans of the opinion that former middleweight champion Jermain Taylor is the first fighter that is technically shot in the tournament. Taylor was knocked out by the hard hitting Arthur Abraham in a 12th round stoppage loss in October. The knockout [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Former WBA super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler (42-2, 32 KO’s) seems to have a negative fatalistic outlook for his April 24th Super Six bout against undefeated World Boxing Council super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-0, 20 KO’s), saying in an article at thisisnottingham, “Carl Froch is the world champion so it is [...]

By William Mackay: WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-0, 20 KO’s) says he wants to stick around for another three to four more years, and collect both the World Boxing Association and IBF super middleweight titles before retiring. In an article at the Dailymail, Froch says “I’ve got three or four years left. I [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: As usual, WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-0, 20 KO’s) is predicting a gloomy outlook for his April 24th opponent Mikkel Kessler, saying in an article at the Sun, “When I beat Kessler it will be the end for him. I will be finishing him off. Our fight will be his [...]