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 in the tournament by virtue of his stage 1 split decision win over Andre Dirrell, a which was closely contested and ended in a 12 round split decision.

The outcome pleased few due to how closely contested the fight ended up being. However, Froch is willing to take the win any way he can get it, saying in an article at the Sun “As as far I’m concerned, three points will secure my place in the semi finals of the Super Six and that’s very, very important to me. I’d like to get Kessler out of there, so I’m predicting a late stoppage.”

Kessler hasn’t been stopped before during his 12 year pro career. Something that Froch hasn’t factored into the equation is that he’ll be fighting in front of a large pro Kessler crowd in Herning, Denmark. Kessler has never been beaten in Denmark during his career, and seems to draw on the energy from the crowd when he fights in his country. That good could be bad news for Froch, who doesn’t move that well and who prefers to bludgeon his opponents into submission. Froch is like the polar opposite of Kessler.

Whereas Kessler is smooth fighter, moving well around the ring, defending expertly and has power in both hands. Froch, on the other hand, pressure, plods and outlasts many of his opponents. Froch has had a couple of close calls in his last two bouts against Dirrell and Jermain Taylor, winning both but looking in many respects like the loser.

Kessler is more of a technician than Taylor and Dirrell, and he could make things very tough for Froch because he does everything well instead of just a few things like Dirrell and Taylor. Kessler doesn’t clinch a lot like Dirrell, and doesn’t tire out in the later rounds like Taylor. Kessler also has an excellent chin, unlike Taylor.

So if Froch is hoping to take Kessler out or wear him down, it may not happen. In that case, Froch will need a plan B to fall back on if his slugging doesn’t work on Kessler. Froch will have to be able to utilize his boxing skills for him to be able to have a chance at beating Kessler. Froch will have to use his jab more, and focus on putting his punches together instead of looking for one big shot to take Kessler out.

Even if everything is working to perfection for Froch, he’s going to have a tough time beating a skilled fighter like Kessler. Froch needs to be focusing on boxing from the very beginning, though, because he seems to be a fighter that rigidly stays in one set pattern during his fights and isn’t able to adapt to different situations.