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 as he seems to unload his problems on the interviewer. Froch says “I am what I am. I’m a working class. You know, rough and rugged. “Kid from a council estate. I come up the hard way. I had a rough upbringing.”
Froch goes into how school was rough and dad was strict. The interviewer may not have realized what he was getting himself into by talking about Froch’s childhood because it clearly unleashed some emotions as you can see. The general theme running through the interview is how Froch had it rough, which could mean that he’ll be tougher on his stage 2 Super Six opponent Mikkel Kessler when they fight on April 24th, in Herning, Denmark. Having a rough childhood, unfortunately, doesn’t always translate into being a better fighter. If that was the case, there would be massive amounts of top fighters. Froch may very well beat Kessler, but I don’t give much weight to it having anything to do with Froch’s tough childhood. People are people no matter if they come from a poor background or rich one. There is no difference. Hopefully, Froch isn’t getting things twisted in his head and thinking he’s tougher because he came from a bad neighborhood or had a bad childhood at times.
The fact of the matter is that quality fighters come from all different walks of life. It might help being poor, because a fighter has it harder for them, but plenty of middle class fighters make it big as well. Kessler has the skills to make things very tough for Froch, and rough background or not, if Froch doesn’t have an answer for Kessler’s technical ability, then he’ll lose. It’s as simple as that.
It makes for an interesting story that a person like Froch has had it tough, but rough backgrounds don’t mean much when you’re facing a fighter with better ability. For all we know, Kessler have an even tougher time than Froch. Who knows? It doesn’t matter either way. If Froch doesn’t have the skills, he’s going to lose and that’s just the way it is.
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