By Scott Gilfoid: Promoter Frank Warren believes that former World Boxing Council (WBC) super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-1, 20 KO’s) would have gotten a “boxing lesson” had he fought former super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe, according to Sun. Warren arrives at that opinion based on what he saw of Froch in his 12 round unanimous decision loss to Mikkel Kessler on April 24th, in their stage 2 Super Six tournament fight in Herning, Denmark. Warren wasn’t impressed with the 32-year-old Froch’s defense, describing perfectly by calling it “nonexistent” and mentioning the way that Froch likes to keep his hands down low by his sides makes him an “easy target.”
I have to say I totally agree with Mr. Warren. I’ve always thought that Froch’s head was a punch magnet because of his horrible defense. I don’t know why he decided to adopt a fight style which has him keeping hands down by his sides like the quicker fighters in boxing, but he needs to make some changes with that style if he wants to keep from getting his bell rung too many times in his next Super Six fight against Arthur Abraham.
I can just see how that fight will end up if Froch goes into it fighting like he did in his last three fights with his hands dropping down by his waist all night. Abraham’s eyes are going to light up like a Christmas tree when he seems Froch fighting like that, and he’s going to be looking to send Froch’s head into the stratosphere. I think it’s great that Froch prides himself on his ability to take shots, but he can’t keep taking the kind of punishment that he’s been absorbing in his last three fights if he wants to be able to stick around for too much longer in the sport.
It can’t be good for his health to getting hit so much. And I’m starting to question whether Froch’s chin is really as good as some people think it is. Thus far, I’ve seen Froch get dropped by Jermain Taylor, staggered twice by Andre Dirrell and then staggered by Kessler. That’s not a good sign, especially now that Froch is going into his next fight against easily the hardest puncher of the entire Super Six tourney in facing the German based Abraham. I have a bad feeling about this fight for Froch, and I think he may end up staring at the lights by the end of it.
Warren thinks that Froch knew there was a chance of him fighting in Germany when he signed on with the Super Six tourney. Froch has recently threatened to pull out of the Super Six tourney if he’s forced to fight in Germany, where he thinks he won’t be able to win a decision. Froch feels that he should have won the fight against Kessler, and thinks that the decision was a rotten one. Warren thinks that the right man won the fight.
Warren correctly points out that Froch will make more money fighting in Germany. Froch wants to make good money in the tournament, and he’s always been really confident about his ability to beat such and such fighter. So why isn’t Froch eager to fight in Germany? Come on, Froch should be able to stop Abraham or least out-box him with his three inch height and two and half inch reach advantage, shouldn’t he?
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