By William Mackay: Carl Froch (26-1, 20 Ko’s) is hoping he can get another shot against Mikkel Kessler (43-2, 32 KO’s) in the Super Six tournament. Froch, 32, was beaten by Kessler in April by a 12 round decision in Herning, Denmark. Not only did Froch suffer his first defeat of his eight year pro career, but he also lost his World Boxing Council super middleweight title to Kessle in the process. Froch, speaking in his column at thisisnottingham.co.uk, said “I would not leave it to the judges in a rematch…Congratulations, Mikkel, but you’re only borrowing that belt.”

For Froch to realize his dream of getting another shot against Kessler in the Super Six tournament, Froch will have to beat his next Super Six tournament opponent Arthur Abraham when they eventually fight in the future. Their fight is rumored to be taking place in September, possibly in Montreal, Canada. Froch has his work cut out for him against Abraham, because he’s clearly the hardest puncher in the tournament and he’s hurt both of his Super Six opponents Jermain Taylor and Andre Dirrell, knocking both of them out.

However, Abraham was disqualified for hitting Dirrell while he was down on the canvas, so his knockout didn’t count. Kessler is facing Allan Green in his next fight of the tournament. You would have to give Kessler an excellent chance at beating Green in that fight based on how dreadful Green looked in losing to Andre Ward last Saturday night in Oakland, California. Although Kessler also was dominated by Ward, but he gave it a much better performance in losing than Green, who just looked clueless for the entire 12 round fight last Saturday.

In Froch’s column, he railed against the scoring of the fight with Kessler, and suggested that was what happens when you fight in another fighter’s hometown. Froch was right, but he really did appear to lose to Kessler, at least in the minds of many boxing writers and fans. Froch doesn’t see it that way, though, and feels he should have got the decision. Froch will have to fight better than that if he wants to beat Abraham, because Froch didn’t throw a lot of punches and didn’t look as strong or as active as he had been in his win over Andre Dirrell.

Like I said, Kessler will probably make it to the semi finals of the Super Six tournament, but Froch may have a lot tougher time making it. Abraham punches incredibly hard, is defensively skilled and will be looking to make up for his loss in his last fight against Dirrell. Abraham is going to be out to make an example of Froch in their fight. I wouldn’t want to be Froch, because with his tendency to keep his hands down by his waist all the time, he’s going to get hit a lot by Abraham. Froch has been hurt in his last three fights against Jermain Taylor, Dirrell and Kessler. Those guys are all good punchers, but none of them have the kind of power that Abraham has going for him. Unless Froch runs all night long or learns to protect himself before his fight with Abraham, he’s probably going to get his bell rung over and over again by Abraham in their fight.