Froch doesn’t care whether he faces Abraham or Ward in the finals – if he makes it past Johnson

By William Mackay: WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch is reportedly in talks with Eddie Hearn, the promoter for Mathroom Sport, to have him take over as his new promoter. Froch recently split with his old promoter Mick Hennessy and is looking for a replacement. Froch said that he had a favorable meeting with Hearn recently and was impressed. Froch’s next fight will be against 42-year-old Glen Johnson on June 4th in the Super Six tournament semifinals, which will be taking place in the United States at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Froch says he doesn’t care who he fights in the finals of the Super Six tourney if he can get by Johnson in June. The choices are Andre Ward, the WBA super middleweight champion, or Arthur Abraham. Froch already has a win over Abraham last year in the Super Six tourney, so it won’t be as nearly a big an obstacle for Froch then a fight against the much quicker Ward.

Speaking with Steve Bunce, Froch said “I’ve just had a promising meeting with Eddie Hearn. He’s a gentleman; he knows what he’s talking about. The Super Six final will be around the Autumn time. Hopefully that’s going to be against Andre Ward. I don’t mind if it’s against Abraham because that’s another fight that I can win, but the exciting fight and the one the Americans want is Ward.”

Froch would figure to be the underdog in the Ward fight because Froch doesn’t have the same hand speed or the boxing skills that the American possesses. Froch’s best chance of winning against Ward is to try and knock him out. He won’t be able to out-work him or out-box Ward because Froch is too much of a slugger and doesn’t have the same skills as the younger Ward has going for him.

All of this may end up being meaningless if Froch can’t get by Johnson. That fight will be a very tough one for Froch because Johnson has much more experience and does well against sluggers like Froch.