By Scott Gilfoid: WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (27-1, 20 KO’s) feels confident that he can not only beat 42-year-old Glen Johnson (51-14-2, 35 KO’s) but make it look good by knocking him out on Showtime on June 4th in his semifinal bout at the Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Froch is the favorite in this fight, but thus far many of the favorites have already bitten the dust with defeats. If Froch isn’t on his game he could wind up as another one of the disappointing European fighters that have ended up getting spanked.
Froch said “I don’t just plan on beating him [Johnson], but I plan on halting him in style. Our styles gel very well for a competitive battle for as long as it lasts and I’m looking forward to it…I don’t be overlooking Johnson in any shape or form, which will spell bad news for Glen.”
Johnson hasn’t been knocked out since 1997 when he was stopped by Bernard Hopkins. With how limited Froch looks at times, it’s pretty much a pipe dream for him to think he can knock Johnson out. Johnson has been in with talents like Chad Dawson, Antonio Tarver and Tavoris Cloud and was never knocked out by any of them. How does Froch think he can do what those guys couldn’t? Sorry, but if anyone is going to be knocked out in this fight it’s going to be Froch. He’s tailor made for Johnson because Froch keeps his hands low by his waist, doesn’t have good defensive skills and has no inside game. This is where the fight will be fought – on the inside. Froch will be forced to go back to the same tired strategy that he tried using on Andre Dirrell without any luck in his first fight in the Super Six tourney. Johnson will eat Froch up on the inside and spit him out in front of a shocked Boardwalk Hall crowd. I won’t be shocked in the least with Johnson schooling Froch, because I’ve seen Froch’s flaws and know how easily he can be beaten.
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