By Scott Gilfoid: The Super Six tournament finals bout between WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward (24-0, 13 KO’s) and WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (28-1, 20 Ko’s) is tentatively set for October 29th with the fight likely to take place in Las Vegas, Nevada. Froch wants in Vegas, as does Ward. However, it also could wind up in New York. The fight itself will likely be huge let down if you’re a Froch fan, because he doesn’t have the speed or the boxing skills to hang with Ward in this fight.

Ward probably won’t knock Froch out, because Froch has a strong chin but he’ll make him miserable and likely wish he were knocked out. I see Ward winning virtually every round of the fight without fail. Froch likes to slug but he’s too slow to land his big shots. Against Glen Johnson, Froch threw mostly arm punches to increase his work rate and to keep from getting countered by Johnson. I expect Froch to do the same with Ward. He won’t be able to load up because Ward would counter and make him look bad.

Froch will have to focus on throwing just to make contact otherwise he’s going to end up being clowned. As it is, Froch is going to look really bad in this fight and it won’t matter what he does. I’d suggest that Froch and his team hire Andre Dirrell to help him get Froch ready. Dirrell did a good job with Groves and taught him enough to at least hang with James DeGale and win a questionable 12 round decision. This is what Froch needs to do. Have his promoter pay Dirrell top dollar for three months of sparring. I still think Froch would lose, but he might not lose nearly as bad.