By Scott Gilfoid: Photo: Casino/Showtime – WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward (24-0, 13 KO’s) carried himself with class and dignity at the London press conference with WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (28-1, 20 KO’s) to promote their Super Six finals fight on October 29th. While Froch was unleashing with both barrels on Ward verbally, Ward sat there bravely, taking Froch’s barbs without firing back.

I really respect Ward for showing so much restraint because they would have had to pull me off of Froch if it had been me in their on that podium. I would have gone berserk and tore into Froch tooth and nail rather than being humiliated in front of the large crowd.

Here’s what Froch said “I have not been impressed with Andre and his level of opposition. Look at is record. He’s fought good fighters but not at the level where we are now. The only opponent that is up there on his record is Mikkel Kessler. And I watched that fight. I didn’t care for it, to be honest. I didn’t like that Mikkel had to travel with this title only to have Andre throwing his head in there, causing the cuts and such…I am not worried about Ward. He has no power whatsoever. And his hand speed, sure it’s fast, but even he’ll tell you it’s not as fast as Andre Dirrell’s. And I handled Dirrell quite easily.”

Can you believe that? Froch handling Dirrell? No way! Froch lost that fight or should have lost it. I’ve never seen such a terrible decision in my life. I had Dirrell winning 8 rounds to 3 with 1 even. It was a total mismatch with Dirrell schooling Froch and then getting the business. The fight took place in Froch’s home city of Nottingham, England, and it looked like a hometown decision to me. Showtime saw Dirrell winning, and many of the fans from both the U.S and England had Dirrell winning. Froch should have a loss on his record for that fight but instead a gift.

Ward totally dominated Kessler from start to finish, beating Kessler even easier than Dirrell beat Froch. It was a total schooling and the the couple of head butts that occurred had no bearing to the outcome of the fight. I see that as just as an excuse for Kessler fans not wanting to come to terms with the reality that he got beaten and broken down by Ward. Froch is kidding himself if he believes that Ward won because of the head butts. He won because of his amazing talent, just as he’ll whip Froch on October 29th because of his talent.