Dirrell: Ward will beat Froch

By Boxing News - 09/21/2011 - Comments

Image: Dirrell: Ward will beat FrochBy Scott Gilfoid: Andre Dirrell (19-1, 13 KO’s) is picking WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward (24-0, 13 KO’s) to beat WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (28-1, 20 KO’s) in the finals of the Super Six tournament on October 29th at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

“I got Ward,” Dirrell said to esnewsreporting.com. “That’s not being biased against Froch, because he’s a hell of a fighter. But when it comes to ring smarts and tactics, Andre Ward has that department. Froch will come with determination and will, but at the end of the day, it won’t be enough.”

How true. Froch will try to overcome his deficiency of talent by being willing to take an enormous amount of punishment in this fight, but it won’t help him. Froch will still get spanked by Ward and lose every round of the fight. It might actually make it worse for Froch the harder he tries, because it will only lead to him taking a worse beating than if he backed up and decided to take his loss by using a safety first tactic.

Froch is going to lose anyway. He might as well save himself a lot of wear and tear by keeping the fight at a distance and just take Ward’s occasional spearing right hands and his beautiful jabs.

Ward will beat Froch back each time he tries to step up and mount an assault in this fight. I suspect Froch will be a beaten fighter by the 6th. The handwriting will be on the wall and he’ll understand he doesn’t have a prayer in this fight. It’s too much of a step up in class for Froch. He’s good facing limited fighters but he’s stepped up against quality in fights against Dirrell and Mikkel Kessler, Froch was slapped back down and put in place. Ward will do the same thing on October 29th by dominating Froch.



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