By Scott Gilfoid: Just when you thought IBF super middleweight champion Carl Froch had finally come to terms with his 12 round unanimous decision loss to Mikkel Kessler from three years ago in 2010 in Herning, Denmark, Froch had to start up with the excuses once again in blaming his loss on an ash cloud that delayed his travel to Denmark at the time.
I wish Froch would just admit that he lost the fight because it might help him recognize what he needs to improve upon for his rematch with Kessler on May 25th at the O2 Arena in London, UK.
Froch said to thesun.co.uk “Without really knowing it, I was expending a lot of energy. I was on a high because of the adrenalin rush…The plane, the rally car, the weigh-in, the delays, everything mounted up.”
Oh man, the excuses are really pointless. Froch got beat by the better man in that fight, and he can blame it on the travel problems to get to the fight in Denmark all he wants, but the reality is he couldn’t deal with the more talented fighter in the ring on that night and that was Kessler. Froch got beat and he’s going to have to live with it somehow.
If Froch doesn’t want his rematch to play out the same way as last time then he’s going to have to come up with a better strategy than just going out and looking to punch with Kessler because Froch’s idea of beating him by throwing more combinations is a poor plan.
That’s the same plan that Froch used on Lucian Bute last year in May, and while it worked to perfection against Bute, it’s probably not going to work out very well against Kessler because he’s a much different fighter.
Kessler already knows what Froch is planning on doing in this fight, and he’s ready to box him and give another lesson for why it’s not smart to fight a primitive one-dimensional fight.
Froch needs a plan A, B, C, D and E, but I can’t help thinking he’s only got that one plan ‘A’ going for him. If that doesn’t work for Froch, I can see him stubbornly sticking with it rather than adapting and trying something different to use on Kessler.
Froch will just come out swinging from the 1st round, and if doesn’t work out, he’ll be doing the same thing in the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and so on. We’re talking real primitive stuff here, and Kessler is going to do well against that style just like he did last time they fought.
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