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Carl ‘ The Cobra’ Froch: What’s next?

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froch55By Chris Bax: Carl Froch had a great 2012 winning a third world title in beating the much hyped and at the time unbeaten Lucian Bute for the IBF world super middleweight strap last year in May. Now what lies ahead for Froch in 2013?

What the fans in the uk want for ‘The Cobra’ next is a unification fight with the Danish World Boxing Association (WBA) title holder Mikel Kessler, and it looks as if that fight is close to being made for March/April time in the UK. Froch did have a rematch clause in the contract with Lucian Bute but it seems that Bute wants no part of Froch at this point in time. I see Froch just destroying Bute again much like he did in the first fight so it really makes no sense for Bute to go for the rematch.

Carl Froch and Juan Manuel Marquez win boxrec news awards

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marquez56By Chris Bax:  IBF super middleweight champion Carl Froch and Juan Manuel Marquez scooped the 2 main awards in the boxrec news awards. Froch won the fighter of the year category and Marquez won international fighter of the year.

Lets start with Froch. Following on from his clear points defeat too Andre ward at the end of 2011, Froch faced the previously unbeaten Lucian Bute for his IBF super middleweight world championship in may 2012. Froch dominated Bute in a one sides beating and stopped him in 6 rounds. A great performance from Froch coming off such a clear loss to ward to dominate the favourite Bute.

A perspective on American heavyweights: Wilder, Arreola, Banks, Mitchell, More!

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wilder213 - CopyBy Chris Bax: American heavyweight boxing is in a bit of a rut at the moment. The country where greats such as Muhammad Ali, George foreman, Joe Frazier and Mike Tyson, currently has no one capable of winning world honours.

The American journalists and boxing fans have been banging on about unbeaten Deontay Wilder. Whilst he has some skill and a big right hand, anyone half good could look world class against the opposition he has been facing in his 4 year pro career. The fodder that wilder has faced so far has been awful and some weren’t fit to grace the ring in all honesty.

Carl “The Jackal” Frampton v kiko Martinez 9th February

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frampton4545By Chris Bax  Unbeaten Carl Frampton’s long awaited fight with EBU super bantamweight champion Kiko Martinez (27-3, 19 KO’s) is going ahead on a bill called “Unfinished business” on February the 9th, featuring a decent undercard this should be a cracking fight and really good show at the Odyssey Arena, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

In his last outing, Frampton (15-0, 10 KO’s) blew away former 2 time world champion Steve Molitor in 6 rounds and follows that performance on with another very tough fight for “the jackal”. Now promoted by namesake Sergio, Kiko Martinez, the European champion beaten 3 times in 30 bouts, will provide a very stern test for Frampton but a test I expect him to pass with flying colours.

Mayweather Jnr vs. Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero on May 4th

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guerrero123By  Chris Bax: Floyd Mayweather Jr. (43-0, 26 KO’s) has come in for a lot of criticism for taking on WBC interim welterweight champion Robert Guerrero (31-1-1, 18 KO’s) instead of WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) on may 4th, 2013. This criticism I believe is pretty unfair.

Robert Guerrero has stepped up and beaten two credible welterweights in Selcuk Aydin and Andre Berto in the last year and his last performance against Berto was probably the best off his career. Saul Alvarez in his last fight beat up a beefed up light welterweight in Josesito Lopez, and the fight before that beat up a well past his prime, old aging 40-year-old Shane Mosley in a 12 round unanimous decision.

DeGale on the right career path

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degale7By Chris Bax: James DeGale (14-1, 9 KO’s) last week gave up his European crown. I believe he has made the correct choice in his career path to pursue with the World Boxing Council (WBC) silver super middleweight strap that he won this month. This strap will give Degale a much higher ranking and also give him opportunity to fight some of the better and higher ranked opponents in the division.

DeGale has outgrown European level in his last couple of fights and is now looking at fights against the likes of Edwin Rodriguez, Anthony Direll, Sakio Bika and even current World Boxing Organization (WBO)champion Arthur Abraham. I think fighting these top contenders will stand DeGale in good stead for a real world title assault toward the end of 2013 or early 2014.

Price or Fury will win a world title in 2013

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fury5445Despite what some writers believe on this site, I am firm believer that UK boxing is definitely on the rise. We have world champions in Carl Froch and Nathan Cleverley. We also have talents such as Kell Brook and Scott Quigg, but I believe the heavyweight division in the UK is the most exciting at the moment.

British heavyweights David Price and Tyson Fury are both undefeated and close to world tittle shots. Also we have Derek Chisora and David Haye to bolster our world class pool of heavyweights.