Yusaf Mack

By Scott Gilfoid: IBF super middleweight champion Carl Froch (29-2, 21 KO’s) is under the mistaken belief that his opponent American Yusaf Mack (31-4-2, 17 KO’s) is someone that will fall apart when put under a certain amount of pressure from him on November 17th. Froch thinks that all he has to do is put the right amount of pressure on Mack and he’ll crumble just like former IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute did last May when Froch beat him in Nottingham.

Froch said to Sky Sports “When he’s put under pressure I think he’ll fall apart,” Froch, who will be having his ninth successive world title fight. It’s my job to put him under educated pressure and take his confidence away from him early.”

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By Scott Gilfoid: IBF super middleweight champion Carl Froch (29-2, 21 KO’s) thinks for some reason that his fight with light heavyweight contender Yusaf Mack (31-4-2, 17 KO’s) on November 17th will be the last chance for the 32-year-old Mack to fight for a world title in their fight in Froch’s hometown at the Capital FM Arena, in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom.

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By Scott Gilfoid: IBF super middleweight champion Carl Froch (29-2, 21 KO’s) appears to be winding down his 10-year pro career and his fight against American slugger Yusaf Mack (31-4-2, 17 KO’s) next month on November 17th could be the 35-year-old Froch’s last fight in Nottingham, England. Froch plans on fighting Lucian Bute, Mikkel Kessler and Andre Ward after the Mack fight and those fights most likely will end up in those fighter’s countries.

Froch said to Sky Sports News “If the Bute fight happens it will be in Canada and rematches with Ward and Kessler could well happen in America and Denmark, so this could well be my last fight in Nottingham.”

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By Scott Gilfoid: It looks like IBF super middleweight champion Carl Froch (29-2, 21 KO’s) is starting to fully realize how much he’s stepped in it by choosing the hard hitting, quicker and dare I say more talented Yusaf Mack (31-4-2, 17 KO’s) to defend his strap against on November 17th at the Capital FM Arena, in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom.

I guess the plan must have been for Froch and his promoter Eddie Hearn to drag a big light heavyweight down in weight and then have a field day against the weight drained fighter. However, Froch is now learning that Mack is actually a super middleweight who has been fighting out of his own weight class by competing at light heavyweight and I can see the fear starting to set in with Froch.

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By Scott Gilfoid: To listen to IBF super middleweight champion Carl Froch (29-2, 21 KO’s) slathering on the compliments all over challenger Yusaf Mack (31-4-2, 17 KO’s), you’d think that Froch is Mack’s promoter rather than someone defending his title against him on November 17th at the Capital FM Arena, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom.

Why is Froch pouring praise over the 32-year-old Mack’s head by the bucketful? It’s the fight is seen as a mismatch by the boxing public, and many fans are disgusted and disappointed that this fight was put together instead of a tougher match-up between guys like Andre Dirrell, Anthony Dirrell and Thomas Oosthuizen vs. Froch.

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By Scott Gilfoid: IBF super middleweight champion Carl Froch (29-2, 21 KO’s) unbelievably admitted that he’s hoping that his opponent light heavyweight Yusaf Mack (31-4-2, 17 KO’s) will be weight drained for their fight on November 17th in Froch’s home city at the Capital FM Arena, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom.

Froch said in an interview with Kugan Cassius at IFilm London “I was kind of hoping he [Mack] would drain himself, kind of Chad Dawson did when he fought Andre Ward, because when these light heavyweights come down to super middleweight, they are just drained and ready to fall over.

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By Scott Gilfoid: Challenger Yusaf Mack (31-4-2, 17 KO’s) sees IBF super middleweight champion Carl Froch (29-2, 21 KO’s) as a poor copy of former super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe as Mack heads into his fight with Froch on November 17th at the Capital FM Arena, in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom.

Mack said this about Froch on Sky Ringside “He’s [Froch] a fake Calzaghe he wants to be Calzaghe. He wants to fight like him, do all the moves like him, but he can’t. There’s only one Joe Calzaghe. I’m going to show the world where I’m supposed to be at. He [Froch] looks at my losses when I faded in round 8. What’s he going to do when I’m still standing up?”

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By Will Jackson Jr: On the 17th of November 2012 Carl Froch will make the 1st defence of his IBF Super Middleweight title against Americas Yusaf Mack. The fight will be staged in Froch’s home town of Nottingham and it will be at the Capital FM Arena. Yusaf Mack said while in the Ringside studio that he will beat Froch because Froch only looked good against Bute as Bute wasn’t right on the night.

I do agree with this. I am not sure if he will win but he has definitely got a chance and I do think that there was something wrong with Bute on the night.

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