Froch: If I’m looking for a tough fight it wouldn’t be against Lucian Bute because...

JENNA: Carl, a lot of people talk about what’s next for the Super Six winner. Obviously it hasn’t happened yet and you don’t like to look ahead. You as a fighter, after you get out of this tournament are you going to be looking for another tough fight with a Lucian Bute or a Mikkel Kessler, or do you think like Andre Ward that maybe after such a tough tournament they should have an easier fight coming out of it?

FROCH: Well if I’m looking for a tough fight it wouldn’t be against Lucian Bute because that wouldn’t be a tough fight, would it now? It would be an easy fight! Maybe Kessler, that would be a tough fight. Bernard Hopkins, that would be a tough fight. A rematch with Pascal, that would also be a tough fight and a good fight. Those sort of names are probably at the top of the list: Kessler, Hopkins, Bute in that order. The Super Six champion can’t fight all of these people. So the runner-up in the Super Six tournament, the guy who finishes in second place, which as far as I’m concerned is going to be Andre Ward, they’re going to have to fight one or two of the other names as well. So it’s interesting, and there are plenty of options for the winner and the loser of the Super Six tournament.

JENNA: Carl do you expect Mikkel Kessler to have any trouble in his November 5 fight against Robert Stieglitz?

FROCH: No, not at all to answer your question.

CIANI: You mentioned a moment ago how there are going to be a lot of options out there. For you as a fighter, how exciting is that to know that even after this big event like the Super Six when it finally does end, you mentioned Hopkins, there’s Bute, there’s Kessler—how does it feel to be in a division where there is that abundance of talent where you can prove yourself against these other great fighters?

FROCH: It’s like the norm. It’s normality. I’ve been in this tournament for the last two years and I’ve fight after fight after fight against top level opposition. For me to come out of this tournament and still be involved with top level opposition is just normal to me. There is nothing exciting or different about it. It’s just how my career is. Look at my last six fights. They’ve all been top level elite opposition that I’m fighting. There has been no steady warm-ups, or easy defenses, or interim fights. It’s been tough. There’s been Pascal, Taylor, Dirrell the Olympic Bronze Medalist, then there’s been Kessler, then Abraham, then Johnson the veteran, and now I’ve got Ward the Gold Medalist. So fight after fight after fight I’m involved in these tough fights. It’s just normal for me. After this tournament I’ll have a few top level fights. I wouldn’t have it any other way. I can’t motivated to fight journeymen from hell who come in and just try to survive, hold, and keep away, especially at this stage in my career. I’ve fought for the WBC title now six or seven times. I’ve lost it and won it back in style. I’m enjoying myself. For me to just now fight somebody just for the sake of fighting them for an easy win, that won’t motivate me. I’ll probably end up struggling against somebody that’s low level because I probably wouldn’t take the training as seriously as I should. This is where I’m at. Every time I fight I’m in physical peak performance because I need to be, because I’ve locked position.



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Froch is ALWAYS an extremely entertaining interview.

How he comes up with some of this stuff is just gold!

 

One time we had Froch on right after Bute fought I believe Brinkley.

We asked Froch about Bute's performance and he said he didn't watch the fight and mentioned he'd rather watch Desperate Housewives or something!

I can't say for sure, but my guess is he knows how to properly pronounce the name and has seen him fight plenty.

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