Graham Houston on Froch-Kessler

Mayweather just has to win for the good of the sport...it would be pretty unedifying having a proven drugs cheat take the victory. Its bad enough having the **** on p4p lists

 

I'm sure he'll do the business anyways pal :good

 

I sincerely hope so :thumbsup

 

There are sound technical reasons why Carl Froch uses a slip defence rather than a gloves up/block approach. If he had had his hands up blocking shots at 2:12 of the 12th round against Taylor he would have lost his title.

 

Errrm...how many times have I got to say this, the received wisdom that Taylor gassed is just plain lazy analysis. Taylor was forcing the fight up until 1 minute into the last round when Froch finally caught up with him and landed a peachy right that badly rocked him....thats when he got on his bike, nothing to do with gassing, the man was hurt.

You obviously can't be bothered to check out the fight and the point at 2:12 in the 12th where if Froch had been doing what you suggest he would have lost his title.

 

I think there is a middle ground here.

Taylor was fading a bit but was hardly dead on his feet at the start of the 12th.

Froch didn't look **** for 11 rounds.... it wasn't a Bruno vs Bonecrusher type job - he did win 3 or 4 of the previous rounds, mostly in the 2nd half of the fight.

I agree that the hands down slipping technique worked because he countered Taylor with a hard shot that he never saw coming - from then on he was a sitting duck.

 

Thank you :thumbsup...plus the press row had Froch needing to win the last round to take the fight, so despite looking awful as threethirteen suggests he was actually competetive.

I don't think that Froch is lazy as such, I just don't think that people particularly like his style, two different things completely.

 

Not sure it would work every time though

 

I watched this fight last night. It was a good fight, though technically quite sloppy.

Kessler definitely won by a few rounds.

 

Of course it wouldn't, but it won him a world title...trying to change now would be pointless and counterproductive

 

watch the 12 round back. Taylor actually wins the 1st minute of the round. he was tired but in no way gassed. Froch is as tired. he just pulled it out the bag.

 

Yeah he wasn't busy because Kessler was stronger than him and pushed him back. I know thats hard to believe because Froch is considered the incredible hulk as far as strength and power but it actually happened. What other conclusions are to be drawn from the fact Kessler was on the front foot the entire night?

Froch has never been particularly busy in his career so I don't know exactly what you were expecting there. He's a guy that throws big punches, you can't leap in with your whole body and expect 1000 punches a fight.

People need to realize performances are not just decided by one man. Everything the other guy does impacts upon it.