look at all those picks for Abraham! glad I went with my gut on that one (always felt Abraham was kinda overrated, should go back to 160)
I think Abraham's style was pretty obvious from day one. This hurts his stock yeah, but more than Abraham being overrated I'd say Froch was very underrated, take no credit away from him! I thought AA would definitely land his murderous long left or short right Pascal had a lot of success with, but Carl learned his lesson and used his distance and ring IQ perfectly. Fantastic performance and I'm happy that he showed he's a live dog to win the whole thing. Huge props to Froch and congrats to Kirk, you got me there buddy! And don't forget that there's a lot of action to follow, so stay tuned!
**** me. That english dude with zero technique but only heart just gave the critics a major flick with his finger. I'm damn impressed. My dream scenario has happened!!! Semi finals: Ward vs Abraham in Oakland! Froch vs Johnson in Nottingham! WAAAAAAR super six!
looks like abrahams pulling out. lets just get to a froch ward final. anyway i should have stuck with my gut and not gave kirtmy 120 i bet on abraham. still picked froch on my picks though so thats important. think i got 60 left if anyone wants to bet on khan maidana - i want khan
Source? In the post interview I saw with Abraham he looked sad and disappointed sure, but he did say when asked what he would be doing against Ward something like: "I dont know as of now, but I cant go out like this." I dont think he'll quite, unless ofcouse Sauerland will complain like the ass he is over Ward's homefield advantage (Ofcouse I too think it's bull **** he get's 4 fights in a row at home, but since he's #1 with 6 points it's stated in the rules that he has the homefield.)
YES!!! Man I needed this win after losing stupidly on the green/flores fight. That really bothered me lol. I havnt seen the fight yet, but hear that Froch really outboxed AA pretty badly. To me personally, that is not suprising, what is suprising however is that towards the championship rounds, AA couldnt start getting to Froch and hurting him, I figured that while Froch should win, the fact that his defence is not the best, and that he can be hurt, and he was up against one of the hardest punchers 168 and down in the sport, that it was also very likely that he could find himself in hot water once AA started fighting a bit more desperatly. Wasnt to be though and I am glad Froch gets this win. Obviously, now that Froch has beaten AA, the guy many favored to beat him, AA is now nothing special and simply a punching bag. Such is boxing when it comes to fans I suppose. Though I havnt seen the fight, glad nobody was hurt, and hopefully AA can bounce back and see some success in the future. In a tourny like this, you are bound to lose. I would love to see AA knock out Ward, and I actually think that will be a closer fight then some might think. We will see. Hope everyone is enjoying their night, we still got some good fights coming tonight so lets sit back and enjoy :good
It's true that fans tend to "excuse" loss's by using statements like that Kirk. Very true. But to be fair, I know Abraham is a very passive guy, who throws the minimum amount of punches.. but seriously tonight he did close to nothing. You can ask yourself then is that a props to Froch's technical smarts and ring generalship or do we have to look at Abrahams direction. Nontheless this is a GREAT victory for Froch. I hope Abraham will be able to learn from this (I think not) and will give Ward absolute HELL in Oakland. Quick question to you guys btw. Am thinking on puttin a sum of money on Ward to stop Bika in between round 7-12. Is that crazy or can it happen?! I dont know much about Bika. How's his chin and punch resistance??
Dang, AA didnt do much huh? (even for AA) See and whats funny about that is AA stated himself that what he learned from the Dirrell fight is that he has to start being more active, and start putting in work earlier on in a fight :-( Its crazy just how much fighters say they learn from certain fights, only to go back in and fight the exact same way. :think