7-5 Kessler He won in the middle rounds where he dominated from the centre of the ring. Froch rallied late but too late. Cracking fight, the rematch shoud be quality.
I think Kessler might beat Froch in the return. Froch would need to outwork Kessler to win, for me, and Froch seems to be more focused on fighting at range nowadays. Kessler is a more technically proficient boxer than Froch, and if Froch decides to play chess with Kessler, he may well come out second best.
If Kessler hasn't slipped too much, what with his eye problems and whatnot. Then his straighter punches are always ganna be a problem for Froch.
Froch cracked me up when Kessler took the break and he was patting himself on back for it. Carl's a sick mofo! ..
I thought Kessler by 2 or 3 rounds.It was a good fight and Froch looked like he might be able to turn it round after a poor start but Kessler came back strong and did enough to win it.A rematch would play out pretty much the same in my opinion.
I haven't re watched the full fight since the live broadcast (I've seen round 12 on youtube a few times though because it was ****ing fantastic) but I had Kessler by 2 on the night. Its a fight I'll definitely be going back to though, particularly if the rematch comes off.