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Its Joe, he's finally got his nose out of the coke and his sisters snatch, and learned to type :deal

 

No.

When I am making a wrong prediction due to bias, I know it.

I basically lie. It is deliberate and I have my reasons for doing it. That last fight...to prevent TFFP winning more money.

I knowingly ignored the fact that Abraham had lost many round to bottom end world level fighters.

When 'predicting' Kessler to beat Ward, I deliberately chose to ignore the fact Kessler cannot fight on the inside, and Ward up till that point had shown zero weakness against anyone. I even created non-existant flaws in him.


Do you really think I believed this?

Especially the last line, you cannot counter a faster fighter, with superior reach.


I make correct or incorrect predictions at will.

Kessler wins this weekend. That is a correct one. Or is it...?



Even this, the worst version of Kessler wins on Saturday,

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i want froch to win

but i reckon kessler UD

hometown decision

 

Kessler by deserved decision for me Tony.

 

I think Froch genuinely appears stumped as to what opponent he will fighting on Saturday. I think he's struggling to simulate the first half of the fight in his head, and can only predict what will happen in the final rounds when the fight gets scrappy.

I think that's the big problem for Froch at world level in general. Negotiating the early to mid rounds - the part of a fight he doesn't seem to have much fondness for.

 

Tough one this. Kessler has definately lost his way since about round 6 of his fight with Calzaghe. Just hasn't looked the same since. The Ward fight was almost embarrasing. Kessler looked like a small SMW when previously he looks like a huge beast. He seems to be easier to hit which definately suits Froch who's footwork is nowhere near as good as Ward. But Froch is also easy to hit... and they both have power. In fact, they have many similar traits: a tough chin, good digs, basic styles, good underused jabs, limited footwork.

Momentum is with Froch. Kessler has much to prove. If it goes 12 then it will have been a close fight. I can't see Froch getting a close decision in Denmark unless he knocks him down in every round. I think it's so close that the little factors such as Froch's travel plans, niggly injuries and so on could prove the difference. But also, it depends on what Kessler has left. He's been to the top and has fallen rapidly. He is easier to hit basically because he's so predictable.

Oh **** it, Froch by late stoppage! :shock:

 

The Bob Arum defense. Crafty.

 

I just don't think Kessler has any belief in himself at the moment. From very early on in the Ward fight, he was swinging wildly, abandoning any gameplan. Obviously, the change of trainer sites that tactics were poor but Kessler has never shown an ability to fight any other way than his traditional jab-straight right.

I just think that since MK lost his aura against Calzaghe, he doesn't seem to be sure about anything he does and looks vulnerable. If memory serves, Sartisan almost put him down and how he didn't go down against Ward still surprises me. But he looks like a fighter in decline.