Carl Froch: "I look at Ward and I don’t see things that impress me"

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On how it feels to be at this point of the journey which started back in October 2009 now that he is part of the Super Six Finals and his reaction to Andre Ward stating prior to his Semi-Finals that he preferred to face Froch in the Finals due to the fact each man was an original participant in the Super Six:

“Yes, it’s fantastic but it’s been a matter of progression for me and I fully expected to be in the finals, so I’m not surprised that I’m in the finals. And Ward’s right. It is important that two fighters from the original Super Six lineup are in the Finals because it validates and quantifies the tournament for what it is. The fact that myself and Ward have progressed through to the Finals when we were in the original Six lineup is great! If it would have been a Johnson in the Finals or an Allan Green, it wouldn’t have looked as special. Me and Ward went into this tournament both thinking we could win. We’re both now in the Final and we’re both confident we’re going to do the business which is going to make an unbelievable Final. So yeah, for me to be in the Final like I said, I’m not surprised because I’m expecting to win the tournament.”

Regarding what most impresses him about Andre Ward’s fighting style:

“I’m not easily impressed if I’m honest. You’re asking me what impresses me about Ward. I’m not a man that’s easily impressed. You can look at a fighter and say, ‘Oh he looks brilliant, he’s got a good jab’, but he’s only got a good jab against somebody that’s in front of his jab. You can see him in another fight and think oh he fights well on the inside, but one fighter might like good fighting on the inside fighting against somebody who can’t fight well on the inside. What I’m getting at here, it’s an old cliché, but styles make fights. My style looks good against certain fighters and it looks clumsy and a bit poor against other fighters, as does Ward’s. So I look at Ward and I don’t see things that impress me. I see flaws, but that’s what I’m looking for in opponents, especially opponents I’m going to fight. So I see holes and big problems in his style, problems that I’m going to exploit to get the win when I fight him.”

 

Froch doesn't impress you?

He's sure impressed me and always performs well and has consistently fought good opposition in recent years.

Ward and Froch both impress me a great deal, especially Ward.

This should be a great event.