Froch vs Kessler Post fight interviews

Froch's post fight interview on BBC

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/boxing/8638338.stm

 

Yeah, me too.

Dirrell FTW!

I can see why you would think that, it must sound pretty strange

 

Here's a gist of Froch's interview with BBC 5 Live...

From about round 4 or 5, I thought I was ctahcing him with big shots and I was wobbling him, hurting him. I don't know it u agree.

But what I didn't do was step on the gas and put the finishing combination together. for whatever reason I just didn't step on him and sustain the attack, and put that cobra-like instinct together. No excuses. I thought I was winning and I thought I was doing enough to sustain...a clear victory. But u've got to be careful when your boxing away from home. U got to throw caution into the wind and u have to make sure. Maybe I was guilty of not making sure. But it's boxing..and I honestly and genuinely with sour grapes or bitterness I thought i did enough.


(asked about troubles that may have affected his perfomance) - I always got a few problems. I've got a badly perforated eardrum..50% of my left eardrum is gone. You balance is a bit messy, and a couple of times I got hit with a couple of shots which didn't bother me, but I was off-balance. I'm going to get it checked out again. I was in hospital in Nottingham on Tuesday. That's why I flew in on Wednesday. That played a little factor, but I'm not going to say that's the reason I lost. I'm a strong warrior; a proud man. But that's one of the injuries....but nothing to worry about. No excuses.

I thought I had Kessler badly hurt. I thought I had him wobbled on a few occasions.And I fell i did enough to get him out of there. Whe I look at the score cards - I think one of them was 117 - 111, I was never going to win that fight on the judges. I was never going to win. So It's upsetting, disappoiting. It's a bit of a sham when you look at it that way. You come away...you lose a home town decision. I think if that fight was in England, Nottingham, I would have definiitely won the fight and it would have been a clear one.

I've lost the title, I'm devasted. I feel Kessler will grown from (this) fight, as he's probably grown from the loss of the Ward fight. ( talks about the Ward-Kessler fight a bit). He didn't have them excuses against me ( refering to cuts in the Ward fight). I think we clashed heads a little bit in rounds 9 or 10, and we both got a cut. His badly opened up.

I dunno if i took the foot off the gas..I'll have to look at the fight. If I did so, if I took it for granted...but still, I think I did enough to win the fight. I strongly think I did enough to win.


(questions about body shots from Kessler). On a couple of occasions he took the wind out of my sails. Great accurate...straight down the pipe. But I recovered from them, and may have slwoed me down a bit...but that's boxing.

(questioon about AA...considering the cut on Froch's nose and eye). I'll see what the doctor says. I'm happy to just get back into the gym. Provided I can get these cuts sorted I'm happy to fight in late AUgust. I'm really am. To get in there; keep the momentum going - get a great win against Abrahm and secure my place in the semis. And that's what this tourny is all about. Fighters win lose or draw.. it's really hotting up now. I'm disappointed but I'm still in it...it's up to me now to get this win against Abrahams.

 

No ref this time to help froch

 

His demeanour in the period after the final bell suggests he was less than confident.

 

Yeah, he knew he had lost, so did his trainer and so did his corner. The very first thing I heard his trainer say after the fight was: "don't worry, it's a learning experience", or something like that. Already after the 10th, when he was behind by 3 rounds, his corner asked him to go for the KO. He won the last round in my book, but it wasn't enough. 115-113 MK

 

:rofl:rofl FFS i thought u made this up ...but i've just seen the video ...

 

Did you just escape from nursery? You lame *******

 

Funnily enough his demeanor was excatly the same after the Dirrell fight which he knew he had lost.

 

Did Froch just admit that he needs home cookin' to beat Kessler?