Golovkin vs Froch - keys to victory

Defence and proper fight plan/don't go looking for the KO should be on both lists imo but nice OP :good

 

I copied and pasted what I wrote below from another thread on the same subject. Apologies for the length...ahem.


It's a tough one to call. How much does Froch have left and how good is GGG?

People are talking about GGG being easy to hit and that he is another Abraham. Firstly, if you think GGG and AA are the same then I really don't know where to start. They have completely different styles and AA's punchers are telegraphed so you can see them coming and take some of the sting out of them. GGG is a lot cuter.

As for GGG being easy to hit; he is no Mayweather, but, he does role with punchers well. When he feels nothing of significance is coming back (like in his last fight) he will just soak up the shots, but he has shown in the past a willingness to avoid and roll with shots. Against the bigger man and hardest puncher he has faced, GGG will try to box at his best. He won't just stand there, chin down and gloves up attempting to block Froch's shots and stand up to any that get through.

As the OP pointed out, this fight will be won and lost by ring positioning. Whoever can gain command of the centre of the ring will have a huge advantage as both guys aren't back foot fighters and both like to control distance and tempo.

Froch's jab is paramount. When he fights to a game plan and takes control of centre ring and sticks out a powerful, authoritative jab, that is when he looks at his best (AA, Kessler II, Groves II). A good strong jab will help Froch control the pace and distance of the fight and will also allow him to set up his right (which should be straight and not looping) and push GGG back. It will also effect the timing and rhythm of GGG, which is vital as GGG is a rhythm fighter.

Mentally, Froch needs to do what he done in the AA fight; stick to his trainers game plan and not let bravado take over. McCracken is the ideal trainer for Froch. He has a way of devising a game plan that helps Froch compete at a very high level despite his many flaws, athletically and technically. When Froch has stuck meticulously to McCraken's game plan, that is when he has performed to his best and when he has gone away from it (Groves I, Dirrell) that is when he has looked awful.

As for GGG, as stated at the top, he has to try to box and not just stand there in front of Froch as he has done against some of his more recent opponents.

It doesn't take a lot to befuddle Froch. GGG may not have the quick feet of Ward, Dirrell, Taylor or Groves that showed up Froch's athletic limitations, but, a bit of head movement and some feints can show up Froch's technical limitations and help stop Froch establishing his jab and a rhythm.

GGG will also need to use his jab more, something which he appears to have abandoned in recent times. He can't win this fight by pawing out his jab in a Kostya Tszyu range finder fashion, as he seems to do these days. This won't be effective against a bigger guy with a longer reach and a good jab.

As Froch is slow and can telegraph his punchers at times, throwing when Froch throws will also be a good Tactic for GGG. Especially if Froch throws out a lazy jab as he has a tendency to do every now and then or if his punchers are looping, another bad trait of Froch's at times.

I like both of these guys, but being a Brit i'll be rooting for Froch on this one. However, Froch's age and his year out of the ring will hamper him. Plus, I see something, not quite special, but very good and most importantly, effective in GGG. GGG has shown many things in the ring during his career but he has not shown them all in one fight due to a lack of competition. Against Froch, I can see GGG putting it all together and showing us all his true potential.

I think GGG wins this one by late stoppage in a tough, back and forth, brutal fight. It won't be an all out action fight as both guys like to fight at their own pace and there will be some slow parts in the fight as both guys do like to fight tactically, but when they let their shots go there will be fireworks. Probably not fight of the year, but it should be a contender.

 

There is no strat for Froch, he has no chance at all.

 

Would you care to elaborate?

 

I don't think he can. I've read some of his past predications, and it's rather clear he DKSAB.

 

If froch fights a disiplined fight like he did against groves 2 I think he stands a good chance. He needs to keep that chin tooked in and behind a nice stiff jab for the first few rounds at least.

Then start opening up throwing his awkward unorthodox right hands.

We will know after that fight if GGG is the real deal or not.

 

Says the alt with 5 posts . I'm putting all alts on my ignore list :good.

 

Froch will go to war with GGG, it's in his blood, and his technical skills aren't good enough to outpoint GGG. The guy has been utterly schooled by Dirrell, not to mention he's been showing signs of slipping. GGG might not bring up the same power to 168 like Abraham didn't, but he's far superior techinically, and I have a feeling he's still going to have a granite chin and good power at 168. There are rumors he beat Kovalev badly in sparring and dropped, of course sparring is not the same but it does tell something about his power. Froch's "iron chin", is quite overrated he's been dropped several times, and Groves had him hut bad. The only outcome I see from this is Froch being stopped, or Froch on the survival.

 

He did well to get utterly schooled and still win then didn't he? You are completely clueless, you just look at a fight without watching it and see there is an American there and think, well he must have won because he is a yank. Here's something for you, you yanks aren't as powerful as you was, the Brits are catching up with you and the eastern Europeans are going to fly past you soon enough.

As for Froch's chin, overrated? Do me a favour, you say he is technically poor, one thing to do with technique is balance and anyone can be put down when off balance as it doesn't take much at all to put someone over. Its about how you recover and he took every shot in the book, bang on the chin that night, pure granite!

 

Damn, what's up with your hatred for "yanks"? I only lived in the US for like 6 years total. I'm only half American too. I'm just telling it how it is, and Froch couldn't land on Dirrell to save his life. If you think I'm a "yank" nuthugger, why did I pick Degale to beat Dirrell?

 

The question is who will land the first big shot

 

Froch's strategy to win:

1. Sign the actual contract instead of making false promesses
2. Don't claim a non existent training injury during camp
3. Find the courage to step into the ring on fight night
4. Look for a soft spot on the canvas

 

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