Froch vs Direll is in Nottingham. Massive advantage in terms of support for Froch, it gets crazy in Trent Arena when he fights. Direll will be beaten before Froch even lays a glove on him. 9000 people chanting who the f*ck are you must get a little disconcerting! Just ask Jean Pascal
you're right. Froch would probably have lost against Pascal if they had fought on neutral ground. Having the fight in Nottingham was a huge advantage.
Take this fight to MTL and the judges will make a wide pts victory for Pascal. This is the bad side of boxing scoring...
Skill wise, Ward is better than Kessler. Honestly, skill wise Ward is better than anyone in the tournament.
Although the Nottingham factor would be huge for Froch - remember what he did against Taylor. He had next to 0 support, in Taylor's backyard, and had noone watching at home. He was on his own then - and came back to win that. FTR - it's KESSLER TIME, BABY!!!!
I'd forgotten how grossly overrated Abraham was going into the tournament before reading his posts in this thread.