What style will Ward use against Froch? Froch has been showing recently that his boxing skills have been improving and he also has a 4 inch reach advantage over Ward (I think) would Ward be better off fighting on the inside with Froch kinda like he did vs Green?
Hold and hit, push him against the ropes, tangle Froch up and hit with his free hand, occasional "unintentional" headbutt... Seriously, with the whole world watching I have no idea what Ward is going to do...
orthodox stance for the first 4 rounds jab with the left,leaping with his head ahead trying to headbutt and hold Froch while hitting him behind the head and in the kidneys. after 4 rounds switch to southpaw start running for his life like his bud Dirrell,trying to hit him with wide right hooks,misses then jump with his head in front,headbutting,holding then hitting Froch in the back of the head with right hooks and in the kidneys.The referee won't even worn him.
There is only one tactic that Wards needs in this fight: good stamina for the latter rounds. There is no way Froch wins this on points.
duck low, lunge in, head butt, hug, hit with free hand, let ref break it up, rinse, repeat for 12 rounds.
Here's Ward's training and preparation video for the Froch fight: [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Qma7Sxe6VE[/ame]
Ward will throw 2-3 punch combinations maximum,in and out. use his speed to stay away from Froch and rack up the rounds/points. Froch will be expecting this, i think he will look to really rough up Ward and take him out of his comfort zone. Froch by late TKO!!!!
I think he's going to time some jabs from the outside, then work on landing a few quick straight-punches through his guard before falling in on the inside and going to work smothering him and landing short punches. I think eventually he's going to have Froch's own offense slow down as he waits to counter with a big shot, which may land, but probably not consistently enough to win him a majority of rounds.
Its almost embarrassing to watch at times the way he is so intent on hugging, at times he was literally chasing Kessler around the ring trying to get the hug in, IMO Ward should be penalised for this behaviour. This is boxing not kiss chase.
This content is protected By hook or by crook, inside or out, at whatever pace is needed. I don't rule out Froch figuring a way to beat him, but Ward will never stop trying new things - until he's gotten to Plan Z (and then he'll just jump to Plan AA, Plan BB, etc)
I think with the headbutt accusations and this fight being in the spotlight, I think Ward will be content in outboxing Froch from the outside
