what would Froch have to improve...

I know you know it JG, but that's why thy fight the fights. Fighters make mistakes. Guys get caught. All it takes is 1 well timed, well placed punch to turn a fight. That being said Froch just doesn't have the skill set to take a points win off Ward, which means he needs to hurt him bad and finish him to beat him, which means he needs Ward to make a mistake. It happens, even to the best of fighters. Odds are decidedly against IMO.

 

Froch can't beat Ward no matter what he does. He would need to face Ward at least a 100 times before he starts figuring him out. Froch should just move on like Marquez did from Floyd.

 

Yeah, I would. But not because I like my chances of winning. I got a bit of the riverboat gambler in me I guess. A bit of the dog too. 10-1 is a nice return on a small investment, which it would be.

 

Your grandma probably had better footwork.

But seriously. I don't usually gamble, but when I do, I find myself gravitating toward long odds. That happened to be 1 fight I actually did. I bet the draw. Almost got it too.....

 

Interesting question. I very much doubt he can do it, too predictable offensively and too static defensively.

However I would look at the rounds Ward dropped to him. They weren't many but they were there.

I was the same way. I mean look what happened. On my card he won around 8-9 rounds and they didn't give it to him.

 

Ward beats Froch, period.

 

head movement
inside fighting
handspeed
headbutting

 

I dont think he could improve to the point of beating Ward, he would have to develop a certain finesse and smoothness to his boxing that he will never have. He's far to clunky and forced to ever beat Ward.

 

Afraid not JG, even if it was only a pound it would be a pound wasted.:good

 

He needs to hire a strength and conditioning coach and put non stop pressure for every second of the fight, because there is no way that Froch outboxes Ward. Maybe he will get a lucky punch in with the volume thrown.

 

Improve his patience and timing and jab and have a ref that doesn't let ward hit and hold like him and mayweather get away with.