This is a very intriguing matchup for me! I think Froch is good at what he does. he is a technically limited fighter who fights on pure grit and heart on the back of an iron chin and has reasonable power. But i feel a fast elusive fighter, such as Direll (who i thought beat froch by a point or two) or ward would pose serious problems for Froch. Kessler is NOT a fast elusive fighter! Before the super 6 started i thought Kessler was favourite to win the whole thing. Having seen him outboxed by ward i am starting to doubt myself. I feel we have a unique fight here where both fighters are fighting someone who SUITS THEM style wise! For kessler it is easier fighting someone who just stands there and comes forward in Froch, and vice versa. Although i feel kessler is the more well rounded complete fighter of the two, i feel Froch is possibly the better brawler. And if the fight goes that way, which it very possibly could, i would fancy Froch to nick it, and maybe even get a KO. IF Kessler fights smart and boxes froch of stiff jabs he could walz to a decision! But i have a funny feeling he wont fight this way. He is fighting at home coming off a loss and really want to impress his fans, he may well end up engaging in the type of fight Froch loves. But all that considered i feel Froch has a GOOD chance at winning this fight. Although id still favour kessler slightly. What are your thoughts?
i hope your wrong...i cant stand froch..he is overrated...with that said i am starting to question wether or not Kessler was as good as i thought he was this whole time
Froch's natural style is very stand-offish, flicking out the long jab to disguise rights and throwing uppercuts from out of range - that's the leads. He's mostly a counter-puncher though, the low-slung left being merely an invite.. And he can body punch accurately, and will get in body shots behind Kessler's guard, which will be the key to victory for him, you'll see. Froch's natural style is Not to stand in-range and mix it, as you will no doubt see. If Kessler needs to reach more with his one-two's or take a step forward, he's leaving himself open for Froch's sneaky hook to the body from the low-slung position - as you will no doubt see. Froch has scored KO's with body shots that didn't even look hard.
Froch IS annoying as hell your right. but have to respect the guys pure utter self belief and confidence. he DOES still have the '0' and has wins over pascal, taylor and a decision over direll who just schooled abraham. Like you i am questioning Kessler bigtym aswel. his two biggest fights to date hes come up short in a big way (calzaghe and ward). This is an equally big fight.... dejavu?
Froch is like the blue collar guy and if he somehow pulls it off again, then his grit, determination, stamina and will to win, will most likely need to be compared with the best of them.
Kessler never faced a big puncher like Carl before in his whole career, and im sure he will have big respect for Carl´s punches. There is no way I see Kessler goin toe to toe with Froch and therefore it will not be as good a fight as many expects. Kessler will try to keep distance to Froch by using his jab and counter each time Froch tries to come forward and i also expect Kessler to try to connect with fast combinations 12 - 123 and 1234 and then move away quickly to avoid Froch´s counter punches. Its possible that Froch get´s KD but his will to win and great stamina and bigger punching power should carry him through and secure him a late KO or a UD win over Kessler. Only advantage Kessler has is his home-advantage which is a big advantage. Boxing on danish turf is not like boxing in the US, UK or Germany. In Denmark 10000 fanatic fans will be cheering for Kessler chanting his name...giving a really insane athmosphere, but if anyone can cope with it then it´s Froch.
Its a 50/50 fight imo. The big question about Kessler winning this one is if he is done and finish now, or if he really got back on track again like he said in the latest interviews! The guy is/was actually a really good fighter, but he was taken to far in his career before he got tested for real! He have atleast 15 fights on his record that did him no good at all, only made him 2-3 years older! (Blame his old promotor for that) I must admit he needs to show something special this time.. Or he will lose all credit he ever got But who knows, maybe Froch is gonna get schooled big time this saturday
If Kessler loose to Froch, he's shot for sure! I think he'll school Froch before he'll knock him out!
I just read an article today where Kessler said : I´ll knock Froch out within the first 2 rounds coz I don´t want the fight to go 12 rounds...to me it sounds like Mikkel himself doesn´t believe he can win a 12 round battle with Froch.
He didn't exactly look like he meant it when said it. It sounded more like a joke. But he didn't look to confident. I'm afraid that he either isn't very confident in his own abilities or that he is coming down with a case of stage fright.
well anyways all this build up talk is always the same.....Im better than ever before, im the best in the world, no injuries in training....and when kessler was asked about what he would do to avoid Froch´s hard right...Kessler said it didn´t worry him coz Froch would not be able to hit him BS
All that pre-fight bull**** is tiresome, but people for some reason buy into it. I especially hate all the **** talk about the staredown. It means less than nothing.