Carl Froch vs. Glen Johnson: The Pre-Six Report Card
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The Experts Decide: Carl Froch vs Glen Johnson
England's WBC super middleweight king Carl Froch will put his crown on the line on Saturday night opposite Glen Johnson in a semifinal of Showtime's World Super Middleweight Boxing Classic.
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Froch Outpoints Johnson, Ward Next in 'Super Six' Finals
by David P. Greisman - ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – Andre Ward and Carl Froch weren’t the favorites when the “Super Six” super middleweight tournament began, yet it is them who will meet in the tournament finals as the last men standing. Their standing in the sport comes from the men they faced and beat. Ward, an acclaimed Olympic champion but unproven pro when at the tournament’s outset, has defeated Mikkel Kessler, Allan Green, Sakio Bika (in an out-of-tournament bout) and Arthur Abraham. Froch, a slugger who’d shown himself to be strong and durable but who wasn’t thought to be anything special, got past an ugly, controversial win over Andre Dirrell and a loss in a competitive war to Mikkel Kessler. When his fate in the tournament mattered most, Froch showed that he was more than a limited slugger, out-boxing Arthur Abraham to land himself one fight away from the finals. To get there, he’d have to go through Glen Johnson. As with Ward and Froch, Johnson is a fighter who has long been more than what he appears to be. He is a 42-year-old fighter who is still competitive with younger champions. He is a fighter with more than a dozen losses who nevertheless cannot be counted out of finding a way to win. To win against Froch, many thought, Johnson would need to pressure him, to break Froch from his announced strategy of boxing against a bruiser. Froch, meanwhile, would have to do more than box Johnson as he did Abraham. Johnson indeed broke Froch from his strategy. But Froch responded by being more than a slugger and more than a boxer, withstanding Johnson’s assaults and putting together a complete performance en route to a majority decision victory. The scorecards were an even 114-114, overruled by tallies of 117-111 and 116-112 for Froch. Both men came out boxing, working behind their jabs and attempting to parlay those leads into right crosses. Each, however, was facing a foe not yet looking to engage. When Froch sent out his shots, they bounced off Johnson’s gloves and wrists. When Johnson punched, Froch stepped away or ducked.
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Edison Miranda Decisions Rayco Saunders in Eight
Jack is a prospect fighting out of Las Vegas who had advantages in speed, skill and technique over Sujak. That meant Sujak, of Bronx, N.Y., was often left weathering storms of quick flurries and strong shots and then lacing his responses in-between.
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Frank Warren on Khan-Judah, Froch-Johnson, More
ACROSS the pond in Atlantic City, one of our world champions is in action tonight.
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Al Bernstein Talks Froch-Johnson, Super Six Tournament
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – Showtime boxing analyst Al Bernstein was at Caesar’s Atlantic City on Friday afternoon at the weigh-in for Saturday’s “Super Six” semifinal bout between Carl Froch and Glen Johnson.
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Froch: Maybe Glen Johnson Took Off Too Much Weight
Carl Froch will be the heavier fighter for tonight's Super Six World Boxing Classic semi-final with Glen Johnson.
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Glen Johnson – Not Midnight Yet for Cinderella Man II
By Thomas Gerbasi - Thank God for cross country flights. If not, Glen Johnson may have walked away from the sport that mistreated him, slapped him around, and disrespected him countless times. And he would have been justified in doing so, having been on the wrong end of hometown, promoter-influenced, and just plain inept judging. The year was 2003, and as he left Southern California after a controversial majority decision loss to local favorite Julio Cesar Gonzalez, he retired on the plane home to Florida. He had just turned 34, had lost six of his last eight bouts, and the light at the end of the tunnel simply didn’t exist. If he was traveling from New York or Chicago to Florida, that would have been the end of the story. But with hours to kill, his longtime manager, Henry Foster, had the time he required to convince Johnson that he had what it took to make it to the top and that all he needed to do was keep working.
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Andre Ward Talks Froch-Johnson, Improving and Conte
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – Andre Ward was at Caesar’s Atlantic City on Friday afternoon at the weigh-in for Saturday’s “Super Six” semifinal bout between Carl Froch and Glen Johnson.
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Photos: Froch vs Johnson, More Weigh-In Coverage
The weights are in for Saturday's showdown at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. WBC super middleweight champion Carl "The Cobra" Froch defends his title against former light heavyweight champion Glen "Road Warrior" Johnson. The Froch-Johnson battle is part of the semi-finals of the Super Six tournament. The winner will face WBA champion Andre Ward in the finals. Both boxers were in superb shape for the fight. The champion Froch came in at 167.5-pounds, while the challenger Johnson was 166.5. Photos by Tom Casino/Showtime.
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