By Michael Marley
Among the Brits who will be sitting in a ringside pew at a soccer stadium in Hamburg Saturday night, and believes that underdog David Haye will shock the world by beating Wladimir Klitschko, is Haye’s longtime pal and super middleweight champion Carl Froch.
That’s right, the “Sheriff of Nottingham” who has a huge unification bout against unbeaten American Andre Ward on Oct. 29, fancies the loudmouth Haye being able to pull off the massive upset.
Froch, 33 and the owner of a sparkling 28-1, 20 knockouts record, just has a good feeling about his former amateur teammate’s chances of taking Klitschko’s two title belts and adding them to his own WBA strap.
“I think that David can do it, I really do,” Froch said. “Obviously, Klitschko is the big, big favorite and he’s beaten down so many opponents. But I say, look at his record, and who were most of the guys he beat, nothing that great, really. I fancy David doing the job here, I’m not just saying it because we’re friends.”