My detailed scorecard of Kessler/Froch............

Kessler vs Froch Round 1 Froch( extremely close) Not much in this round, Kessler landed some rights to the body and scored with the jab a little, Froch however scored with a left hook, cuffing right hand and was a little more active, although this could easily be called even. Round 2 Kessler Not much in this round either, Kessler was touching Froch upstairs and downstairs whilst Froch was a little inactive and waiting, although he did seem to score at the end a little , both rounds 1 & 2 were pick em rounds so i split the difference and give them one each, as i do feel Froch may just! of edged round 1 on the harder punches Round 3 Froch Froch started well with the jab but let Kessler come on mid round as Kessler was able to touch him to the body, although toward the end Froch put that left hook right hand together and came alive down the stretch to score with the more solid punches to punctuate the round imo Round 4 Froch Not much in the round early but mid round Froch landed a solid right hand and then a lead uppercut that landed clean , he also scored the jab toward the end, Kessler came back a little but a Froch round for me. Round 5 Froch Clearest round of the fight to score, Froch landed a serious of solid punches on Kessler, Froch landed those long reaching looping shots Round 6 Kessler (very close) This was hard to score because Kessler was more aggressive and consistent but also got caught by some solid shots himself, he started the round landing the jab and he scored a good combo to the stomach then landed a nice left hook on Froch , but toward the end he was getting caught with a few solid shots from Froch whilst applying that pressure, although he did trap Froch on the ropes and scored another body attack, could of gone either way but i like Kessler's consistency & aggression, oh Kessler landed a nice right hand on Froch this round to. Round 7 Kessler Much better round for Kessler as he seemed to zero on better with his accuracy, he was more active and scored a combo early where he went downstairs and brought a right hand over the top, he also landed a short inside left hook after that, Kessler caught Froch again toward the end as he closed out the round better and nailed Carl when he left himself off balance Round 8 Kessler Not much in the round early, although Kessler did land a nice counter right hand but Froch seemed to score with the jab throughout the middle portion of the round, however Kessler nailed him with another counter right hand that hurt him, Kessler then pinned him against the ropes and put his punches together Round 9 Froch Better round for Froch as he landed the jab and scored with an uppercut early, toward the end he was nailing Kessler with his wild shit that comes out out of left field Round 10 Froch Both answered each others attacked this round but Froch managed to edge infront by landing the more solid cleaner punches, he also got the best of Kessler in the exchanges imo. Round 11 Kessler (tough round to score) Kessler started well letting his hands go in combination as he went downstairs with the combo then brought it back up top, he was also consistent the whole round imo, Froch nailed him mid round but he also nailed Froch with the biggest punch of the round, a right hand, Froch came back toward the end but i liked Kessler's consistency over the round, he sustained his attack more imo. Round 12 Kessler (very hard to score) This round could of gone either way but i think what tipped it was that Kessler landed more solid punches on Froch that were also harder punches imo, he also closed the round out right toward the end, Froch closed it out to but what was more pivotal for me was that Kessler closed it out with like 10 seconds to go, Froch did his best work 20 seconds before that. I had it a draw but given the fact i made a note beside each of the 3 rounds Kessler won on my card that each of those rounds were extremely hard to score and could of gone either way and i only gave Froch the benefit of the doubt in one round (round 1), then i guess you could say i was a little bit kinder to Kessler and that, that should be a sign that Froch might have slightly edged it, it was a very close fight to score though so maybe a draw was a fair reflection. I felt Kessler could of had more success if had he put more sustained pressure on Froch, Froch is a guy that cant fight aswell going backward but he can cope to a degree, particularly when you are not applying consistent sustained pressure, Kessler was closing distance methodically imo, only in a few rounds did he really fight the kinda fight im talking about and keep the pressure on Froch, he won those rounds clearer to , now the reason i feel it would of benefited Kessler more to put more sustained pressure on Froch is because Froch gets wide when pressure and does not have good technique, he wings punches when pressure is put on him and leaves his chin out, that is why keeping the pressure on him would of worked wonders imo. Also i think maybe Froch's workrate was so poor BECAUSE! he was backed up, he knew if he let hands go Boxing off the backfoot that he would leave himself more exposed because he does not trust his technique, therefore he played it safe and tried to pick his spots more although it worked against him as he was too inactive a lot of the time. Froch for his part should of been trying to back Kessler up and take advantage of him backing up straight and followed him with those long looping shots, Kessler did a better job of not going back straight but he still did it occasionally and paid for it when Froch threw his wild long loopey punches.