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By Scott Gilfoid: At their recent press conference between WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch and Andre Dirrell, the American challenger Dirrell got up in Froch’s face, towering over him by at least an inch, and said loudly “It’s over, boy! It’s over!” Froch looked scared and couldn’t come up with much to say back to Dirrell. By looking at Froch, I’d have to say that he had lost the psychological pre-fight war to Dirrell. Before the two met face to face, Froch was great at coming up with quotes on how he would dismantle Dirrell.
But when the two came face to face, Froch looked like he had seen a ghost and was almost speechless as they stood facing each other. I couldn’t help notice how much bigger Dirrell is than Froch. He’s clearly a good inch, possibly an inch and half taller than Froch the looks of it. Dirrell then started learning forward towards Froch, and instead of standing his ground, Froch leaned backwards as if afraid of Dirrell. Oh, it looked bad to see Froch flinching with Dirrell right in front of him.
I didn’t expect this. I knew that as soon as Dirrell started changing his gears in the fight, Froch would soon fall apart mentally and physically. But I didn’t think that Froch would look so timid in the face of Dirrell and seem to cringe. I see this as ending badly for Froch. The British boxing fans of his might as well prepare themselves for Froch’s defeat because it looks like that’s exactly what’s going to happen now.
Froch’s big night in Nottingham is going to be an utter disaster for him. Froch is going to lose his confidence – if he already hasn’t – when he discovers that he doesn’t have the answers for the speed and movement from the young Ali-like Dirrell. Froch is a good fighter, don’t get me wrong. He does well against stationary fighters that stand directly in front of him like Jean Pascal did in his fight with Froch.
Jermain Taylor, a great boxer, made the mistake of fighting Froch’s fight by standing still and trying to fight it out with him in the trenches. It was a dumb move and Taylor rightfully paid for his mistake by losing the fight. But against a mover/puncher like Dirrell, Froch won’t be able to set up his power shots due to Dirrell’s constant movement.
Froch will be able to land a hard shot every now and then, but without enough consistency to win any of the rounds. Froch fights terribly on the move and needs to set his feet before he can land with good power. When Froch does try to set up for a power shot, he’ll be tagged a half dozen times by Dirrell before he can even get set up to throw.
Froch just doesn’t have the hand speed to land his shots, particularly when his best punch is an uppercut thrown from a long distance. That’s a crazy punch and something I would never even try to use in a fight. It works against lesser fighters or ones that stand directly in front of Froch, but not against a fighter with boxing skills like a young Muhammad Ali like Dirrell. It won’t work.
But when the two came face to face, Froch looked like he had seen a ghost and was almost speechless as they stood facing each other. I couldn’t help notice how much bigger Dirrell is than Froch. He’s clearly a good inch, possibly an inch and half taller than Froch the looks of it. Dirrell then started learning forward towards Froch, and instead of standing his ground, Froch leaned backwards as if afraid of Dirrell. Oh, it looked bad to see Froch flinching with Dirrell right in front of him.
I didn’t expect this. I knew that as soon as Dirrell started changing his gears in the fight, Froch would soon fall apart mentally and physically. But I didn’t think that Froch would look so timid in the face of Dirrell and seem to cringe. I see this as ending badly for Froch. The British boxing fans of his might as well prepare themselves for Froch’s defeat because it looks like that’s exactly what’s going to happen now.
Froch’s big night in Nottingham is going to be an utter disaster for him. Froch is going to lose his confidence – if he already hasn’t – when he discovers that he doesn’t have the answers for the speed and movement from the young Ali-like Dirrell. Froch is a good fighter, don’t get me wrong. He does well against stationary fighters that stand directly in front of him like Jean Pascal did in his fight with Froch.
Jermain Taylor, a great boxer, made the mistake of fighting Froch’s fight by standing still and trying to fight it out with him in the trenches. It was a dumb move and Taylor rightfully paid for his mistake by losing the fight. But against a mover/puncher like Dirrell, Froch won’t be able to set up his power shots due to Dirrell’s constant movement.
Froch will be able to land a hard shot every now and then, but without enough consistency to win any of the rounds. Froch fights terribly on the move and needs to set his feet before he can land with good power. When Froch does try to set up for a power shot, he’ll be tagged a half dozen times by Dirrell before he can even get set up to throw.
Froch just doesn’t have the hand speed to land his shots, particularly when his best punch is an uppercut thrown from a long distance. That’s a crazy punch and something I would never even try to use in a fight. It works against lesser fighters or ones that stand directly in front of Froch, but not against a fighter with boxing skills like a young Muhammad Ali like Dirrell. It won’t work.
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