Comments Thread For: Mikkel Kessler Plans To Decapitate Carl Froch in April

[KESSLER]

War Kessler! Give him hell!

[El Rab]

Froch will be the first fighter to KO Kessler. Kessler is a come forward fighter, but has very little inside game. He lacks the speed of Dirrell, the countering boxing brain of Taylor, and the slick style of Pascal. He is a very good all rounder, but I don't see him being able to get Froch out of his stride.

Froch will out muscle Kessler on the inside and hurt him with uppercuts and bodyshots. While Kessler will get the better of the early medium range exchanges with his straight, sharp punches, Froch will begin to hurt Kessler on the inside and will take control in the middle rounds. Once Kessler begins to tire, Froch will start to land his trademark jumping uppercuts and force a hurt and discouraged Kessler out of his gameplan.

Froch has taken big shots from good, strong punchers, only going down once against a very game Taylor. He recovers well and can go the full twelve easily. Kessler is going to have his hands full. Don't get me wrong, this fight is very winnable for Kessler, but I don't see him being able to keep Froch at bay for a whole fight, not unless he drastically changes his style. With two come forward fighters it's inevitable that much of the fight will be fought on the inside. To put it bluntly Froch is a good inside fighter and Kessler isn't.

Froch wins by late KO.

pascal isnt slick.

[leemoorcroft]

dis will be fight of the super6 styles makes this the perfect battle and could go either way k,o for sum one about the 8th

[PittyPat]

I want to see the old Kezzers make a return. By murking Froch, he'll make it clear that he belongs in this tournament, and in the highest ranks of the SMW division. Ward was just a bad night for him, but he'll always have problems with slick/awkward guys anyway.

Froch is tailor-made for him. It'll be brutal.

[S.W.F.C]

Like his previous few fights, Froch is being overlooked.
He has a solid chin and good power, why do people hate him so much lol ?
He beats Pascal and then for his first defence he travels over the water and beats Taylor, how can you not respect that ? How many fighters would have the balls to do that ? Anyway its gonna be a great fight, may the best man win.

[Rome-By-Ko]

i could see froch beating the hell out of kessie kessie look real bad against ward i think he is on his way down and froch is gonna be coming foward landing crazy shot's and froch is a lil slicker then he get's credit for

[PittyPat]

Like his previous few fights, Froch is being overlooked.

For good reason.

He has a solid chin and good power, why do people hate him so much lol ?

Because besides those qualities, he has absolutely nothing else. Plus, that Dirrell fight was a horrible, horrible robbery of the highest order.

He beats Pascal and then for his first defence he travels over the water and beats Taylor, how can you not respect that ?

Taylor beat himself in that fight, and prior to that he was schooling Froch to a near shutout. It was more a case of Taylor losing than Froch winning, if that makes sense.

How many fighters would have the balls to do that ?

I'll definitely give him props for that. He did what Calzaghe waited 11 years to do (and even then only fought a pair of old men), and is doing it again by going over to Denmark. For all his shortcomings in the ring, he's a brave bloke.

[NorvernRob]

mBecause besides those qualities, he has absolutely nothing else. Plus, that Dirrell fight was a horrible, horrible robbery of the highest order.

No it wasn't. I had it Dirrell winning by a couple of rounds yes, but I fully understand why the judges didn't see it that way. He cost himself the fight with his holding/turning away/complaining.

Taylor beat himself in that fight, and prior to that he was schooling Froch to a near shutout. It was more a case of Taylor losing than Froch winning, if that makes sense.

It was very close on the scorecards actually, and as for Taylor beating himself i'm pretty sure it was Froch's fists that pounded his face and KHTFO.

I'll definitely give him props for that. He did what Calzaghe waited 11 years to do (and even then only fought a pair of old men), and is doing it again by going over to Denmark. For all his shortcomings in the ring, he's a brave bloke.

True, boxing needs more fighters like Froch who will take anybody on anywhere.

[any craic lad?]

war mikkel

[PittyPat]

No it wasn't. I had it Dirrell winning by a couple of rounds yes, but I fully understand why the judges didn't see it that way. He cost himself the fight with his holding/turning away/complaining.

A case can be made for that, but whilst Dirrell was boxing cleverly and landing nearly all of the clean punches in the fight, Froch became frustrated with not being able to hit him and had to resort to rabbit punches and bodyslams to look good for the judges. He did nothing effective whatsoever, besides come forward "aggressively" and get hit on the way in.

For that, Froch didn't win a single round IMO. And I made it a point to watch some seemingly close rounds up to 3 times without sound (or those biased Nottingham'ers), with each punch slowed down frame-by-frame just to make sure. No doubt in my mind.

It was very close on the scorecards actually

Yeah, Taylor would've got an SD which would've been a ridiculous outcome. By rights he should've been well on his way to a very lopsided UD, regardless of how the judges saw it. Judges hardly ever get it right these days, anyway.

as for Taylor beating himself i'm pretty sure it was Froch's fists that pounded his face and KHTFO.

You totally missed my point. It was Taylor gassing out that allowed Froch to get his fists in, rather than Froch's skill showing through and winning the fight for himself. Otherwise, he was on his way to a resounding loss and got very lucky.

I stand by what I said - Taylor looked better losing the fight than Froch did winning it.