Froch during the fight: "He ****ing kills me!"

[BattlingNelson]

I was bemused by Froch and his decision not to go to the body.

Kessler boxed briliant and I expected got the UD.

Froch and his low hands was ****** decision.

No need for Froch to go to the body especially. Froch had good succes with headshots.

[Porter's Dad]

Very interesting comment, although I'm always wary of anything Bunce says as he's prone to hyperbole. But Kessler did go to the body exceptionally well at times. That, added to the left hooks, just gave him more variety. Froch was the one who was winning the exchanges when they would trade (aside from the last round).

Kessler impressed me immensely with his heart and will. Though I do feel like he has lost a step, his combinations weren't as fluid, and he doesn't look as quick as he used to. I don't see him winning the tournament.

[hugh grant]

Froch is a poker faced dude who dont go down when hurt to the body, and rarely goes down when they land on his face as well.

But kessler was always going to pose froch problems simply because kessler has been there and done it with boxers like JC. So kessler knew what level he had to perform at to produce the goods.

[SirTomJones]

No need for Froch to go to the body especially. Froch had good succes with headshots.

The thing is only going for headshots makes it easier to defend.

Some raised questions over the stamina of Kessler and he didn't look like he wanted to force the issue with body work.

I was impressed with the chin Kessler had.

The luck Froch has had with his power and fitness finally run out.

[Portman]

When he did that roll, I was laughing.. Especially when I saw the pictures on www.ekstrabladet.dk.. Ahh, what a fight it was!

[GoogleMe]

I was bemused by Froch and his decision not to go to the body.

Kessler boxed briliant and I expected got the UD.

Froch and his low hands was ****** decision.

If Froch fought with his hands up, he'd lose to almost anyone. Nah he wouldn't, but fighting with hands up, just ain't his style. He won't be so hard to read and akward if he changed his style!

[BritishBoxing92]

Steve Bunce to ekstrabladet.dk: "I was right under Froch's corner doing commentary for BBC. Around the 8th or 9th round I heard Froch tell his trainer: He kills me with those bodyshots. He fucking kills me with those bodyshots."

Bunce continues to say: "You could hear the desperation in Froch's voice.

was a good fight to watch i was impressed by the shots both kessler and froch were taking...their both good fighters but i prefer mikkel

[Silencers]

I thought the body work that Kessler did in the fight slowed Froch down quite considerably in the second half of the fight, I thought it explained the drop in output from Froch. This just confirms it to me.

[Shattered Jaw]

I have no idea where this body work has come talk has come from. Damn that Steve Bunce thread lmfao. Everyone is talking like Mike McCallum just bust Froch to the liver for 12 rounds. It was probably the reason for Froch slowing in the 6-8 but it is an investment....Kessler paid the price upstiars with the Froch jab. Still, last 4 (especially 10-11) rounds Kessler was the one who was tiring IMO.

[BetterCallSaul]

Froch could have beaten Kessler if he fought more aggressively from the get go. For quite a few rounds throughout the fight he seemed content to only use his jab and fight off the back foot. He should have been throwing straight rights and left hooks all night because Kessler was there to be hit, and in the exchanges Froch was landing the better and harder shots. It's a shame he didn't fight more aggressively because I scored the fight a draw and a couple more strong and assertive rounds from Froch would have convinced me that he clearly won the fight.

I have a feeling that Kessler fought his best fight, and Froch wasn't at his best i.e (being aggressive). Maybe he thought that as champion he could coast a lot of rounds behind his jab and rack up points. Which would have been a ****** idea because he wasn't fighting in home or neutral territory. I believe that if the hungry version of Froch that fought Pascal turned up on Saturday night, he would have won the fight.

I'm hoping that Froch throws caution to the wind against Abraham. He isn't a boxer and shouldn't pretend to be. His strengths lie in his ability to grind his opponents down through relentless pressure and continued assault. Hopefully losing his belt will spark that fire inside of him once more and he can put a beating on the very beatable Abraham. He needs to hurt him early and make him respect his power because in the Dirrell fight, Abraham looked as if he didn't like to be hit, and Froch hits a whole lot harder than Dirrell.