Comments Thread For: Abraham-Froch: Switzerland May Settle The Venue Dispute

[Slick_Rick]

It should be held in the Amsterdam, its easy to get to for both sets of fans and a pretty neutral place.

[eli porter]

France, Belgium or the Netherlands. Switzerland doesn't make much sense.

[Shattered Jaw]

After that close fight between Kessler and Froch the first two people in the ring to get to Kessler were the Sauerlands and they were celebrating immediately even though the judges hadn't even given the verdict yet. That was a bit odd.

If Tilleman is the same guy that officiated the Ottke vs Reid debacle I'm amazed the Froch camp didn't object.

Well obviously they knew what was up. When you employ Tilleman you know hes going to bring disgrace to the table. Froch needs a better promoter. Hennesey has got him the right fights.... just on a terrible timescale.

He's also a complete lightweight. He's a club promoter, not fit for the big boys such as the crass Americans Shaw and Goosen and the corrupt and slimy Sauerlands.

[Slick_Rick]

France, Belgium or the Netherlands. Switzerland doesn't make much sense.

France is only neutral because dislike Britain and Germany so much, thats why I said it should be held in Wales.

[ChopperRead]

France is only neutral because dislike Britain and Germany so much, thats why I said it should be held in Wales.

How about Slovenia? That's as neutral as it gets.

[Slick_Rick]

How about Slovenia? That's as neutral as it gets.

I don't how Slovenians regard Germans and English people, its also central europe, closer to Germany, it should be a place in-between England and Germany.

Also isn't Abraham Armenian by birth, do they not have some loyalty to Slovenia?

[Clegg]

Switzerland is not neutral because, aside from sharing a land-border with Germany and being a lot closer to AA than Froch, we've seen in the past that Sauerland are happy to stage fights in Switzerland and do a good job of appointing the kind of judges that favour their boxer.

If someone wants to claim that the UK does not have impartial officials then I've no problem with that. There have been bad decisions here and the home fighter sometimes gets preferential treatment. But the only neutral place for this fight to happen is the US. Anywhere in Europe and we are just going to get a bunch of Belgian/Dutch/French/Italian judges who will have filled out their scorecards before the fight begins, and a ref who will deduct a point from Froch everytime he lands a legit body shot.

[BOLLOCKS]

Switzerland is not neutral because, aside from sharing a land-border with Germany and being a lot closer to AA than Froch, we've seen in the past that Sauerland are happy to stage fights in Switzerland and do a good job of appointing the kind of judges that favour their boxer.

If someone wants to claim that the UK does not have impartial officials then I've no problem with that. There have been bad decisions here and the home fighter sometimes gets preferential treatment. But the only neutral place for this fight to happen is the US. Anywhere in Europe and we are just going to get a bunch of Belgian/Dutch/French/Italian judges who will have filled out their scorecards before the fight begins, and a ref who will deduct a point from Froch everytime he lands a legit body shot.

I agree, it should happen in California.