Froch Tells Ward: Don't butt me like you butted Mikkel Kessler.

[King_Lukas]

Still think Froch is one of the best fighters we have over here.
But the way he talks about himself, his opponents and his views on how some of his own fights have shaken up....well, I think the guys a little delusional.

[King_Lukas]

I'm sure the headgames before the fight didn't affect Mikkel much, because he's mentally strong.

But I could see Jack Reiss was confusing him and throwing him off a bit, by admonishing him over and over again for nothing, while permitting Ward to foul as much as he wanted to.

And without a doubt, the deliberate headbutt in the third round affected Kessler. You can see him blinking after that, trying to clear his vision, like McLennan did after the headbutt in the Benn fight.

Under fair circumstances, without the headbutts and with an honest referee, Kessler would have been fighting much better and would have adjusted to Ward's style and won the fight by clear decision of late KO.

Some good points but I disagree with your conclusion. All the talk of foul play aside I sense Ward will be way too crafty for Froch.

Wards game has improved ten fold for me since that rather unsavory victory over Kessler. But my view is Kessler was never going to win anyway, he has never looked anything other than simple to me against top opposition. Froch in my view even beat him in Denmark.

However many times I roll it over in my head I couldnt see Kessler knocking out any of the super six competitors and see Ward doing a tech job on Froch.

[KnockUTheFukOut]

Ward will do his talking in the ring I am sure

Froch just trying to get him to FIGHT instead of BOX...NOT GOING TO WORK!

Ward is going to box circles around Froch for 12 Rounds, his only chance is to catch Ward and Hurt Him Early

[rich6666]

Some good points but I disagree with your conclusion. All the talk of foul play aside I sense Ward will be way too crafty for Froch.

Wards game has improved ten fold for me since that rather unsavory victory over Kessler. But my view is Kessler was never going to win anyway, he has never looked anything other than simple to me against top opposition. Froch in my view even beat him in Denmark.

However many times I roll it over in my head I couldnt see Kessler knocking out any of the super six competitors and see Ward doing a tech job on Froch.

In my opinion Ward hasn't improved at all. Ward was flying in with those illegal head-buts all night against Bika and the ref had words with Bika, It's a disgrace really. The officiating has been disappointing to say the least.

America is slowly no longer the place where boxers need to go to prove they are the best. This is coming to an end. America only care for sports that they dominate in, which is mostly national games like netball, rounders and the like.

[rich6666]

Ward will do his talking in the ring I am sure

Froch just trying to get him to FIGHT instead of BOX...NOT GOING TO WORK!

Ward is going to box circles around Froch for 12 Rounds, his only chance is to catch Ward and Hurt Him Early

I disagree, Froch is just trying to highlight to the people in charge and the ref that Ward uses illegal headbuts and dirty tactics.This should not be part of the course and needs to be stamped out.

[sweetscience18]

Froch needs to build himself up for a fight. He knows he isnt going to get that much into Wards head and wont do much more then annoy Ward. He talks all the **** to hype himself up you can tell he wants to believe what hes saying but then when it gets close to the fight you can see a change in his demeanor and thats when he begins to make excuses before the fight even happens. He will start talking about the travel to the states and how it effects him, the commission and media and how theyre against him, anything that will make him seem like an underdog before the fight. In some senses I think he does this all to stay focused and hype himself up but also I think he gets nervous and doubts his own abilities at moments.

Either way hes a great fighter this fight is the one ive been looking forward to more than any other.

[revs1227]

i thought froch had the best chance of beating ward since day one since i know for a fact he won let ward get away with anything dirty kessler did