Froch keeping it real on ESPN:
http://www.espn.co.uk/boxing/sport/story/107173.html
On Monday I was at Matchroom Sport's head office, where Andre Ward and Carl Froch went face-to-face for the last time before they enter the ring in Atlantic City on October 29 for the final of the Super Six Classic. Well, there is a conference in New York and Ward's hometown of Oakland, but you get my point.
It was a bit edgy to say the least. Froch said to Ward, in no uncertain terms: "I don't want you to butt me like you butted Mikkel Kessler." Ward looked a little taken aback, but Froch carried on: "I'm not joking. I don't want you to butt me, I don't want the fight to be ruined by cuts."
I spoke to Froch afterwards and he stood by his comments, telling me he didn't want a repeat of what happened to Kessler, who ended up with cuts above both eyes on his way to defeat.
Also Froch said: "If he butts me, I will butt him back, don't worry. And then it will turn into madness." Nobody wants that.
It was a bit edgy to say the least. Froch said to Ward, in no uncertain terms: "I don't want you to butt me like you butted Mikkel Kessler." Ward looked a little taken aback, but Froch carried on: "I'm not joking. I don't want you to butt me, I don't want the fight to be ruined by cuts."
I spoke to Froch afterwards and he stood by his comments, telling me he didn't want a repeat of what happened to Kessler, who ended up with cuts above both eyes on his way to defeat.
Also Froch said: "If he butts me, I will butt him back, don't worry. And then it will turn into madness." Nobody wants that.
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