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

[V.WEBB]

hahahaha...i cant wait to hear all of these excuses. its gonna be a joy when ward dominates froch (who i do have respect for). who i dont have respect for is all the haters who are gonna be more than butthurt. i guarantee u that after this, they are all gonna jump on the bute bandwagon. points on that. lmao.

Yep. I agree with everything here.

[The Hammer]

ward planted an excuse by saying "the judges will favor froch in atlantic city". how do you figure? based on what?

froch is just making a statement based on an observation. . .

True.

Last time the judges favored a fighter in Atlantic City, the fighter was an American promoted by Dan Goossen, just like Andre Ward is and his opponent was from another country.

http://boxrec.com/media/index.php?title=Fight:1591909

[Shadows]

People are still on this?

It's been nearly two years, get over it.

[-Kev-]

He really meant Don't beat me up like you beat Mikkel Kessler!

[Shattered Jaw]

I was impressed with Froch the way he gave as good as he got against Abraham when Aurthur hit him on the break and things like that. Froch just lamped him straight back and you could see it got Abraham's respect.

I really, really, really hope (like all people on this board I'm sure) for a good fight with no nasty foul play from either sides so win or loose for your favourite fighter, we can all be happy and say - good fight.

[JAB5239]

Foul play was present, but in no way do I feel it dictated the course of the fight. Kessler just came up against someone who had superior game to him.

And like I said, if it happened in Denmark -- Mikkel would have lost most rounds only to win by DQ. If people are happy to claim that as a victory, then do so.

Unaware of the gloves issue, but he's has never struck me as someone who’s mentally weak enough to have been thrown off his game by something like that.

Good post!

And Froch isn't the type of fighter who is mentally weak and thrown off, he's a warrior. Ward is the much more gifted and talented fighter though and some on here are going to build in excuses from the beginning because they favor Froch's skin pigmentation. I don't think he'll win, but Im rooting for him because he's a BEAST!!

[IronDanHamza]

People are still on this?

It's been nearly two years, get over it.

Exactly.

Get over it.

[uoykcuf]

I don't think Froch has the head to be headbutting his opponents back, he'll probably take the worse of it. They say no one wins in a headbutt but tell that to fighters like Ward and Holyfield.

[uoykcuf]

I just hope the referee isn't crooked.

If he is, I can see Ward getting away with his illegal methods, then Froch retaliating and getting DQed.

Froch should retaliate with low-blows, he doesn't have the head for headbutting back. I think he'll take the worst of it.

[JAB5239]

Looks like there was an attempt at the 0.30 mark. Not that obvious though. The one at 3.20 looks pretty blatant. Ward swings his skull up directly into Kesslers face after he had taken a punch.

Gotta disagree my friend. Ward was simply ducking a punch and coming back up in my opinion. I didn't see anything deliberate about that and it happens all the time in this sport.