Andre Ward has had the advantage of fighting in his home country for all his Super Six fights.
Carl Froch in contrast has had only one Super Six fight in his home country.
Is this fair?
One of the worst examples of home officiating was in the Kessler-Ward fight. Ward's home referee Jack Reiss was admonishing Kessler during the fight for no reason, while allowing Ward to deliberately headbutt, hit off the break and hit while holding. The fight ended after a blatantly deliberate headbutt from Ward that damaged Kessler's eye. Ward should have been disqualified, but the shady old Jack Reiss just smirked when he saw Kessler was in pain and sent it to the scorecards.
In the Ward-Bika fight (not a Super Six fight), the referee was allowing Ward to foul while admonishing Bika for the slightest reason. And the judges scorecards were absurdlyy wide, it was in reality a close fight. And Ward was hitting whole holding during most of the Ward-Green fight, and he was headbutting as much as he could. The referee said nothing.
Will the referee and judges be fair to Carl Froch? Will the referee permit Ward to headbutt and otherwise foul, white getting on Froches back for the slightest retaliation? If it goes to the cards, will the judges be fair?
I have a bad feeling about this.
Carl Froch in contrast has had only one Super Six fight in his home country.
Is this fair?
One of the worst examples of home officiating was in the Kessler-Ward fight. Ward's home referee Jack Reiss was admonishing Kessler during the fight for no reason, while allowing Ward to deliberately headbutt, hit off the break and hit while holding. The fight ended after a blatantly deliberate headbutt from Ward that damaged Kessler's eye. Ward should have been disqualified, but the shady old Jack Reiss just smirked when he saw Kessler was in pain and sent it to the scorecards.
In the Ward-Bika fight (not a Super Six fight), the referee was allowing Ward to foul while admonishing Bika for the slightest reason. And the judges scorecards were absurdlyy wide, it was in reality a close fight. And Ward was hitting whole holding during most of the Ward-Green fight, and he was headbutting as much as he could. The referee said nothing.
Will the referee and judges be fair to Carl Froch? Will the referee permit Ward to headbutt and otherwise foul, white getting on Froches back for the slightest retaliation? If it goes to the cards, will the judges be fair?
I have a bad feeling about this.
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