Comments Thread For: Carl Froch Prepares For Life After Andre Ward, Super Six

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By Jake Donovan - A loss is only a loss if all you care about in the end is how the scoreboard reads.

Carl Froch remains in the proper frame of mind heading into his May 26 hometown (Nottingham, UK) showdown with unbeaten Lucian Bute. The bout will be his first since coming up short against Andre Ward in last year’s Showtime Super Six World Boxing Classic finals.

Tournament bragging rights were at stake, as well as a slew of belts and the lineal super middleweight championship. Froch gave it everything he had in the fight, but gave away too many early rounds for his late rally to have enough of an impact on the final outcome.

It was performance on which Froch could certainly hang his hat. It just wasn’t a night in which his hand deserverd to be raised – and to his credit, he knows this.

“Yes, I’ve been beat. I lost my last fight,” Froch (28-2, 20KO) acknowledges. “He might be thinking that as, ‘Well he’s coming of the back of a loss.’ But that was against a very good Andre Ward, very tricky sport in the top five, three Andre Ward. [Click Here To Read More]

[GodInFleshSuit]

Hope he beats Bute. If not the Kessler rematch is still looking desirable after Mikkel's KO of Green last night!

[theproof]

the fight against ward was not close at all. andre didn't run away with it but it was a clea rcut win. what made the loss disturbing was how much ntrash he talked before the fight. he will lose to bute in a big way. i npromise he will walk into something. his camp never has a plan B.

[La_Vibora]

I admire Froch alot, in that Ward fight he got dominated early on, but you could look in his eyes and tell that he still believed that he could win whereas most fighters would have given up. He gave Ward hell for the last 3 or 4 rounds when Ward's high activity was starting to catch up with himself. Almost made you wonder if the fight were a 15 round fight could he have pulled it off. And even after all that here he goes again taking on perhaps the best of the class right after that instead of going after a soft touch. I am going to be a fan of this guy no matter how many losses he takes, and in my book Froch > Calzaghe.

[Uncle Rodge]

the fight against ward was not close at all. andre didn't run away with it but it was a clea rcut win. what made the loss disturbing was how much ntrash he talked before the fight. he will lose to bute in a big way. i npromise he will walk into something. his camp never has a plan B.

You should take a closer look @ Rob McCracken and the advice he gives Froch during his fights. IMO, he's an excellent trainer.

[Mars Volta]

lol life after ward.......they make it sound like he got ****d and abused

[Clint650]

Froch is class, even when he's trash talking. He's brought a level of respect to british boxing unmatched by fellow countrymen Khan, and Haye. As much as i like him I knew Ward would beat him, and I also think Bute will prove to better than most think. I hope Froch surprises me, i really do.