Comments Thread For: Froch Avenges Kessler Loss, Ward Not Necessarily Next

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By Jake Donovan - From the moment he emphatically stopped Lucian Bute last year, Carl Froch began preparing for an exit strategy. The 35-year old still has plenty of fight left in him, but that’s not to say he sees plenty of fights left in his future.

A soft touch title defense against Yusaf Mack last year was met with Froch’s plans for the future – avenging both career losses, a contractually forced rematch with Bute (should it ever be enforced) and then off to the sunset.

One item was scratched off of the bucket list when Froch survived the best of whatever Mikkel Kessler has left to take a well-earned unanimous decision Saturday evening at O2 Arena in London. The feat allowed Froch to avenge his first career loss, which came three years ago on the road in Kessler’s native Denmark.

Both fighters are much different versions than the ones who surfaced on that night in April ’10. Yet the 12 rounds of action produced on Saturday were frighteningly similar – yet with one major difference. [Click Here To Read More]

[FIGHTING_FLIP]

frochs interviews are always interesting. he gave alot of props to ward, yet shted on him at the same time lol. but IMO, he dont wanna fight ward again. and i wouldnt discredit frochs resume in anyway if he didnt. wards better. plain and simple. he should fight stieglitz next if hes not fighting abraham again

[yoz]

styles make fights

[Devils Advocate]

styles make fights

I would like to see Ward/Froch II at the end of Froch's career but for now I'd like to see him fight in another barn burner like the one I had the pleasuring of viewing tonight.

Froch vs Chavez Jr. would be nice.

[yoz]

I would like to see Ward/Froch II at the end of Froch's career but for now I'd like to see him fight in another barn burner like the one I had the pleasuring of viewing tonight.

Froch vs Chavez Jr. would be nice.

Great post.

I'm a big Froch fan, but rematching Ward will be another snoozer.

[BoxingIsGreat]

I would like to see Ward/Froch II at the end of Froch's career but for now I'd like to see him fight in another barn burner like the one I had the pleasuring of viewing tonight.

Froch vs Chavez Jr. would be nice.

i agree, or canelo. they are the same size.

[M Bison]

I don't honestly believe for a single minute that JCC Jr would want to fight Carl Froch!

[gmc_rfc_06]

As good as he may be, I have no interest in watching Ward so I hope that rematch isn't next.

I have no enjoyment in watching clinching followed by the old holding and hitting which Ward is very good at.

[nycsmooth]

Froch will not, in his mind, box any1 he believes he can't beat, so that leaves out Ward...I wouldn't xpect no earth shatteing on whomever his next opponent is...Jr is not moving up, his dieuretics keep him safely @ '60...

[Tmann400]

"Serious decline in ticket sales"?...Well, you have to take into consideration WHO Ward was fighting. Dawson is notorious for having below average ticket sales, Kessler is the polar opposite. Hence why there was such a crowd when Ward fought Kessler. There was a ton of Kessler fans in Oakland when they fought. Realistically though, if Ward could only sell 5 tickets, the point still remains that he is a massive level above everyone else in the division, and has totally dominated and outclassed world class, top 10 p4p level fighters. It's pretty ridiculous that people can't find anything wrong with Ward, so they go grasping for straws to discredit him, yet he's laughably better then the divisions premier league (Including the division above him.)

All in all, I love Frochy, I was rooting for him, I picked him to win and I'm happy for him, but to be honest, for his sake I'd really honestly could care less about seeing a rematch with Ward. When you look beyond the "on paper" aspect of it, it makes little to no sense when taking into consideration Ward proved he was a cut above him every step of the way. It was proven to us in Dec. 2011 that Ward was just a cut above the rest, and further vindicated in Sept. of last year when he absolutely pasted and destroyed top 10 P4Per Dawson. Froch is an amazing fighter, and a VERY good No. 2 fighter, but let's not get ahead of ourselves here and forget that he IS in fact No. 2, and it was proven as such.

Ward's not likely to be at 168 for much longer as it is due to the lack of many fresh challenges, and Froch is turning 36 in a month, therefor he probably has 1 or 2 big fights left in him. I'd like to see a domestic tear up with Froch and Groves possibly or maybe a rematch with Dirrell, and would like to see Ward go up to take reign of 175 or fight the only true fresh challenge at 168, Andre Dirrell (Maybe if Froch and Dirrell fight, he could fight the winner maybe? I don't know). As a fan of both, that's just my viewpoint.