I watched the Froch vs Kessler fight on Saturday with great interest but honestly for the main reason i wanted to see Froch get knocked out by someone who i believe is the best super middleweight in the world despite loosing to Dirrel in the previous round of the Super six world boxing classic.
Now as wrong as it feels to say that i publically dislike a british fighter i have to say why that is.
1: in my book theres not much worse than a fighter who cannot generate their own interest and wants to tarnish the legacy/career of another fighter to make headlines (unless its prior to a contest with said person) and i am of course referring to Joe everyone in the boxing world knows these two are hardly on each others Christmas list.
2: Carl! You are 32 years old you have spent far too much is Joe’s shadow where were you prior to JC’s retirement? Why didn’t you make noise 5 years ago? Why didn’t you fight the Mario Veit’s of the world pick up a few mickey mouse belts along the way at least make yourself known as wanting a fight when JC was still looking to cement his legacy.
3: You need to sign with a decent promoter. In a perfect world and the right management fights can be made with any fighter in the world providing the $$$$ is right. If he had signed with Golden Boy im sure they could have done a deal with Jermain Taylor a year or two ago and saved himself the strain a competition like S6WBC puts on a body of fighting a potential world champ every 6 months for what will last a few years. But again that comes back to hype and interest which im not sure Carl has or ever will have. (please prove me wrong)
The build up to Froch Vs Kessler was as pretty much was i expected, Carl saying he would do a better job than Joe did and Mikkel saying Carl is not as fast as Joe, add in the words slap and work rate and you get the picture. Nuff’ said
Carl never really got going on that night in Herning against a strong Mikkel who was in last chance saloon after his loss to Andre Ward. Needless to say the wouded lion hit back and the rest is for Carl to chew over in the coming weeks. Do i think carl can win the tournament? All signs point to no, he stuggled against Jermaine Taylor prior to the tounament and i can understand how some people believe he lost to Dirrell and lost to Kessler he needs a big performance against Arthur Abraham. Do i think Kessler can? Umm...... No he’s never been the same fighter since JC ruined him, although he is the strongest fighter at the moment i believe he has too many miles on the clock to stay the distance of the tournament.
What i was impressed by is Carl’s reaction to the loss he knows he was not his usual self he stood off his man didn’t press the fight. He will get there in time whether this is the right tournament to get him there still remains to be seen. I think he was probably in a loose loose situation, sign up and take 5 hard fights to be recognised as the best if your body can hold up that long? Or be left out in the cold from what could be the greatest development in the sport in centuaries?
Carl please come back from this stronger and humble, the door is open for you.
