Boxing Discussion thread *spoilers* (part 2)

Tetlee

Anyone else stay up to watch the Froch v Johnson fight last night? How I hate having to rely on streams if I want to watch my favourite sport live, no way I'm subscribing to Sky again, but there should be some way of everyone being able to at least pay for one off events without having to have subscriptions to services such as Sky.

Anyway, after staying up until 3am and then struggling to keep any of my streams together making it a frustrating evening, it was at least a pretty good fight, Johnson even at 41(or is it 42) is one tough beast, never stopped coming forward, was just like a train and threw some big right hands catching Froch flush more than once. Froch reminded once again that he must have one of the toughest chins out there, just absorbed everything that landed and to me never looked in any trouble despite what they commentators were saying. He put in a great work rate, especially as you could tell it wasn't the pace he wanted to set, and certainly deserved the win with some lovely combination work.

Going to be a mouth watering final to the Super Six and surely the fight everyone hoped to see for the final, likely most people will have Ward as favourite but wouldn't be one bit surprised if Froch can pull an upset, should be good

wezzywebb

Yes it was a good fight and what a hard man Johnson is!! I was also very impressed with Kessler !!

Tetlee

Yeah, Kessler looked in fantastic form, what a return aftyer 12 months out of the ring! Should be some good fights waiting for whoever does win the Super Six, with Bute and Kessler watching on. Think a Froch v Kessler II would be a watch and would expect it to be far better than their first meeting

wezzywebb

to be honest i would see kessler winning again

Venu44

Was in Herning, no way he beats Froch in Nottingham.

He got his chops opened up like a tin of spaghetti hoops by Carl, who'd be on a revenge mission in a rematch.

Kessler simply couldn't summon that sort of effort again.

wezzywebb

i wouldnt bank on it ,the year off seems to have done him the world of good judging by last nights performance,froch on the other hand has had a lot of wars and its not like he doesnt get hit is it !! dont get me wrong i would love it if froch wins the whole series,then beats kessler ,bute etc,but i dont think he will get past ward to be honest

Venu44

That's a slight misconception. When you analyse it.

Froch never took anything during Abraham, bar one or two against Johnson last night he finished completely fine.

Prior to that against Dirrell, again the visitor didn't throw hardly anything.

Pascal & Taylor were both wars granted.

But Kessler's face was a mess after Froch finished with him. The next day he looked Robert Deniro when he played Frankenstein, he was a swollen mess of stitches.

Kessler looked amazing last night, because the Frenchman was a bum. A fall guy. The levels between them were vast - it's not an indication of anything for me.

wezzywebb

i agree with some of the above,but i would say that froch was hit more than once or twice against johnson !! dirrell i agree with you , the pascal and taylors wars were fantastic viewing for us ,but not the kind of fight you want to be in very often !! what i,m trying to say is that carl has had some very punishing fights ,kessler has had a year out,i wouldnt call the guy he fought last night a bum,not world class but not a bum,but you have to admit for a guy who,s been out that long ,kessler looked very sharp indeed!! anyway ,i hope carl beats ward ,but i dont think he,ll do it

DrWise

Quality match ups now

KHAN vs JUDAH july 23rd

MAYWEATHER vs ORTIZ september 17th

Pacquiao vs Marquez Trilogy November 12th

CrazyJamie

But will we get Mayweather v Pacquiao in 2012? Probably not.