Der er slet ikke tvivl i The Ring Magazines ekspertpanel. De mener, at Carl Froch får revanche mod Mikkel Kessler lørdag aften i O2 Arena i London. Englænderens bedrifter siden danskerens sejr i april 2010, har imponeret så meget, at hele 19 af 20 eksperter spår, at vikingekrigeren bliver sendt hjem med bøjede horn på hjelmen. Kun Floyd Mayweathers seneste modstander, Robert Guerrero tror på dansk sejr. Her er et lille udpluk af citater:
Doug Fischer, The Ring, Froch på point: In the first fight, he seemed to carry a sense of entitlement, being the undefeated titleholder. He didn’t fight with the sense of urgency that Mikkel Kessler had, fighting in front of his countrymen and having lost his title to Andre Ward in his previous bout.
Froch made the error of allowing the local hero to come forward in the majority of rounds, and although he landed his share of power punches, he seldom pressed his advantage after connecting. In this rematch, I expect Froch start faster and to go for it whenever he nails Kessler.
Bob Velin, USA Today, Froch TKO 10: Two aging fighters in a revenge rematch — at least for Carl Froch, and this time, in Froch’s home country. Froch is a better fighter than he looked when he got his ash kicked — volcanic ash, that is — which disrupted his trip to Denmark to fight Mikkel Kessler three years ago — and better than he looked against Andre Ward a year and a half ago.
His career seems to be on the upswing. Both fighters lost to Ward. I thought Froch looked a little worse in his loss, but Kessler fought Ward nearly four years ago, when Ward had much less experience. These days, Froch seems to have a renewed will to win, and showed just how much last year when he destroyed undefeated Lucien Bute.
Froch is not as good a technical boxer as Kessler, but he has other superior skills, including an indestructible chin. Kessler says if he loses he will retire. Expect an announcement shortly after the fight.
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