Boxing Perspective: Carl Froch vs. Mikkel Kessler
By Nick Chamberlain October 29th, 2009 All Boxing ArticlesAs the first stage of the Super Six Tournament has been and gone, some questions have been answered whilst some remain.
Arthur Abraham did exactly what every-one predicted he would do; tucked up for the majority of every round but without letting the points stack up against him, riding out the storm, and toward the last minute of each frame would unleash hard, wild, looping hooks to head and body that quite visibly shook up Jermain Taylor.
Taylor was again slightly unlucky when he was levelled in the 12th round as he did not see the right hand coming, and it ended him. However, it was a good display from Abraham, who had a good game plan that he stuck to, showing us all the power he has when he lets his hands go.
Carl Froch tackled Andre Dirrell, whom we had not seen a lot of, and the majority of people thought it would be a repeat performance of the Taylor fight, while in fact it was Taylor who produced the repeat performance that night.
When first writing about the Super Six Tournament, my previous prediction was that Froch would stop Dirrell, but in reality Froch could not catch Dirrell.
Dirrell was sharp, fleet of hand and foot, his punches were clean and accurate, especially on the counter and the only thing going against him in this fight was that he did not want to get involved in a toe-to-toe war with Froch, which is understandable.
Froch was almost exposed in this fight, in which he was very, repeat, very lucky to get away with the win.
Next up for Froch is Mikkel ‘The Viking Warrior’ Kessler, who's glittering 42-1 (32) record has only been sullied by the top super middleweight of the last ten years, Joe Calzaghe. More...
I am off to England for the opening weekend of the Super Six World Boxing Classic and the gravity of the moment is hitting me, as it is everyone else associated with this rather grand event. 
