Froch vs. Ward - Saturday fight/chat thread

[Fenster]

Eddie Hearn reported Brook fight 1am, Froch ring walk 2.30.. much earlier than usual for USA fights.

I can stay up for this (if booze intake can be controlled - odds against ).

[Gandalf]

I can't wait for this. This fight IS my weekend. All roads lead to this fight.

[Dropanuke]

If froch loses Christmas will be ruined due to robbery

[CFH]

I have been waiting for this fight for a long time.

Froch has become one of my favourite fighters, but I think he's out of his depth here. Ward will butt, maul, and box (in that order) his was to a UD.

I hope Froch proves me wrong, he certainly has in the past.

[Master]

I really want to watch this fight may listen to it on radio 5 and want Froch to win. If he does then he should be sports personality of the year. Why is Khan in it when Carl has done so much more.

[Tam Seddon]

Froch 167.5
Ward 168

[Mars_ax]

I have been waiting for this fight for a long time.

Froch has become one of my favourite fighters, but I think he's out of his depth here. Ward will butt, maul, and box (in that order) his was to a UD.

I hope Froch proves me wrong, he certainly has in the past.

A lot of folks thought that Peterson was out of his depth against Khan as well, but as it turned out he wasn't. I seriously don't get why Ward is regarded so highly or why Froch seems to be such a big underdog. I mean we are taking about Andre "can't crush a fucking grape" Ward here right?

It seems like a big part of the reason so many favor Ward in this fight, is comparing Froch's only loss to Kessler to Ward's foulfest/headbutt technical decision over him in Oakland, in front of his homies. And let's not forget that Froch's loss to Kessler was a close/competitive fight in Denmark.
I really don't see the fights with Kessler meaning jack shit.

Froch by SD, that's my story and i'm sticking to it.

[Mars_ax]

Im going for ward to knock froch out in the ninth round. I am a massive froch fan but I think ward is too quick and has better endurance. Froch gets hit too easily. I think he probably lost to dirrel and I think ward is more dangerous than dirrel. Plus if ward makes good use of his head again then it will be even easier.
I love to watch froch fight but I just dont think he can win.

So let me get this straight, Ward who has 13 paltry KO's in 24 Pro fights and zero at the championship level, is going to knockout Froch, who's never been knocked out, in the 9th round? No offense, but are you a newbee to boxing? Nothing is impossible in boxing, but the only way Froch gets "stopped" is by cuts from Ward's headbutts.

[LobowolfXXX]

Yeah, picking Froch to get stopped, when it's never happened before, is like picking Ward to lose...

[No Contest]

Just got done with bct this will be the first live fight I've seen in 10 Weeks. Hopefully, Ward doesnt try to play it too cautious. If that happens its gonna be interesting , Froch can hit harder. I wanna see a ko either way.

[CFH]

I wouldn't be all that surprised to see Froch get stopped. I don't think it's likely, but if Jermaine Taylor can put you on your ass, then Andre Ward can probably keep you there if he hits you with enough headbutts right hands.

[AdamGB]

Yeah, picking Froch to get stopped, when it's never happened before, is like picking Ward to lose...

Except that saying Froch will be stopped is a lot more specific than saying Ward will lose...

[Rodney987]

If Froch wins tonight the people at the BBC sports personality of the year will have to hang their heads in shame for selecting Kahn over him. It is a joke especially since the nominations were announced after the Peterson fight.

[LobowolfXXX]

Yeah, picking Froch to get stopped, when it's never happened before, is like picking Ward to lose...

Except that saying Froch will be stopped is a lot more specific than saying Ward will lose...

Yeah, I was just having fun with Mars. . I think a Froch win is much more likely tan a Ward KO. But I think a Ward decision is much more likely than everything else put together.

[Mars_ax]

Yeah, picking Froch to get stopped, when it's never happened before, is like picking Ward to lose...

Except that saying Froch will be stopped is a lot more specific than saying Ward will lose...

Yeah, I was just having fun with Mars. . I think a Froch win is much more likely tan a Ward KO. But I think a Ward decision is much more likely than everything else put together.

Hey, it's not nice picking on the elderly, you fuggin whippersnapper.

Ward winning a decision means we'd see a boring, controversial, hugfest, foulfest tonight, and I hope that's not the case. Froch winning would be far better for boxing, rather then having an insomnia inducing jesus freak like Ward as champion.