Kessler VS Froch II, who wins the rematch???

[Kirkland Laing]

Kesler KO 2.

[bzkfn]

Kesler KO 2.

You gotta be frickin kidding me?

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This is a good match up between two genuine warriors.

However, I think that Froch has improved since last time they fought, and that Kessler has gone ever so slightly downhill as well as being quite inactive.

Froch has shown that he is a very strong, in your face fighter with a great chin. He's always fit and prepared ..... but he can be outslicked and outboxed by slippery customers.

I see the fight going one of two ways:

1. Froch is pumped up by the crowd, he jumps right on top of Kessler from the opening bell and drags him into a slugfest in front of a wild crowd. If that happens, I think Froch's fitness, activity and strength wear Kessler down for a 7th round TKO - with the ref stopping the fight after Kessler is deemed to be taking too much punishment

2. Kessler has said a couple of times that he regrets not boxing more smartly against Froch last time. This time, Kessler comes out and boxes Froch on the back foot, moving and countering him sharply. The fight is no way near as interesting as the first one, but Kessler does a professional and disciplined job and earns a points decision after a tense, mesmerising technical matchup - but without too many fireworks

There you go, now you are guaranteed that something completely different will happen!

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This is a good match up between two genuine warriors.

However, I think that Froch has improved since last time they fought, and that Kessler has gone ever so slightly downhill as well as being quite inactive.

Froch has shown that he is a very strong, in your face fighter with a great chin. He's always fit and prepared ..... but he can be outslicked and outboxed by slippery customers.

I see the fight going one of two ways:

1. Froch is pumped up by the crowd, he jumps right on top of Kessler from the opening bell and rags him into a slugfest in front of a wild crowd. If that happens, I think Froch's fitness, activity and strength wear Kessler down for a 7th round TKO - with the ref stopping the fight after kessler is deemed to be taking too much punishment

2. Kessler has said a couple of times that he regrets not boxing more smartly against Froch last time. Kessler comes out and boxes Froch on the back foot, moving and countering him sharply. The fight is no way near as interesting as the forst one, but Kessler does a professional and disciplined job and earns a points decision after a tense, mesmerising technical matchup - but without too many fireworks

There you go, now you are guaranteed that something complately different will happen!

Personally I do think Kessler will box more.

Froch did his best in the first fight whereas we know Kessler can box better than that. I reckon Kessler will box Frochs ears off. Carl needs his opponent to stand and fight with him which is what Butes mistake was. Kessler can do that but he can make things so much easier by boxing more. I could see anything happening in this fight. Kessler stopped by cuts, Froch stopped by a body shot etc...

[Kirkland Laing]

Kesler KO 2.

You gotta be frickin kidding me?

With a body shot.

I always pick against Froch. He probably wins this fight but I'm going to predict that Kessler KOs him. I previously picked Kessler to KO him in the tenth in another of these threads.