Kessler sparring Cleverly and Groves

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Groves defending himself for sparring with Kessler. Says hes willng to step in, if either drops out.

Also says “I’ve sparred with both,” said the London fighter yesterday. “I sparred with Carl before his first fight with Kessler in 2010. I suppose I’ve had a better look at both of them than most have, and for me there’s a clear winner, but I’m afraid I can’t really share that. It wouldn’t be fair on the lads in the gym.”
“They are both really experienced now. It was a toe-to-toe fight the first time, but I think it’ll be a much more technical fight this time.”

I think hes on about Kessler winning and that he wants a fight with Froch soon because he believes he will beat him. It also makes me wonder whether he has openly said he will step in at short notice because he knows Kessler is injured...

George Groves defends sparring sessions with Mikkel Kessler after Carl Froch rebuke - Telegraph

[Master]

Ross you are reading too much into it.

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Ross you are reading too much into it.

Maybe and hopefully too. Itd be a bit gutting to get a nice fight like this and have either going in with an injury.

Have you seen the short documentary on Kessler leading up to the Beyer fight? He does seem really high strung about little niggles. Wants to be A1, although anyone would I spose but he does seem to get quite negative. This is when a good team around him that can reassure him is a must.

Mikkel Kessler Documentary - YouTube

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Froch has never gone out of his way to sell himself. Just seen the public training session he did in Nottingham in this link and they are saying theres hundreds around the ring. From what you can see in the camera, if we assume its like that all the way round, then youd be lucky to have 100 there. This is his home city, in the centre where thousands work and go to university. There shouldnt have been any floor space left!

Carl Froch predicts 'barbaric' rematch with Mikkel Kessler on Saturday | Froch v Kessler II | Sky Sports Boxing

[Tam Seddon]

Froch has never gone out of his way to sell himself. Just seen the public training session he did in Nottingham in this link and they are saying theres hundreds around the ring. From what you can see in the camera, if we assume its like that all the way round, then youd be lucky to have 100 there. This is his home city, in the centre where thousands work and go to university. There shouldnt have been any floor space left!

Carl Froch predicts 'barbaric' rematch with Mikkel Kessler on Saturday | Froch v Kessler II | Sky Sports Boxing

Bare in mind when Froch was doing that interview the session had finished, why would people wait around simply just to look at Froch?

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Ok, imagine it was Ricky Hatton...

He was still present and again, its his own hometown. You could understand if it was in America.

If that was Kessler in Copenhagen it would be mobbed.

[TheMacMagician]

Anyone know who Froch has been sparring in the lead up to fighting Kessler?

I'm not sure sparring Groves or Cleverly would be that great a choice for Froch to ready himself for the style of Kessler, but sparring Groves and Cleverly would probably be decent choices for Kessler to spar in readiness for Froch IMO.

Who out there would the best SMWs to prepare Froch for Kessler, anyone any opinions?