Quote Originally Posted by G0MEZ
Just back from the Nottingham Arena....

Had rather a few squashy-plastic pints of lager - but basically is was a wipeout by Carl.

When i chatted to him today, he said that basically the reason Tatevosyan hadn't been decked, was that he was a lovely lad - in the press conference, he was like Kostya Tszyu without the command of the English language - a friendy personable kinda guy, but with a flat nose and air of 'business' about him.

Carl entered, without the 'hit me as hard as you can' attitude he shown against Magee & Dodson - he was very focused and was catching Sergey in the first, giving him a taste.

The 2nd round he settled down to his task and landed a peach of a shot - then Sergey got up prematurely but seemed a bit dazed and Froch fired home the upstairs & downstairs shots and landed 14/15 shots unanswered..

From my seat it was obvious it was 'game over' for Sergey and by the look on his face, it was timed just right by the ref.

At the presser Sergey told me personally that Lucien Bute was the hardest puncher/ most skilled fighter he had faced - even good enough to dethrone Kessler (whom he'd sparred) - and Froch dropped him and stopped him in 2 rounds - confirming my belief that he'd give the top 168 fighters at least a run for their money.

I'm not getting carried away by this win - perhaps Carl made this kid look average tonight - maybe Tatevosyan had a poor night - but either way, i'm convinced Carl has the power & focus to turn it on at world-level with any current champ at the minute.

8/10.
Well done G0MEZ
As usual giving us the insight scoop....