Froch vows to knock out Dirrel

[Fenster]

His athleticism is great but that means nothing unless he has the arsehole to back it up.

All my spies on the inside are telling me Dirrell will bottle it.

Really? What spies have you got inside the Dirrell camp??

Secret ones.

[HattonTheHammer]

Ive said all the way through this if dirrell can land a monster in the 1st couple of rounds he`ll stop froch there and then. The jury is still very much out on froch as he did go into his shell through the first half of the taylor fight and chucked away his superior skill set in order to regain some confidence....always a bad move

But technically he is a league if not leagues above andre dirrell who i regard as a heavy hitter that should definitely one day win a world title. Froch will get found out by kessler when they fight but he should have enough for AA and will be way too busy for me to envisage dirrell being to win in any other manner other than landing sharp early on against a guy who takes time to grow into a fight..


either way..its gonna be a night to remember!!

[skel1983]

Ive said all the way through this if dirrell can land a monster in the 1st couple of rounds he`ll stop froch there and then. The jury is still very much out on froch as he did go into his shell through the first half of the taylor fight and chucked away his superior skill set in order to regain some confidence....always a bad move

But technically he is a league if not leagues above andre dirrell who i regard as a heavy hitter that should definitely one day win a world title. Froch will get found out by kessler when they fight but he should have enough for AA and will be way too busy for me to envisage dirrell being to win in any other manner other than landing sharp early on against a guy who takes time to grow into a fight..


either way..its gonna be a night to remember!!

You know i respect your opinion mate. But two things you said there, Firstly he threw away his superior skillset against Taylor, so you think he has a superior skillset than Taylor?? Id disagree with that mate 100%.

Secondly he is leagues ahead of Dirrell technically Technically Froch is horrible if you go by textbook he is a bad example I think Dirrell is far more technical than Froch but Froch has alot more factors going into this fight.

[Gandalf]

I was watching the Taylor fight again earlier today actually. Froch looked so awkward in those early rounds. His style is very strange, the way he keeps his hands low and stretches out with that jab of his. Taylor had his way with him for most of the early rounds. It's hard to tell whether Taylor simply gassed as the fight went on or Froch adjusted. History would suggest the former, but it shows how easily Froch can be outboxed. Calzaghe would have had a field day with him IMO. Dirrel is untested really, so I can see Froch using his experience to push Dirrel hard late on and maybe force the stoppage. I would hope for Froch to have learned from the Taylor fight though, he surely knows he was well down going into the last few rounds there.

Taylors collapse was one of the most memorable in recent times. He's accumulated a couple of them now. I hope he too learns from it and tries to hold more if in trouble against that bald German dude.

[HattonTheHammer]

I was watching the Taylor fight again earlier today actually. Froch looked so awkward in those early rounds. His style is very strange, the way he keeps his hands low and stretches out with that jab of his. Taylor had his way with him for most of the early rounds. It's hard to tell whether Taylor simply gassed as the fight went on or Froch adjusted. History would suggest the former, but it shows how easily Froch can be outboxed. Calzaghe would have had a field day with him IMO. Dirrel is untested really, so I can see Froch using his experience to push Dirrel hard late on and maybe force the stoppage. I would hope for Froch to have learned from the Taylor fight though, he surely knows he was well down going into the last few rounds there.

Taylors collapse was one of the most memorable in recent times. He's accumulated a couple of them now. I hope he too learns from it and tries to hold more if in trouble against that bald German dude.

He came out of his comfort zone, went to america to fight a guy who was a class above anything he had been in with before and for 6rounds froch did indeed look like clinton woods mark 2.

But the way he got himself back into the fight to the point of knocking his opponent out was a joy to behold. He had an off night and simply failed to climatise himself to the situation at hand. But he was still able to knockout an established world champion who will prove a hell of a lot of people wrong on saturday night against abraham!!

[HattonTheHammer]

Ive said all the way through this if dirrell can land a monster in the 1st couple of rounds he`ll stop froch there and then. The jury is still very much out on froch as he did go into his shell through the first half of the taylor fight and chucked away his superior skill set in order to regain some confidence....always a bad move

But technically he is a league if not leagues above andre dirrell who i regard as a heavy hitter that should definitely one day win a world title. Froch will get found out by kessler when they fight but he should have enough for AA and will be way too busy for me to envisage dirrell being to win in any other manner other than landing sharp early on against a guy who takes time to grow into a fight..


either way..its gonna be a night to remember!!

You know i respect your opinion mate. But two things you said there, Firstly he threw away his superior skillset against Taylor, so you think he has a superior skillset than Taylor?? Id disagree with that mate 100%.

Secondly he is leagues ahead of Dirrell technically Technically Froch is horrible if you go by textbook he is a bad example I think Dirrell is far more technical than Froch but Froch has alot more factors going into this fight.

I do understand what your getting at

Froch is very much in the mould of calzaghe in that he doesnt possess superior strength, speed or footwork to the top stateside fighters.

But he is very good at working out an opponents strategyu early in a contest and beating his opponent to the punch with his ring knowledge. How often was calzaghe classed as a show pony who would eventually get found out by lacy/kessler even mitchell??

[Rantcatrat]

Ive said all the way through this if dirrell can land a monster in the 1st couple of rounds he`ll stop froch there and then. The jury is still very much out on froch as he did go into his shell through the first half of the taylor fight and chucked away his superior skill set in order to regain some confidence....always a bad move

But technically he is a league if not leagues above andre dirrell who i regard as a heavy hitter that should definitely one day win a world title. Froch will get found out by kessler when they fight but he should have enough for AA and will be way too busy for me to envisage dirrell being to win in any other manner other than landing sharp early on against a guy who takes time to grow into a fight..


either way..its gonna be a night to remember!!

You know i respect your opinion mate. But two things you said there, Firstly he threw away his superior skillset against Taylor, so you think he has a superior skillset than Taylor?? Id disagree with that mate 100%.

Secondly he is leagues ahead of Dirrell technically Technically Froch is horrible if you go by textbook he is a bad example I think Dirrell is far more technical than Froch but Froch has alot more factors going into this fight.

I do understand what your getting at

Froch is very much in the mould of calzaghe in that he doesnt possess superior strength, speed or footwork to the top stateside fighters.

But he is very good at working out an opponents strategyu early in a contest and beating his opponent to the punch with his ring knowledge. How often was calzaghe classed as a show pony who would eventually get found out by lacy/kessler even mitchell??

I can't agree with that. Calzaghe had more speed and footwork than most fighters at his weight class anywhere in the world. Americans may not like his style, but no one doubts his genius in the ring. Froch shouldn't even be compared to Calzaghe. He has nothing on Calzaghe. Nothing.