The Super Six Final: Carl Froch vs Andre Ward

Carl Froch said Wednesday the loser of his fight with Andre Ward should get no money. “I’ll bet my purse against his, ” the Nottingham, England native and WBC super middleweight champion said moments before a press conference in Ward’s hometown of Oakland, Calif. “I’m serious. Anyone can say they’re confident. I mean it.”

Froch (28-1, 20 KOs) and Ward (24-0, 13 KOs), whose three-city media tour took them to London and New York on Monday and Tuesday, respectively, talked about the fight in an event that was open to the public and attracted about 150 fans.

Ward, who faces Froch on Oct. 29 in Atlantic City, N.J., in the Super Six World Boxing Classic final, dismissed the Englishman’s suggestion as more talk.

“He’s great with the one-liners, ” Ward said.

Wouldn’t a winner-take-all fight be a whole lot more interesting?

“That’s easy for you to say, ” Ward said.

In his opening remarks, Ward acknowledged the crowd at the noon event under warm, sunny skies, and that some people are having hard times making any money.

“It’s great to see so many people come out for this, ” he said at the event that started at noon. “I hope everyone’s out here on their lunch breaks and have jobs to go back to.”

Tobe wrote:Maybe it's the picture, but Froch sure seems more than just an inch taller than Ward there. Wonder if Ward's "six feet" is one of those College Football press guide "six feet" where the kid is actually closer to 5'9

According to Steve Bunce of ESPN UK - Froch told Ward "I don't want you to butt me like you butted Mikkel Kessler." Ward looked a little taken aback, but Froch carried on: "I'm not joking. I don't want you to butt me, I don't want the fight to be ruined by cuts."

Froch plans to fight fire with fire - "If he butts me, I will butt him back, don't worry. And then it will turn into madness." Nobody wants that.

Diego408 wrote:This will be a very good fight. It will be a very technical fight, both guys are better at boxing than slugging it out. I like both guys, Ward is that "good guy" type of fighter that you want your kids to look up to, while Froch has that real bad ass mentality of a real fighter. Froch can back up his talk for being a huge trash talker unlike Floyd who refuses to fight the best or Mayorga and Miranda that get their asses kicked every single time they step up. I expect a close one, Ward may have dominated Kessler, a guy Froch lost a razor thin decision to, but Froch has looked a lot better since, and remember style makes fights. He was able to handle Dirrells speed, whos way faster than Ward and has faced a ton of fighters that hit harder than Ward. Best defense will win this one. Froches competition has been way better also and has managed to only have 1 loss, thats desputable.

Gumby wrote:

Diego408 wrote:This will be a very good fight. It will be a very technical fight, both guys are better at boxing than slugging it out. I like both guys, Ward is that "good guy" type of fighter that you want your kids to look up to, while Froch has that real bad ass mentality of a real fighter. Froch can back up his talk for being a huge trash talker unlike Floyd who refuses to fight the best or Mayorga and Miranda that get their asses kicked every single time they step up. I expect a close one, Ward may have dominated Kessler, a guy Froch lost a razor thin decision to, but Froch has looked a lot better since, and remember style makes fights. He was able to handle Dirrells speed, whos way faster than Ward and has faced a ton of fighters that hit harder than Ward. Best defense will win this one. Froches competition has been way better also and has managed to only have 1 loss, thats desputable.

Ward's my guy but I also like Froch. Agree it should be a good fight. The only thing I disagree with is that Froch struggled a ton with Dirrell's speed, and Ward uses his speed better. It's like a Zab Judah-Floyd thing with him and Dirrell. Dirrell's the better physical athlete but Ward's the better mental athlete so he can use his abilities more efficiently. I think Froch will have a lot of trouble with that speed and is going to have to make him an ugly fight and get Ward to trade with him to win.