Andre Ward and Carl Froch, save the best for last
Photo by Tom Casino
“Final big fight of this year this Saturday, Froch vs. Ward, save the best for last,” announced Big Steve as he joined me at Porto’s Bakery on Brand Boulevard for lunch:” For my taste, I really like super middleweights, because they hit as hard as heavyweights and move as fast as lightweights, but somehow these guys don’t enjoy the same amount of popularity as welterweights. It’s a sweet science paradox for sure. But tell me, do you think this tournament took too long ?”
Two years in the making, the first of its kind super middleweight tournament called Super Six World Boxing Classic is about to climax this Saturday inAtlantic City. Two champions, American, Andre Ward and British, Carl Froch advanced to the finals and will decide who the best super middleweight in the world is when they face each other in a twelve rounds prize fight which will be televised live by Showtime.
FormerUSOlympic gold medalist fromOakland,California, Andre Ward was considered too green when the tournament began in 2009. Ward came of age as a fighter as the Super Six progressed registering a break out, dominating, opening performance against then favorite, Mikkel Kessler. Two years of tough fights and solid wins, Ward comes into the final as a four two one favorite against WBC super middleweight champion, Carl Froch.
“A lot of people keep talking to me about being the favorite. We’re not the favorite, “said Ward (24-0,13KO’S) during recent press conference inNew York:” I still have that chip on my shoulder, but that’s how we prepare. For some reason, there seems to be questions from Froch’s camp and the media about toughness, physicality, things like that. There’s a sense that I’m looking to squeak by in this fight. You don’t squeak by fights at this level. You take them and that’s what I plan to do.”
http://www.examiner.com/boxing-in-glendale-ca/andre-ward-and-carl-froch-save-the-best-for-last
