Carl Froch Reclaims his Title
Carl Froch has re-emerged as the WBC super-middleweight champion for an unprecedented points win against Arthur Abraham in the Super Six series held in Helsinki. Froch, the Nottingham man who had lost his title to Mikkel Kessler
back in April, dominated the rival from the off, putting in fierce force for consistently hitting left jabs throughout.
The beating was brute. However, Abraham managed to come back in the game during the last few rounds. The judges were very clear about who was the victor, and the scores of 119-109, 120-108 and 120-108 (Froch against Abraham) clearly
depicted their decision in favour of the former.
The content and successful Englishman was overjoyed at his success. This was perhaps the moment when he felt at a loss for words to express his feelings. Talking to the reporters, these were the words he could come up with: “It’s
not sunk in. I think when I look at it later it will sink in. I am so, so proud of myself. I have done this for my son Rocco - he is five months old and he is going to look back on this fight with me. It’s unbelievable: I have got this title back and I have
got my son at home waiting for me and I’m elated.”
Though both Froch and Abraham had already made it to the semi-finals of the Super Six event, Saturday’s battle in Finland has set up a last-four re-match between the pair. The results of the match have not only emphatically confirmed
Froch’s edge over Abraham, they have also laid the facts that unless the later drastically changes his tactics, he is going to miss the grounds for any chances in the future.
Froch, the ultimate winner who stepped in the ring with a four-inch advantage in height, maintained his distance while fierce jabs consistently landed upon the face of plodding Abraham right in the first round. Froch’s movement
in the ring was impressive which made Abraham rather helpless; however, the later managed to connect a killing right-hand to the opponent at the end of the second round.
The Nottingham man was throwing punches upon the opponent with a matchless speed, putting the opponent under fire from a vast array of both body and head blows, rendering him miserably helpless and unable to anticipate where the
next shot was coming from.
Unable to face the consistent beating, Abraham slipped and touched the canvas in sixth round. However, as Froch moved in for the kill, the referee timely intervened to save the target. The hammering continued in the next round
as well.
An admiring left-right combination with the jab helped Abraham to re-emerge into the game, however, the 11th round pushed him rather deep into troubled waters, but somehow he managed to absorb the onslaught and did not
give in.
This was the time where score-board clearly started depicting the name of the victor, leaving the only option for Abraham to knockout the opponent. Acting to the demands of the situation the Germany based boxer unleashed a couple
of thunderous rights which clearly shook the 33-years old formidable opponent.
These later moves from Abraham were good, but definitely not good enough as Froch easily survived the banging punches thrown to him in the ending rounds and prevailed as the winner of the battle. The way Froch had executed his
game plan undoubtedly paved the way to his emphatic success. However, the desire to give an even heavy beating to the rival still lingered into his mind.
Talking to the media personnel, he was of the view: “I wanted to move in behind the jab, have a go and put some combos together and get the fight going. The old me would have done that. I may have got him out of there but I may
have got chinned myself so why take the gamble?”
Concluding his remarks the delighted winner stated that it was not fighting, it was the real boxing and a quick use of brain. “I don’t even feel like I have been in a fight and I have picked up the WBC world champion (belt) which
is rightfully mine and wrongfully taken off me in the last fight” said Froch.
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