Carl Froch Offered £5 Million to Fight Mikkel Kessler If He Beats Andre Ward
by Waldo Rastel on Nov 15, 2011 1:07 AM EST
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After getting dismantled by Andre Ward in November 2009, Mikkel Kessler came back in April 2010 and fought to a close decision victory over Carl Froch. The fight was quite competitive and, more importantly, it was extremely entertaining. Back and forth action with Kessler walking away with a unanimous decision that was disputed by Carl Froch.
However, it is Kessler's camp that is asking for a rematch if Froch can get past Ward. Now this is a huge if, but Kessler's promoter Kalle Sauerland is prepared to put his money where his mouth is according to Nick Parkinson of the Daily Star.
"I will be supporting Carl as the European boxer and having momentarily buried my hatchet with him. I believe that Kessler-Froch part one was a classic and that a second or even a third part would be justified. It would generate a massive amount of money and interest and would be a great advertisement for boxing. We would love that fight at the Parken Stadium in Copenhagen and we will make the biggest offer ever to a super-middleweight boxer to make that fight."According to the aforementioned article, the offer to Carl Froch would be at least £5 million. It would be very hard for Froch to ignore this option even with a fight with Bute looming. Personally, I wouldn't have a problem with Froch trying to take care of some unfinished business before moving on to Bute. Froch felt like he was robbed because the fight was in Denmark and wouldn't mind having a rematch back in England. Looking past the finals, Froch said the following about potential fights.
"After this I want Bute because it’s the other world title. To fight Kessler means something too, especially as I don’t believe he beat me. To put that right would be appealing but I would want the fight in England. It would be nice to get a fight back at Nottingham too. My promoter Eddie Hearn is hoping that something could happen there in April."
As a huge Ward fan, I love to see stories like this one. Froch could be seen as looking past Ward, which makes for great bulletin board material. Froch is going to be in for an extremely tough and mentally draining fight against Ward, he should be focusing on that one. Commenting on this offer just shows me that Froch might be dreaming a bit and isn't completely focused on the next fight.
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Has the fight with Steiglitz had a date rearranged yet, or has that been canned?
Wikipedia has it for the 5th November but I’m not sure how believable that is.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Stieglitz_vs._Mikkel_Kessler
You’ll notice it also says 2011, which was 10 days ago. It just hasn’t been updated since the fight was canceled.
Last I heard they were trying to get Kessler vs Stieglitz done for March/April, but there’s more money and two belts in Froch if Carl beats Ward. But they’re dreaming if they think he’ll go to Copenhagen.
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by Scott Christ on Nov 15, 2011 1:27 AM EST up reply actions
Even as I typed the 5th November, it completely slipped my mind that it was already the 15th. :\
Anyway, It’ll be interesting to see how this division pans out over the next year or so, and I certaintly wouldn’t be averse to seeing Froch and Kessler fight again.
I was thinking about it and it might be a bit of a gambit by Mick Hennessey. He may be thinking that Froch is going to lose the next fight, so he offers a large amount of money if Froch wins the fight. Therefore Mick can lowball Froch if he loses, with the whole “Well we were interested if you won, but we’ll still give you a significantly lower amount.” Of course, this could also be a way of keeping Kessler’s name in the news. Who knows.
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by Waldo Rastel on Nov 15, 2011 2:37 AM EST up reply actions
Oops meant Kalle. This is what i get for commenting while writing a piece on Fury….
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by Waldo Rastel on Nov 15, 2011 5:52 PM EST up reply actions
Froch-Taylor was the shit.
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by Derek Suboticki on Nov 15, 2011 2:55 AM EST reply actions
First of all I do not believe the 5 million pounds, I think Sauerland is just throwing these astronomical numbers out there to get people talking about the fight and about Kessler.
Also, I feel insulted by this “I will be supporting Carl as the European boxer” explanation. Sauerland is rooting for Froch because if Froch wins, he can sell the notion that Kessler beat the man who won the Super Six and thus would have obviously won the Super Six had he been able to stay in it. If Froch wins, than the title of “best super middleweight in the world” is still there for Kessler to claim. If Ward wins, there’s no way Kessler could say he is better, he got SCHOOLED by Ward.
Mind you, I am saying this as a european who really likes Kessler and Froch and hates Ward’s guts. But facts are facts and BS is BS.
I wouldn't mind seeing Froch-Kessler again...
if I remember correctly (big if), I had Froch winning an oh-so-close decision. That said, I don’t think he will beat Andre Ward.
First watch I had it 115-113 Kessler
Second I had it a draw. Third I had it 115-113 Froch. Razor thin fight either way.
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This offer is meaningless
Froch has as much chance to beat ward as I do. Everyone knows this. It doesn’t matter whether or not Froch is looking past Ward, he’s going to lose. We are all going to move on. They should offer 100 billion dollars, cause at least that would be an austin powers reference.
by journeyintosound on Nov 15, 2011 9:55 AM EST reply actions
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