Carl Froch on Arthur Abraham: 'I Could Have Done 25 Rounds'

Filed under: WBA, WBC, Boxing Rumors, Showtime, FanHouse Exclusive

England's Carl Froch may have turned in a career-defining performance on Saturday night during a Showtime televised fight from the Hartwall Arena in Helsinki, Finland. There, Froch easily out-boxed Germany's former middleweight (160 pounds) titlist Arthur Abraham in a super middleweight (168 pounds) bout to regain the WBC belt he had lost in April to Denmark's WBA champion Mikkel Kessler.

So dominant was Froch that over the three cards of the ringside judges, the Englishman lost only one of 36 rounds, this, to improve to 27-1, with 20 knockouts as Abraham slipped to 31-2, with 25 stoppages.

In victory, Froch gained the No. 2 seed behind WBA belt-holder Andre Ward (23-0, 13 KOs) and a berth into the semifinals of Showtime's Super Six Super Middleweight World Boxing Classic, as well as the right to face third seeded former world champion Glen Johnson (51-14-1, 35 KOs) in 2011 as Ward meets the fourth seeded Abraham.

Froch is the only man to have beaten current WBC light heavyweight king Jean Pascal (26-1, 16 KOs), a winner of five straight who will put his crown on the line in a Dec. 18 defense against the legendary Bernard Hopkins (51-5-1, 32 KOs). In this Q&A with FanHouse, taken at 5 a.m. from Helsinki only a few hours after his clash with Abraham, Froch discussed his performance and the prospects of facing Johnson.

 

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Source: http://boxing.fanhouse.com/2010/11/28/carl-froch-on-arthur-abraham-i-could-have-done-25-rounds/

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