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Ward in danger of 'disgracing' himself - Froch

ESPN staff
October 14, 2011
Carl Froch's fight with Mikkel Kessler in 2010 was considered one of the year's best © Getty Images
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WBC super-middleweight king Carl Froch has accused December 17 opponent Andre Ward, the WBA champion, of being dull to watch.

Although Ward has sailed through his four Super Six bouts to date, none will go down as knife-edge classics, with three going the full 12 rounds and the other being stopped in the 11th.

And Froch, who is renowned for producing crowd-pleasing battles, has told Ward that his usual cautious tactics will get him nowhere in Atlantic City.

"I've watched him fight on a couple of occasions," Froch told Sky Sports. "He's not an exciting fighter to watch - he sort of fiddles his way through, he's not a big puncher, he holds at any opportunity, uses his head. He's a bit of a messer. It's my job to make sure I put him on his back foot, and hit him hard and early.

"I must let him know how serious I am, and how powerful I am. That might make him run and hold even more - and if it does, it'll be to his detriment. He won't score any points doing that against me. His friend Andre Dirrell tried that and he lost on points, pretty much disgracing himself. He's going to have to engage, going to have to fight me at some stage because I'm going to be in front of him for 12 rounds, if necessary."

The Ward-Froch fight was postponed until December after Ward picked up a cut above his eye during sparring.

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