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Ward Wins Super Six Final By
Completely
Outclassing Froch Through 12;
Froch Shows True Class In
Defeat, More Should Take Note
Andre Ward (now 25-0, 13 KO's) not only won the Super Six
Tournament Final, but unified the WBA/WBC Super Middleweight
Titles with a one-sided, dominant performance over Carl
Froch. Each round played out pretty much the same, with Ward
using his ring intelligence to hit and not get hit,
smothering Froch's punches when he could. Froch did help
Ward by fighting Wards and not his own which made Froch look
uneasy throughout the entire bout. Leading up to the fight
Froch was as confident as can be, but when the bell sounded
it was a completely different story. Froch was tense and
slow and could not get a rhythm going whatsoever, missing
most of his shots from far. Ward used that to his advantage,
which he would later state, and simply picked Froch apart.
Final scores were a bit strange, two judges having it much
closer at 115-113 and one seeing it right at 118-110 all for
Ward. Froch falls to 28-2 with 20 KO's.
What was possibly more impressive than the entire fight
itself was the post fight interviews. Ward spoke
intelligently and didn't brag or gloat, just stating how
exactly his strategy worked for him, but Froch's comments
really showed how a fighter should take his losses. All the
while we were waiting for the excuses to pour out, Froch's
only excuses were those that Ward posed inside the ring,
noting how "slick and slippery" Ward was, giving him all the
credit for the victory. "I lost fair and square", said
Froch. If only more fighters had that same mentality.
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