This week?s 97th edition of On the Ropes Boxing Radio featured an exclusive interview with former WBC super middleweight Carl ?The Cobra? Froch (26-1, 20 KOs), who suffered his first defeat against Mikkel Kessler (43-2, 32 KOs) last time out in Group Stage 2 of the Super Six super middleweight tournament. Froch is slated to face Arthur Abraham (31-1, 25 KOs) in Group Stage 3 on November 27 in Helsinki, Finland. Froch spoke about his upcoming fight, reflected on his career, and provided his views on various aspects of the current boxing landscape. Here is what he had to say:
On training and preparations for his November 27 fight against Arthur Abraham:
?Yeah, training has been going excellent. I?m very happy with the camp I?ve had. I?ve still got a few weeks left yet to fine tune all my sparring and get my heavy sparring done. I got another month for that and I?ll be in tip-top shape.?
His views on Arthur Abraham as a fighter:
?He?s alright. He?s a decent opponent, short and stocky, he likes to bang you out, and there?s not really much to say about him. He?s very crude. He?s not majorly skillful. You know what you get what Arthur Abraham. He?s going to come, he?s going to stand in front of me, and he?s going to try and take me to the later rounds and try and bang me out. He?s talking maybe about doing something different, but I don?t know if you can teach an old dog new tricks. What you see is what you get with him. He got easily outboxed by Dirrell. Obviously I?m not Dirrell, but I?m going to certainly be trying to box and move. Early on at least we?ll see how that goes, and then if necessary I might step in and throw some big shots. But we?ll see how the fight goes. It depends on what he brings to the table.?
On what he thinks of Abraham?s last effort against Andre Dirrell:
?What did I think about it? Nothing much, to be honest?he totally got whopped, and obviously he threw an illegal blow later on which got himself disqualified.?
On whether he believes Abraham?s low blow was the result of frustration or if it was accidental:
