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In a unification world title fight, Carl Froch (The Cobra) and Andre Ward (S.O.G.) put their super-middleweight belts on the line. Froch brings the WBC belt. Ward brings the WBA (Super) belt. The winner also wins the vacant Ring Magazine title. Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.
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This fight between Carl Froch and Andre Ward took place on at the Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
At 185 cm, Carl Froch is the taller of the two by 2 cms; Andre Ward is 183 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 191 cm, Froch also has a significant reach advantage of 11 cms over Ward's 180 cm. On top of that, Froch also has a 9 cm ape index advantage over Ward.
Froch is coming in to this fight with a record of 28-1 (20 KOs). His last fight was 6 months and 13 days ago against Glen Johnson, which he won via 12 round majority decision.
Ward comes in with an undefeated record of 24-0 (13 KOs). His last fight was 7 months and 3 days ago against Arthur Abraham, which he won via 12 round unanimous decision.
Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.
On the day of the fight, Froch will be 34 years and 5 months old. Ward will be 27 years and 9 months old.
After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 59-41 in favor of Andre Ward. Here is the prediction for Froch vs Ward.
Andre Ward defeated Carl Froch via 12 round UD to win the WBC and vacant The Ring super-middleweight titles and retain the WBA (Super) super-middleweight title. Froch's 2 fight win streak comes to an end, and Ward advances his win streak to 25. Ward is now 25-0, and Froch 28-2.