Carl Froch On Biting Andre Ward, Calzaghe Ghosting Him & Leaving The UK

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15 years later, Carl 'The Cobra' Froch sits down face-to-face with Andre Ward. The 2023 Hall of Famer, 4-time super middleweight world champion, and one of the most fearless personalities in boxing pulls up to THE ART OF WARD for a conversation almost nobody thought would ever happen. Froch walks Andre through the full story. From a skinny kid in Nottingham getting flattened on a rugby pitch, to walking back into a boxing gym at 19, to becoming a four-time world champion at super middleweight. He gets into the Pascal war, the Jermain Taylor stoppage with torn ankle ligaments and a scratched cornea three weeks out, the Lucian Bute destruction, the controversial first Groves fight he openly admits he was under-trained for, and the 80,000-strong Wembley KO that closed his career. And then he gives Andre what nobody expected: a flat-out admission that he bit Andre's shoulder during their 2011 Super Six final, his read on the body shots Andre took that night that left him unable to move for a week after, and his decision to pull his family out of England for good and move to Dubai. He also tells the real story on Joe Calzaghe ghosting their planned exhibition, and weighs in on whether he'd actually get back in a ring with Andre Ward today. This is one of the most loaded sit-downs in The Art of Ward's run. Don't miss it. Subscribe to All The Smoke Fight for more raw conversations with boxing's biggest names. Tap in. Follow Andre Ward - Follow Carl Froch - -- 0:00 Intro — Carl Froch comes on the show 1:35 How Andre and Froch reconnected through David Haye 5:40 Froch on leaving Sky Sports and going independent 5:59 Growing up in Nottingham 7:23 Family background and his relationship with his father 11:47 His unorthodox style and the four-year break from boxing at 15 13:47 Coming back to boxing at 19 and turning professional 28:00 The Jean Pascal fight — his first world title 35:00 The Jermain Taylor fight — torn ankle, scratched cornea, three weeks out 44:00 The Super Six World Boxing Classic — entering the tournament 51