This episode of Fight Camp 360 focuses on the Andre Ward vs. Mikkel Kessler fight that is set to happen on Saturday, November 21 in Oakland, California.

The show opens with Gary Shaw upset because Carl Froch’s group is late for a press conference with his fighter, Andre Dirrell. Shaw tells Dirrell that on Thursday, he wins the press conference, Friday he wins the weigh-in, and Saturday he wins the fight. I’m not sure if he won the first two, but unfortunately for Dirrell, he lost the third one. I’m not sure he won the press conference either. He was acting like a fool. Though, he did put on a really good performance that could’ve gone either way.

They show how they put together Arthur Abraham’s entrance from his fight with Jermaine Taylor. I think I saw similar theatrics with Michael Jackson’s concert that never happened.

Mikkel Kessler’s shown with his family. His sister said that she never thought he’d stick with boxing because he was such a wussy. Kessler says that the hard training originally attracted him to boxing.

The next scene was with Carl Froch’s girlfriend. This, I approve.

Arthur Abraham didn’t want to talk about which shot he was going to beat Taylor with, while Taylor says his goal was to win the tournament and be back on top.

Carl Froch said that he thought Dirrell came to England too late and that he’d have jet lag and he says he’s simply too good for him. Antonio Tarver who was on the broadcast made a joke that Carl reminds him of himself by his boastfulness. Dirrell mentioned that Muhammad Ali and his grandfather were his two boxing heroes.

Andre Ward says all he does is think about Kessler. Ward says you have to use your brains and his ultimate goal is to become a master of the sport, where he can control his opponent effortlessly.

Froch weighed in under the contracted weight before the weigh in and had himself a banana and said, “How many people can eat before a weigh in?” Dirrell weighed in 0.4 pounds heavy and had to lose it in two hours. Dirrell finally made the weight, contrasted to Froch eating with his family.

Jermaine Taylor’s mother understands the fight business while Arthur Abraham’s mother says that if she sees him fight, it breaks her heart.

Kessler says in better shape and is the better fighter.

On the next episode, we’ll see the recaps of stage one.

This was a fantastic episode of Fight Camp 360, but I still have some qualms. We already saw the first two fights. They needed to put that footage out before the first two fights. It was still good, but not as impactful as it would’ve been if it was shown before the fight.

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