Carl Froch
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Carl Froch is an English
professional boxer
and is a two-time and reigning WBC
super middleweight
champion. He previously held the British, Commonwealth
, & English titles at super middleweight.
, near Nottingham
. As an amateur he won two ABA
middleweight titles in 1999 and 2001 and a bronze medal at the 2001 World Amateur Boxing Championships
before turning pro and having his first pro fight in March 2002. As an amateur, Froch lost to American Peter Manfredo Jr. in an 4th round technical knock out.
During his amateur career, he lost a fight to Denis Inkin
, who he was scheduled to fight in a title eliminator in 2008, but Inkin pulled out on three occasions.
Froch, trained by Robert McCracken
and managed by Barry Hearn
, is the current WBC
super middleweight champion.
In 2004, he won the vacant British and Commonwealth Championships. He has defended both against Brian Magee
, Tony Dodson
, Matthew Barney
and Damon Hague
, and the Commonwealth belt alone against Ruben Groenewald and Dale Westerman.
Following a victory over the Armenian Sergey Tatevosyan
, on the 9 November 2007 at Trent FM Arena in Nottingham he stopped veteran ex-world champion Robin Reid, after which Reid retired.
He is a supporter of Nottingham Forest
and has a season ticket, making him a popular figure among Forest fans. He occasionally trains at Forest's training ground when a fight is upcoming. He has also appeared on the popular Sky Sports Saturday Morning Football show Soccer AM the week before a fight.
He has been a special guest at the City Ground on a number of occasions and received a warm welcome from the Forest faithful.
On 10 May 2008, at the Trent FM Arena in Nottingham Carl Froch stopped unbeaten Polish Albert Rybacki in the 4th round of a scheduled 12. Rybacki was drafted in as a last-minute replacement after initial opponent Denis Inkin
pulled out on two occasions and no Top 30 fighter was willing to take the fight at two weeks' notice.
for the vacant WBC super middleweight title and won after a hard-fought 12-round brawl. Both combatants showed enormous grit and determination, landing and taking huge shots from one another without even flinching. After the fight, it was revealed that Froch had sustained a perforated eardrum and a cracked rib in his final sparring session before the fight. Froch's promoter Mick Hennessy gave Froch the opportunity to withdraw from the fight, but Froch refused.
Since the fight, Froch and Pascal have become friends on a personal level and have made a promise to face each other again in the future.
Pascal would go on to become a light heavyweight champion before losing to Bernard Hopkins.
in his first defence of his WBC super middleweight title, at the Foxwoods Resort in Foxwoods, Connecticut. Froch survived a third-round knockdown – the first of his entire career, amateur and professional – and, behind on two of the three judges' cards coming into the final round, he managed to stop his opponent with a stunning 12th round knockout.
After the fight, brimming with confidence, Froch was quick to send out a verbal challenge to unbeaten Welsh
boxer Joe Calzaghe
and was also quoted as saying "Kessler, Pavlik, Hopkins, I want them all to feel the force."
super middleweight tournament devised by American giant Showtime. The tournament features 6 boxers including Andre Dirrell
, Mikkel Kessler
, Arthur Abraham
, Jermain Taylor
, Andre Ward
and Froch himself. Froch's first opponent in the Super Six was Andre Dirrell
.
. Two of the judges scored the bout 115-112 in favour of Froch, with the other scoring the bout 114-113 in favour of Dirrell. There is widespread discussion in the boxing community about the fairness of this result. Many commentators had Dirrell ahead on their scorecards at the end of the fight.
, who lost the WBA
super middleweight title to Andre Ward
.
Froch's WBC title was again on the line. In a closely fought contest in Kessler's home country of Denmark
where both men had great moments throughout the fight, Kessler took Froch's title and inflicted Froch's first professional defeat via unanimous decision, the judges scoring the contest by margins of 116-112, 115-113 and 117-111. Froch later stated that the fight was close and that he believes the decision would have gone his way if the event had been held in Nottingham
.
in the third stage in Helsinki Finland at the Hartwall Finland fearing that if he fought in Abraham's adoptive home country he may getted mugged. However, since an eye injury forced Mikkel Kessler
to relinquish his WBC title and resign from the tournament, Froch-Abraham was for the vacant WBC super middleweight title. Both Froch and Abraham came off of a loss in stage two of the Super Six. Abraham lost after a disqualification against former Froch victim Andre Dirrell
, when Abraham landed a sweeping hook to the chin of Dirrell while he was down on one knee forcing referee Lawerence Cole to disqualify him, during this fight Abraham was also knocked down for the first time in his career..
Froch put up, arguably, the best performance of his career to date for him to regain the WBC super middleweight title as he dominated from start to finish to claim a unanimous points victory over Arthur Abraham in Helsinki
. Many doubted Froch would last the distance against the more powerful Abraham and that made Abraham the bookies' favouite, Abraham would knock him out. Pundits also felt that Froch's awkward and unorthodox hands by his waist style would be no match for Abraham's power. Froch won the fight against Abraham in a dominant manner, with the scores given by the judges of 119-109, 120-108 and 120-108, reflecting the one-sided nature of the bout. boxing off his jab using the ring and digging into Abraham's body to deter him from venturing inside. The fight also showed that he cannot just brawl his way to victory but can box according to plan.
was Glen Johnson
, a veteran fighter with wins over Roy Jones Jr. and Antonio Tarver. Johnson had entered as a late replacement for Mikkel Kessler and knocked out Allan Green
to advance to the semifinals. The first few rounds of the fight were feel-out rounds. Johnson put pressure on Froch early, but the Englishman was able to keep him at bay with counter punches and combinations and better footwork. Froch's tendency to keep his left hand low worked against him as Johnson was able to land the right hand with regularity in the middle rounds. Froch, known for his durable chin, was never wobbled by Johnson's big punches, instead answering back with more combination punching backing Johnson up. In the latre rounds, the older Johnson appeared to be gassed, and Froch was able to win the championship rounds decisively through his youth and superior conditioning and better workrate as Johnson's declined . He retained his title with a majority decision victory, with the scores given by the judges of 116-112, 117-111, and 114-114. He is scheduled to fight Olympic Gold Medalist Andre Ward
in the super six final. After the fight Froch criticised the Japanese judge Nobuaki Uratani an interview on Sky's Ringside show remarking that he "must have fallen asleep after round 3.
|align="center" colspan=8|28 Wins (20 Knockouts, 7 Decisions), 1 Losses, 0 Draws
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Andre Ward
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|2011-12-17
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|Win
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Glen Johnson
|MD
|12
|2011-06-04
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|Win
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Arthur Abraham
|UD
|12
|2010-11-27
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|Loss
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Denmark Mikkel Kessler
|UD
|12
|2010-04-24
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|Win
| United States Andre Dirrell
|SD
|12
|2009-10-18
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|Win
| United States Jermain Taylor
||TKO
|12
|2009-04-25
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|Win
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Canada Jean Pascal
|UD
|12
|2008-12-06
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|Win
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Poland Albert Rybacki
|TKO
|4
|2008-05-10
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|Win
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England Robin Reid
|TKO
|5
|2007-11-09
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|Win
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Armenia Sergey Tatevosyan
|TKO
|2
|2007-03-23
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|Win
| England Tony Dodson
|KO
|3
|2006-11-24
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|Win
| Brian Magee
|KO
|11
|2006-05-26
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|Win
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Australia Dale Westerman
|TKO
|9
|2006-02-17
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|Win
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South Africa Ruben Groenewald
|TKO
|5
|2005-02-12
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|Win
| England Matthew Barney
|UD
|12
|2005-07-09
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|Win
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Costa Rica Henry Porras
|TKO
|8
|2005-04-21
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|Win
| England Damon Hague
|TKO
|1
|2004-09-24
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|Win
| Canada Mark Woolnaugh
|TKO
|9
|2004-06-02
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Ghana Charles Adamu
|UD
|12
|2004-03-12
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Belgium Dmitry Adamovich
|TKO
|2
|2004-01-30
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|Win
| England Alan Page
|TKO
|7
|2003-11-28
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|Win
| Armenia Vage Korcharyan
|UD
|8
|2003-10-04
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|Win
| England Michael Monaghan
|TKO
|3
|2003-04-16
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|Win
| Armenia Varuzhan Davtyan
|TKO
|5
|2003-03-05
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|Win
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France Valery Odin
|TKO
|6
|2003-01-28
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|Win
| England Mike Duffield
|TKO
|1
|2002-12-21
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|Win
| England Paul Bonson
|UD
|6
|2002-10-25
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|Win
| England Darren Covell
|TKO
|1
|2002-08-23
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|Win
| England Ojay Abrahams
|KO
|1
|2002-05-10
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|Win
| England Michael Pinnock
|TKO
|4
|2002-03-16
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in 1977. He is of Polish heritage. Early in his life Froch wanted to become a footballer and play for Nottingham Forest
, his local football team, and has stated that he would love to fight at the City Ground. Froch is an avid fan of Johnny Cash
and is also a keen historian
with regards to combat. He is married to UK glamour model Rachael Cordingley. In his column for the Nottingham Evening Post, he announced the birth of his first child Rocco who weighed 6 lbs 14.5oz. During a recent interview with Skysports he described himself as a consummate professional without prompting.
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England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
professional boxer
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
and is a two-time and reigning WBC
World Boxing Council
The World Boxing Council was initially established by 11 countries: the United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, France, Mexico, Philippines, Panama, Chile, Peru, Venezuela and Brazil plus Puerto Rico, met in Mexico City on February 14, 1963, upon invitation of the then President of Mexico, Adolfo...
super middleweight
Super middleweight
Super Middleweight is a boxing and Muay Thai weight division that has a weight limit of 168 pounds .- 1960s–1983 :There was interest in a division between Middleweight and Light Heavyweight in the late 1960s, the mid-1970s, and the early 1980s...
champion. He previously held the British, Commonwealth
Commonwealth of Nations
The Commonwealth of Nations, normally referred to as the Commonwealth and formerly known as the British Commonwealth, is an intergovernmental organisation of fifty-four independent member states...
, & English titles at super middleweight.
Amateur
Froch began boxing at his home in Colwick, Nottingham at 9 years old. He later joined the Phoenix ABC in GedlingGedling, Nottinghamshire
Gedling is a village in Nottinghamshire, England, that is now a suburb of Greater Nottingham. It is situated four miles north-east of Nottingham city centre in the NG4 postcode...
, near Nottingham
Nottingham
Nottingham is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire and represents one of eight members of the English Core Cities Group...
. As an amateur he won two ABA
Amateur Boxing Association of England
The Amateur Boxing Association of England is the governing body of amateur boxing clubs in England. There are separate organisations for Scotland and Wales with boxing in Northern Ireland being organised on an All-Ireland basis. The Association was founded in 1880...
middleweight titles in 1999 and 2001 and a bronze medal at the 2001 World Amateur Boxing Championships
2001 World Amateur Boxing Championships
The Men's 2001 World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Belfast, Northern Ireland, from June 3 to June 10. The competition was organised by the world governing body for amateur boxing International Boxing Association...
before turning pro and having his first pro fight in March 2002. As an amateur, Froch lost to American Peter Manfredo Jr. in an 4th round technical knock out.
During his amateur career, he lost a fight to Denis Inkin
Denis Inkin
Denis Inkin is a German based Russian professional boxer who fights in the Super-Middleweight division.-Amateur career:...
, who he was scheduled to fight in a title eliminator in 2008, but Inkin pulled out on three occasions.
Professional career
Froch has had 28 professional fights, with 20 knockout and 7 decision victories, suffering defeat only once.Froch, trained by Robert McCracken
Robert McCracken
Robert McCracken is a former British middleweight boxer and world title challenger from Birmingham, England. Robert worked as a wood machinist at Hoskins Cabinet Works, Bordesley, Birmingham before turning to boxing.He was affectionately known as "boxing Bob". McCracken turned pro in 1991 in the...
and managed by Barry Hearn
Barry Hearn
Barry Hearn is an English sporting events promoter, and the founder and chairman of promotions company Matchroom Sport. He is currently the chairman of Leyton Orient F.C., and the Professional Darts Corporation and was also until July 2010 chairman of the World Professional Billiards and Snooker...
, is the current WBC
World Boxing Council
The World Boxing Council was initially established by 11 countries: the United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, France, Mexico, Philippines, Panama, Chile, Peru, Venezuela and Brazil plus Puerto Rico, met in Mexico City on February 14, 1963, upon invitation of the then President of Mexico, Adolfo...
super middleweight champion.
In 2004, he won the vacant British and Commonwealth Championships. He has defended both against Brian Magee
Brian Magee
Brian Magee is reigning European super middleweight boxing champion, who as an amateur competed for Ireland in the middleweight division at the 1996 Summer Olympics...
, Tony Dodson
Tony Dodson
Tony Dodson is an English boxer who fights in the super middleweight division. He is a former holder of both the English and British super middleweight titles and has challenged for the Commonwealth title at the weight....
, Matthew Barney
Matthew Barney
Matthew Barney is an American artist who works in sculpture, photography, drawing and film. His early works were sculptural installations combined with performance and video...
and Damon Hague
Damon Hague
Damon Hague is a former two weight World Boxing Foundation champion.Hague was the first boxer ever to win a WBF World title from Derby. In late 2003, Hague was due to defend his WBF title against Robin Reid, but Reid decided to take on Sven Ottke in Germany.Hague was also undefeated British kick...
, and the Commonwealth belt alone against Ruben Groenewald and Dale Westerman.
Following a victory over the Armenian Sergey Tatevosyan
Sergey Tatevosyan
-Professional career:Sergey Tatevosyan is a professional boxer from Russian Federation.Sergey made his professional debut on January 29, 2000, when he beat countryman Alexander Komarov on technical knockout in the fourth round...
, on the 9 November 2007 at Trent FM Arena in Nottingham he stopped veteran ex-world champion Robin Reid, after which Reid retired.
He is a supporter of Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest F.C.
Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English Association Football club based in West Bridgford, Nottingham, that plays in the Football League Championship...
and has a season ticket, making him a popular figure among Forest fans. He occasionally trains at Forest's training ground when a fight is upcoming. He has also appeared on the popular Sky Sports Saturday Morning Football show Soccer AM the week before a fight.
He has been a special guest at the City Ground on a number of occasions and received a warm welcome from the Forest faithful.
On 10 May 2008, at the Trent FM Arena in Nottingham Carl Froch stopped unbeaten Polish Albert Rybacki in the 4th round of a scheduled 12. Rybacki was drafted in as a last-minute replacement after initial opponent Denis Inkin
Denis Inkin
Denis Inkin is a German based Russian professional boxer who fights in the Super-Middleweight division.-Amateur career:...
pulled out on two occasions and no Top 30 fighter was willing to take the fight at two weeks' notice.
Jean Pascal
On 6 December 2008, Froch fought Canadian Jean PascalJean Pascal
Jean-Thenistor Pascal is a Canadian professional boxer. He is the former WBC, IBO and Ring magazine light heavyweight champion of the world.-Early life:...
for the vacant WBC super middleweight title and won after a hard-fought 12-round brawl. Both combatants showed enormous grit and determination, landing and taking huge shots from one another without even flinching. After the fight, it was revealed that Froch had sustained a perforated eardrum and a cracked rib in his final sparring session before the fight. Froch's promoter Mick Hennessy gave Froch the opportunity to withdraw from the fight, but Froch refused.
Since the fight, Froch and Pascal have become friends on a personal level and have made a promise to face each other again in the future.
Pascal would go on to become a light heavyweight champion before losing to Bernard Hopkins.
Jermain Taylor
On 25 April 2009, Froch fought Jermain TaylorJermain Taylor
Jermain Taylor is an American professional boxer and former undisputed middleweight champion. He made his professional boxing debut in 2001 and won his first 25 bouts, which included victories over former champions Raúl Márquez and William Joppy...
in his first defence of his WBC super middleweight title, at the Foxwoods Resort in Foxwoods, Connecticut. Froch survived a third-round knockdown – the first of his entire career, amateur and professional – and, behind on two of the three judges' cards coming into the final round, he managed to stop his opponent with a stunning 12th round knockout.
After the fight, brimming with confidence, Froch was quick to send out a verbal challenge to unbeaten Welsh
Welsh people
The Welsh people are an ethnic group and nation associated with Wales and the Welsh language.John Davies argues that the origin of the "Welsh nation" can be traced to the late 4th and early 5th centuries, following the Roman departure from Britain, although Brythonic Celtic languages seem to have...
boxer Joe Calzaghe
Joe Calzaghe
Joseph William Calzaghe, CBE, MBE is a Welsh former professional boxer. He is the former WBO, WBA, WBC, IBF, The Ring & British super middleweight champion and The Ring light heavyweight champion....
and was also quoted as saying "Kessler, Pavlik, Hopkins, I want them all to feel the force."
Super Six World Boxing Classic
On 13 July, Froch agreed to take part in the Super Six World Boxing ClassicSuper Six World Boxing Classic
The Super Six World Boxing Classic is a boxing super middleweight tournament organized by Showtime in co-operation with Sauerland Event. The winner of the tournament will hold the Ring, WBA, and WBC super middleweight titles....
super middleweight tournament devised by American giant Showtime. The tournament features 6 boxers including Andre Dirrell
Andre Dirrell
Andre Dirrell is an American boxer, who won the middleweight bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics.-Amateur career:...
, Mikkel Kessler
Mikkel Kessler
Mikkel Kessler is a Danish professional boxer and former two time WBA & WBC Super Middleweight champion. In his professional career he has a record of 44–2 with 33 knockouts...
, Arthur Abraham
Arthur Abraham
Arthur Abraham is an Armenian-German professional boxer HyeFighter residing in Berlin, Germany. He was IBF world middleweight champion from 2005 to 2009, making ten successful defences of his title...
, Jermain Taylor
Jermain Taylor
Jermain Taylor is an American professional boxer and former undisputed middleweight champion. He made his professional boxing debut in 2001 and won his first 25 bouts, which included victories over former champions Raúl Márquez and William Joppy...
, Andre Ward
Andre Ward
Andre Ward is an American professional boxer and the current WBA super middleweight champion.Currently, Ward is rated among the best pound-for-pound boxers in the world. He is rated #6, #7 and #10 by Yahoo! Sports, Sports Illustrated, and The Ring...
and Froch himself. Froch's first opponent in the Super Six was Andre Dirrell
Andre Dirrell
Andre Dirrell is an American boxer, who won the middleweight bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics.-Amateur career:...
.
Andre Dirrell
The bout took place in Nottingham on 18 October and Froch's WBC title was on the line. Froch won the fight and retained his title with a split decision victory over the previously undefeated Andre DirrellAndre Dirrell
Andre Dirrell is an American boxer, who won the middleweight bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics.-Amateur career:...
. Two of the judges scored the bout 115-112 in favour of Froch, with the other scoring the bout 114-113 in favour of Dirrell. There is widespread discussion in the boxing community about the fairness of this result. Many commentators had Dirrell ahead on their scorecards at the end of the fight.
Mikkel Kessler
Froch's next fight was against Mikkel KesslerMikkel Kessler
Mikkel Kessler is a Danish professional boxer and former two time WBA & WBC Super Middleweight champion. In his professional career he has a record of 44–2 with 33 knockouts...
, who lost the WBA
World Boxing Association
The World Boxing Association is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title at the professional level. It was previously known as the National Boxing Association before changing its name in 1962...
super middleweight title to Andre Ward
Andre Ward
Andre Ward is an American professional boxer and the current WBA super middleweight champion.Currently, Ward is rated among the best pound-for-pound boxers in the world. He is rated #6, #7 and #10 by Yahoo! Sports, Sports Illustrated, and The Ring...
.
Froch's WBC title was again on the line. In a closely fought contest in Kessler's home country of Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
where both men had great moments throughout the fight, Kessler took Froch's title and inflicted Froch's first professional defeat via unanimous decision, the judges scoring the contest by margins of 116-112, 115-113 and 117-111. Froch later stated that the fight was close and that he believes the decision would have gone his way if the event had been held in Nottingham
Nottingham
Nottingham is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire and represents one of eight members of the English Core Cities Group...
.
Arthur Abraham
Froch faced former IBF middleweight champion Arthur AbrahamArthur Abraham
Arthur Abraham is an Armenian-German professional boxer HyeFighter residing in Berlin, Germany. He was IBF world middleweight champion from 2005 to 2009, making ten successful defences of his title...
in the third stage in Helsinki Finland at the Hartwall Finland fearing that if he fought in Abraham's adoptive home country he may getted mugged. However, since an eye injury forced Mikkel Kessler
Mikkel Kessler
Mikkel Kessler is a Danish professional boxer and former two time WBA & WBC Super Middleweight champion. In his professional career he has a record of 44–2 with 33 knockouts...
to relinquish his WBC title and resign from the tournament, Froch-Abraham was for the vacant WBC super middleweight title. Both Froch and Abraham came off of a loss in stage two of the Super Six. Abraham lost after a disqualification against former Froch victim Andre Dirrell
Andre Dirrell
Andre Dirrell is an American boxer, who won the middleweight bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics.-Amateur career:...
, when Abraham landed a sweeping hook to the chin of Dirrell while he was down on one knee forcing referee Lawerence Cole to disqualify him, during this fight Abraham was also knocked down for the first time in his career..
Froch put up, arguably, the best performance of his career to date for him to regain the WBC super middleweight title as he dominated from start to finish to claim a unanimous points victory over Arthur Abraham in Helsinki
Helsinki
Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...
. Many doubted Froch would last the distance against the more powerful Abraham and that made Abraham the bookies' favouite, Abraham would knock him out. Pundits also felt that Froch's awkward and unorthodox hands by his waist style would be no match for Abraham's power. Froch won the fight against Abraham in a dominant manner, with the scores given by the judges of 119-109, 120-108 and 120-108, reflecting the one-sided nature of the bout. boxing off his jab using the ring and digging into Abraham's body to deter him from venturing inside. The fight also showed that he cannot just brawl his way to victory but can box according to plan.
Glen Johnson
Off the heels of his shutout victory over Abraham, Froch entered the semifinal stage of the tournament. His semifinal opponent on June 4, 2011 in Atlantic City, New JerseyAtlantic City, New Jersey
Atlantic City is a city in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States, and a nationally renowned resort city for gambling, shopping and fine dining. The city also served as the inspiration for the American version of the board game Monopoly. Atlantic City is located on Absecon Island on the coast...
was Glen Johnson
Glen Johnson (boxer)
Glengoffe Donovan Johnson is a professional boxer. Nicknamed Gentleman and The Road Warrior, Johnson is the former IBF and Ring magazine light heavyweight champion.-Amateur career:...
, a veteran fighter with wins over Roy Jones Jr. and Antonio Tarver. Johnson had entered as a late replacement for Mikkel Kessler and knocked out Allan Green
Allan Green
Allan Lamar Green is a professional boxer of the super middleweight division. A notable contender, Green has a current record of 30 wins with 21 knockouts, and three losses.-Amateur career:...
to advance to the semifinals. The first few rounds of the fight were feel-out rounds. Johnson put pressure on Froch early, but the Englishman was able to keep him at bay with counter punches and combinations and better footwork. Froch's tendency to keep his left hand low worked against him as Johnson was able to land the right hand with regularity in the middle rounds. Froch, known for his durable chin, was never wobbled by Johnson's big punches, instead answering back with more combination punching backing Johnson up. In the latre rounds, the older Johnson appeared to be gassed, and Froch was able to win the championship rounds decisively through his youth and superior conditioning and better workrate as Johnson's declined . He retained his title with a majority decision victory, with the scores given by the judges of 116-112, 117-111, and 114-114. He is scheduled to fight Olympic Gold Medalist Andre Ward
Andre Ward
Andre Ward is an American professional boxer and the current WBA super middleweight champion.Currently, Ward is rated among the best pound-for-pound boxers in the world. He is rated #6, #7 and #10 by Yahoo! Sports, Sports Illustrated, and The Ring...
in the super six final. After the fight Froch criticised the Japanese judge Nobuaki Uratani an interview on Sky's Ringside show remarking that he "must have fallen asleep after round 3.
Reigns of championships
| Sanctioning Body and Weight Class | Reign Began | Reign Ended | Time Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| English super middleweight British Boxing Board of Control The British Boxing Board of Control is the governing body of professional boxing in the United Kingdom. It was formed in 1929 from the old National Sporting Club and is headquartered in Cardiff.- Councils :... |
28 November 2003 | 12 March 2004 (Relinquished title) | 4 months |
| Commonwealth super middleweight | 12 March 2004 | 24 November 2006 (Relinquished title) | 20 months |
| British super middleweight British Boxing Board of Control The British Boxing Board of Control is the governing body of professional boxing in the United Kingdom. It was formed in 1929 from the old National Sporting Club and is headquartered in Cardiff.- Councils :... |
24 September 2004 | 6 December 2008 (Relinquished title) | 51 months |
| WBC super middleweight World Boxing Council The World Boxing Council was initially established by 11 countries: the United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, France, Mexico, Philippines, Panama, Chile, Peru, Venezuela and Brazil plus Puerto Rico, met in Mexico City on February 14, 1963, upon invitation of the then President of Mexico, Adolfo... |
6 December 2008 | 24 April 2010 | 16 months |
| 27 November 2010 | Current |
Professional boxing record
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Andre WardAndre Ward
Andre Ward is an American professional boxer and the current WBA super middleweight champion.Currently, Ward is rated among the best pound-for-pound boxers in the world. He is rated #6, #7 and #10 by Yahoo! Sports, Sports Illustrated, and The Ring...
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|2011-12-17
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Glen JohnsonGlen Johnson (boxer)
Glengoffe Donovan Johnson is a professional boxer. Nicknamed Gentleman and The Road Warrior, Johnson is the former IBF and Ring magazine light heavyweight champion.-Amateur career:...
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Carl Froch vs. Glen Johnson
Carl Froch vs. Glen Johnson was a Super Middleweight championship fight for the WBC Middleweight championship. The winner of the bout is going to the Finals of the Super Six World Boxing Classic and face WBA Champion Andre Ward, after his decision win over Arthur Abraham in May 2011...
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|2011-06-04
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Arthur AbrahamArthur Abraham
Arthur Abraham is an Armenian-German professional boxer HyeFighter residing in Berlin, Germany. He was IBF world middleweight champion from 2005 to 2009, making ten successful defences of his title...
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|2010-11-27
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Denmark Mikkel KesslerMikkel Kessler
Mikkel Kessler is a Danish professional boxer and former two time WBA & WBC Super Middleweight champion. In his professional career he has a record of 44–2 with 33 knockouts...
|UD
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|2010-04-24
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United States Andre DirrellAndre Dirrell
Andre Dirrell is an American boxer, who won the middleweight bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics.-Amateur career:...
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|2009-10-18
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United States Jermain TaylorJermain Taylor
Jermain Taylor is an American professional boxer and former undisputed middleweight champion. He made his professional boxing debut in 2001 and won his first 25 bouts, which included victories over former champions Raúl Márquez and William Joppy...
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Carl Froch vs. Jermain Taylor
Carl Froch vs. Jermain Taylor was a boxing super-middleweight fight between the newly-crowned champion Carl Froch and former Undisputed middleweight champion Jermain Taylor...
|12
|2009-04-25
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Canada Jean PascalJean Pascal
Jean-Thenistor Pascal is a Canadian professional boxer. He is the former WBC, IBO and Ring magazine light heavyweight champion of the world.-Early life:...
|UD
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|2008-12-06
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Poland Albert Rybacki|TKO
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|2008-05-10
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England Robin Reid|TKO
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|2007-11-09
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Armenia Sergey TatevosyanSergey Tatevosyan
-Professional career:Sergey Tatevosyan is a professional boxer from Russian Federation.Sergey made his professional debut on January 29, 2000, when he beat countryman Alexander Komarov on technical knockout in the fourth round...
|TKO
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|2007-03-23
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England Tony DodsonTony Dodson
Tony Dodson is an English boxer who fights in the super middleweight division. He is a former holder of both the English and British super middleweight titles and has challenged for the Commonwealth title at the weight....
|KO
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|2006-11-24
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| Brian Magee
Brian Magee
Brian Magee is reigning European super middleweight boxing champion, who as an amateur competed for Ireland in the middleweight division at the 1996 Summer Olympics...
|KO
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|2006-05-26
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Australia Dale Westerman|TKO
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|2006-02-17
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South Africa Ruben Groenewald|TKO
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|2005-02-12
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England Matthew BarneyMatthew Barney
Matthew Barney is an American artist who works in sculpture, photography, drawing and film. His early works were sculptural installations combined with performance and video...
|UD
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|2005-07-09
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Costa Rica Henry Porras|TKO
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|2005-04-21
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England Damon HagueDamon Hague
Damon Hague is a former two weight World Boxing Foundation champion.Hague was the first boxer ever to win a WBF World title from Derby. In late 2003, Hague was due to defend his WBF title against Robin Reid, but Reid decided to take on Sven Ottke in Germany.Hague was also undefeated British kick...
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|2004-09-24
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Canada Mark Woolnaugh|TKO
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|2004-06-02
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Ghana Charles AdamuCharles Adamu
Charles Adamu is a Ghanain professional boxer fighting in the super middleweight division. As an amateur he represented Ghana in the 1998 Kuala Lumpur Commonwealth Games winning a bronze medal and in the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games reaching the second round...
|UD
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|2004-03-12
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Belgium Dmitry Adamovich|TKO
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|2004-01-30
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England Alan Page|TKO
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|2003-11-28
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Armenia Vage Korcharyan|UD
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|2003-10-04
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England Michael Monaghan|TKO
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|2003-04-16
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Armenia Varuzhan Davtyan|TKO
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|2003-03-05
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France Valery Odin|TKO
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|2003-01-28
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England Mike Duffield|TKO
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|2002-12-21
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England Paul Bonson|UD
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|2002-10-25
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England Darren Covell|TKO
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|2002-08-23
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England Ojay Abrahams|KO
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|2002-05-10
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England Michael Pinnock|TKO
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|2002-03-16
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Personal life
Froch was born in NottinghamNottingham
Nottingham is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire and represents one of eight members of the English Core Cities Group...
in 1977. He is of Polish heritage. Early in his life Froch wanted to become a footballer and play for Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest F.C.
Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English Association Football club based in West Bridgford, Nottingham, that plays in the Football League Championship...
, his local football team, and has stated that he would love to fight at the City Ground. Froch is an avid fan of Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash
John R. "Johnny" Cash was an American singer-songwriter, actor, and author, who has been called one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century...
and is also a keen historian
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
with regards to combat. He is married to UK glamour model Rachael Cordingley. In his column for the Nottingham Evening Post, he announced the birth of his first child Rocco who weighed 6 lbs 14.5oz. During a recent interview with Skysports he described himself as a consummate professional without prompting.
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