By Sean McDaniel: World Boxing Council super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-0, 20 KO’s) has confirmed that he will be fighting his next Super Six fight Herning, Denmark, according to Livefight.com. Froch, 32, will be facing former WBA super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler (42-2, 32 KO’s) in a stage 2 bout of the Super Six tourney. Froch had been battling with Kessler’s promotional company recently over the venue for his April 17th fight against Kessler. Froch wanted the bout to take place in Copenhagen, Denmark rather than Herning, because it would be easier for his British fans to get to Copenhagen.

However, Froch says “Sauerland sent through all the details on the Herning venue which holds a minimum of 10,000 compared to the smaller places in Copenhagen which hold about half that, it started to become apparent that the city has no proper venue geared up for a fight of this calibre – whereas this unknown place [Herning] looked more and more ideal – so the case for it being there (Copenhagen) was a bit shaky.”

Indeed, 5000 seats would be far too few for a popular fight like Froch-Kessler. Even 10,000 might be too small a number. This fight would be huge in the UK. It’s unfortunate that the fight isn’t taking place there, because it would likely sell big numbers.

Froch says “A ring is a ring to me, no matter where myself and Mikkel fight, the outcome will be the same.” said Froch confidently. But my stance on the venue location was nothing to do with ego, or to create problems for Sauerland – as he is a decent guy – it was to assist my fans to get over to Denmark to support me. I’ve boxed in Copenhagen and loved the place and appreciated that with Copenhagen being Kessler’s home town, it would be a no brainer to forecast the fight being there” said the unbeaten champion in 26 fights.”

It’s good that Froch has apparently had a change of mind about the venue issue, because he doesn’t need this weighing him down while he’s trying to get ready for a tough fight against Kessler. Froch is coming off a 12 round split decision over Andre Dirrell in the stage 1 portion of the Super Six tournament on October 17th. Froch struggled badly with Dirrell’s blazing hand speed and crafty defense for most of the fight, which was held in Nottingham, England.

Froch eventually won the fight, but he failed to really establish in the minds of many boxing fans that he was the better fighter of the two. Froch’s work doesn’t get any easier against Kessler, who up until his recent 11 round technical decision loss to Andre Ward on November 21st, was picked to win the Super Six tournament by many people.

Kessler was dominated by Ward for most of the fight, but he still remains an excellent fighter. Froch will have to come up with other ideas to beat Kessler. He won’t likely be able to beat Kessler by roughing him up like he did against Dirrell. If Froch fights like that in Kessler’s home country of Denmark, Froch could end up losing a lot of points for penalizations for fouling or he could wind up disqualified.