By Scott Gilfoid: Without his WBC super middleweight title, Carl Froch is of no interest to the incredibly gifted top contender Andre Dirrell (19-1, 13 KO’s), who says he’s only interested in going after champions and not contenders.

While Froch currently is the WBC champion by virtue of his win over Arthur Abraham last year in November, the chances of Froch remaining the champion are pretty slim. At best, Froch may be able to hold onto the WBC crown through his next fight against 42-year-old Glen Johnson in May.

But if Froch wins that fight, he will surely lose it in his next bout against WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward in the finals of the Super Six tournament. Personally, I don’t see Froch even getting by Johnson.

I see Froch’s wide open defense being a detriment for him in the Johnson fight, costing him the fight. But if Froch does get by that fight by the skin of his teeth, Ward will end the show for Froch later on in 2011, and take away his WBC title and the only reason why Dirrell would have to fight Froch again.

In an interview at eastsideboxing.com, Dirrell said “The only way I would want to fight Froch is if he had the belt. That’s the only way I would want to see him again.”

Yeah, why waste time fighting contenders without belts, especially ones that were recently beaten as Froch will be by the time he finishes up with the Super six tournament in 2011. Dirrell wants to go after IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute and take his title. That’s goal #1 for the amazingly talented Dirrell.