By Scott Gilfoid: World Boxing Council super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-0, 20 KO’s) had a good year in 2009, beating Jermain Taylor and Andre Dirrell. The win against Dirrell, a highly questionable one, gave Froch his first win in Showtime’s Super Six tournament. Froch, 32, wasn’t about to complain about getting the decision over the highly talented American Dirrell, as he’ll take them anyway he can get them.
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Froch to fight Kessler in Herning after all – News
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.
Froch wants bout with Kessler to take place in Copenhagen, not Herning – News
By Scott Gilfoid: Unbeaten WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-0, 20 KO’s) isn’t pleased with his next Super Six bout taking place in Herning, Denmark. Froch, 32, will be facing former World Boxing Association super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler (42-2, 32 KO’s) in Mikkel’s home country. Froch much prefers that the fight take place in Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, so that Froch’s British boxing fans can have an easier time coming to see him fight and give him some much needed support against the tough Kessler.
Froch interested in Bute and Pascal bouts
By William Mackay: World Boxing Council super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-0, 20 KO’s) appears to be thinking beyond his next fight in the Super Six tournament and is thinking about fights with IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute and WBC light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal, according to Thisisnottingham..
Froch, Kessler, Ward, Dirrell and Abraham: Which fighters will come out ahead in Stage 2 of the Super Six?
By William Mackay: After group stage 1 of the Super Six tournament we have former IBF middleweight champion Arthur Abraham ahead of the pack with three points with WBC super middleweight Carl Froch and Andre Ward following closely behind with two points. Coming in with no points as of yet are Andre Dirrell, Mikkel Kessler and Jermain Taylor, the losers of the group stage 1 contests. Taylor recently pulled out of the Super Six tournament, and his replacement will be chosen from the winner of the Allan Green vs. Sakio Bika fight which takes place next month in February.
Froch talks Kessler and Dirrell
By Scott Gilfoid: In an article from WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch at Thisisnottingham, discusses his upcoming April 17th fight against former World Boxing Association super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler in their group stage 2 bout of the Super Six tournament in Denmark. Froch, 32, notes that Kessler is a strong fighter and is skilled at using both of his hands. He also says “He [Kessler] does spectacular but everything he does, he does well.”
Forget Khan and Froch, here come the Hattons
By Shaun Campbell: Now that the curtain has been pulled down over a sensational year for boxing in 2009, attention now turns to possible fights within the coming year. In 2009 Britain crowned new world champions, but unfortunately lost one as well. Amir Khan realized his potential by winning the World Boxing Association light-welterweight crown in a 12 round battle with Andreas Kotelnik. David Haye took on a massive task in challenging the biggest heavyweight champion in history.
2010 to be a good year for British boxing: Haye, Froch, Hatton and Khan
By Dennis Broadhurst: As the new year has come, the British fans are looking forward to what should be a good year of boxing for us. We have some good fighters around now in Carl Froch, Amir Khan, David Haye and Ricky Hatton who should be making a comeback next year. In 2009 three of these men had a good year and one a disaster.
Haye, Froch and Khan: Will they find success in 2010?
By William Mackay: 2009 was an exciting year for British boxing with David Haye capturing the WBA heavyweight title with a win over 7-foot Nikolay Valuev, WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch defeating American Andre Dirrell in the Super Six tournament, and Amir Khan winning the WBA light welterweight title with a 12 round decision over Andriy Kotelnik. These were all good wins for the British fighters, and it helped bring British boxing back to the forefront. But with this success, we must look forward to 2010 to see if these fighters will be able to continue with their recent success.
British Boxing review of 2009
By Adam Fillingham: This year has been full of highs and lows for British boxing. Three unsuccessful world title challenges. Two successful ones. A legend fell and three more may have been born.
The first of these future legends is Nottingham’s Carl Froch. Last December, Carl Froch claimed his WBC world title belt against Canadian Jean Pascal.