Carl Froch
Carl Froch | |
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| Born | Carl Froch July 2, 1977 |
| Nationality | English |
| Statistics | |
| Weight(s) | Super middleweight |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Reach | 201CM/79.1 in |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 25 |
| Wins | 25 |
| Wins by KO | 20 |
| Losses | 0 |
| Draws | 0 |
| No contests | 0 |
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Representing  England
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| Men's Boxing | ||
| World Amateur Championships | ||
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Belfast 2001 | Middleweight |
Carl Froch (born 2 July, 1977, Nottingham) is an English super-middleweight professional boxer and is the current WBC Super Middleweight champion, since defeating Jean Pascal on points for the vacant title on 6 December 2008. After knocking out Jermain Taylor in the first defence of his belt on 25 April 2009, his record stands at 25-0 (20KO).[1]
He is a tall, rangy fighter who adopts a very low guard, however, he uses his left shoulder to protect his chin from a right-handed attack and his right arm from a left, rather than both his forearms.
He previously held the British title at Super-Middleweight level, as well as the English title and also the Commonwealth belt.
Personal life
Carl Froch was born in Nottingham in 1977 to an English mother and a Polish-Jewish father. [2] Early in his life Froch wanted to become a footballer and play for Nottingham Forest, his local football team. Froch is an avid fan of Johnny Cash and is also a keen historian, but, famously, not a boxing fan. [citation needed]
Amateur
Froch began boxing at home at 9 years old. He later joined the Phoenix ABC in Gedling, 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. [3]
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 two occasions.
Professional career
6'1" Froch, is unbeaten in 25 professional fights, with 20 knockouts.
He turned professional late on at the age of 25. He stated on ITV that despite his age he is a fresh 30 year old and that he can go on for many more years to come and that he has not hit his peak yet, after presenter Jim Rosenthal asked if he was a little old to be challenging for a world title.
Froch, who is trained by Robert McCracken and managed by Mick Hennessy, is the reigning WBC World super-middleweight champion. Having been rated the number 1 challenger at super-middleweight by the WBC previously and then demoted to second, he has recently regained his position as number 1 challenger and defeated Jean Pascal to take the title that Joe Calzaghe vacated when he moved up to light-heavyweight to fight Bernard Hopkins.[4]
In 2004, Froch won the vacant British Championship. He has defended it against Brian Magee, Damon Hague, and a number of other contenders, earning him a Lonsdale Belt outright in the process and fulfilling a long-held ambition.[citation needed]
On the 9 November 2007 at the Nottingham arena 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 amongst Forest fans. He occasionally trains at Forest's training ground when a fight is upcoming.[5][6] He has also appeared on the popular Sky Sports Saturday Morning Football show Soccer AM the week before a fight. [7][8] 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 May 10, 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.
On December 6, 2008, Froch fought Canadian Jean Pascal for the vacant WBC super middleweight title and won after a hard fought 12 round brawl.[9]
On April 25, 2009, Froch fought Jermain Taylor in his first defence of his WBC super middleweight title, at the MGM Grand at 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 in the twelfth round. [10][11]
On April 25 2009 , Froch was quoted as saying " Kessler, Pavlik, Hopkins, I want them all to feel the force".
On 13th July, Froch agreed to take part in the Super Six World Boxing Classic super middleweight tournament devised by American giant Showtime. The tournament includes Andre Dirrell, Mikkel Kessler, Arthur Abraham, Jermain Taylor and Andre Ward. Froch will start off against Dirrell in Nottingham on 10th October, defending his WBC world title at the same time.
Reigns of championships
| Sanctioning Body and Weight Class | Reign Began | Reign Ended | Time Held |
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| English super middleweight | November 28 2003 | March 12 2004 (Relinquished title) | 4 months |
| Commonwealth super middleweight | March 12 2004 | November 24 2006 (Relinquished title) | 20 months |
| BBBofC super middleweight | September 24 2004 | December 06 2008 (Relinquished title) | 51 months |
| WBC super middleweight | December 06 2008 |
Professional boxing record
References
- ^ http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=97570&cat=boxer
- ^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2009/apr/24/carl-froch-kevin-mitchell
- ^ http://www.cobraboxing.com
- ^ http://www.wbcboxing.com/WBCboxing/portal/cfpages/contentmgr.cfm?docId=97&docTipo=4&orderby=docid&sortby=ASC
- ^ http://www.thisisnottinghamforest.co.uk/news/Froch-takes-on-the-x-factor.aspx
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/boxing/7738082.stm
- ^ http://www.cobraboxing.com/news/froch-on-soccer-am_41.html
- ^ http://www.saddoboxing.com/6298-froch-soccer-am.html
- ^ http://www.usatoday.com/sports/boxing/2008-12-06-1627686878_x.htm
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/8013772.stm
- ^ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/othersports/article-1093988/Britains-new-champion-Froch-lines-Taylor-defence.html
- ^ boxrec.com
External links
- Official Site
- Boxing record for Carl Froch from BoxRec (registration required)
- Interview