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Revision as of 17:57, 3 March 2009

Carl Froch
File:Carl froch.jpg
Born (1977-07-02) July 2, 1977 (age 47)
Nottingham, England, UK
NationalityEnglish
Other namesThe Cobra
Statistics
Weight(s)Super middleweight
Height6 ft 1.5 in (1.87 m)
Reach201CM/79.1 in
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights24
Wins24
Wins by KO19
Losses0
Draws0
No contests0

Carl Froch (born July 2, 1977 in Nottingham, England) is a Englishprofessional boxer.

Belts Won=English Title, British Title, Commonwelth Title, WBC Title }}

Carl Froch
Medal record
Representing  England
Men's Boxing
World Amateur Championships
Bronze medal – third place Belfast 2001 Middleweight

Carl Froch (born 2 July 1977, Nottingham) is an English super-middleweight professional boxer, and is the current World Boxing Council Super-Middleweight Champion, after defeating Jean Pascal on points for the vacant title on 6 December 2008. His record stands at 24-0 (19KO).[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 currently holds the British title at Super-Middleweight level, having previously held the English title and also the Commonwealth belt.

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. [2]

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, nicknamed "the Cobra," is unbeaten in 24 professional fights, with 19 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.[3]

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.[4][5] He has also appeared on the popular Sky Sports Saturday Morning Football show Soccer AM the week before a fight. [6][7] 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, top 5 ranked Alejandro Berrio pulled out and American Rubin Williams opted out for "personal reasons". After no one in the top ten wanted the fight, unbeaten Rybacki was the only opponent willing to fight.

On December 6, 2008, Froch fought Canadian Jean Pascal for the vacant WBC super middleweight title and won after a hard fought 12 round battle.[8]

Froch will reportedly fight Jermain Taylor in his next bout.[9][10] The date and site of the fight are undecided as of yet.

Professional boxing record

24 Wins (19 knockouts, 5 decisions), 0 Losses, 0 Draws[11]
Res. Opponent Type Rd., Time Date Location Notes
Win Jean Pascal Decision (unanimous) 12 2008-12-06 England Nottinghamshire, England Won vacant WBC super middleweight title.
Win Albert Rybacki TKO 4 (12), 2:35 2008-05-10 England Nottinghamshire, England
Win Robin Reid RTD 5 (12), 3:00 2007-11-09 England Nottinghamshire, England Retained British super middleweight title.
Win Sergey Tatevosyan TKO 2 (12), 2:54 2007-03-23 England Nottinghamshire, England
Win Tony Dodson KO 3 (12), 2:55 2006-11-24 England Nottinghamshire, England Retained Commonwealth and British super middleweight titles.
Win Brian Magee KO 11 (12), 1:21 2006-05-26 England London, England Retained Commonwealth and British super middleweight titles.
Win Dale Westerman TKO 9 (12), 1:45 2006-02-17 England London, England Retained Commonwealth super middleweight title.
Win Ruben Groenewald TKO 5 (12), 2:25 2005-12-02 England Nottinghamshire, England Retained Commonwealth super middleweight title.
Win Matthew Barney Decision 12 2005-07-09 England Nottinghamshire, England Retained Commonwealth and British super middleweight titles.
Win Henry Porras TKO 8 (10), 0:56 2005-04-21 United States California, USA
Win Damon Hague TKO 1 (10), 2:10 2004-09-24 England Nottinghamshire, England Retained Commonwealth super middleweight title and won vacant British super middleweight title.
Win Mark Woolnough TKO 11 (10), 2:10 2004-06-02 England Nottinghamshire, England Retained Commonwealth super middleweight title.
Win Charles Adamu Decision 12 2004-03-12 England Nottinghamshire, England Won Commonwealth super middleweight title.
Win Dmitry Adamovich TKO 7 (10) 2004-01-30 England Essex, England Won vacant English super middleweight title.
Win Vage Kocharyan Decision 8 2003-10-04 England London, England
Win Michael Monaghan TKO 3 (8), 2:18 2003-04-16 England Nottinghamshire, England
Win Varuzhan Davtyan TKO 5 (8), 1:44 2003-03-05 England London, England
Win Valery Odin TKO 6 (8), 2:15 2003-01-28 England Nottinghamshire, England
Win Mike Duffield TKO 1 (8), 1:14 2002-12-21 England Essex, England
Win Paul Bonson Decision 6 2002-10-25 England London, England
Win Darren Covill TKO 1 (6) 2002-08-23 England London, England
Win Ojay Abrahams KO 1 (6), 2:18 2002-05-10 England London, England
Win Michael Pinnock TKO 4 (6) 2002-03-16 England London, England

References

  1. ^ http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=97570&cat=boxer
  2. ^ http://www.cobraboxing.com
  3. ^ http://www.wbcboxing.com/WBCboxing/portal/cfpages/contentmgr.cfm?docId=97&docTipo=4&orderby=docid&sortby=ASC
  4. ^ http://www.thisisnottinghamforest.co.uk/news/Froch-takes-on-the-x-factor.aspx
  5. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/boxing/7738082.stm
  6. ^ http://www.cobraboxing.com/news/froch-on-soccer-am_41.html
  7. ^ http://www.saddoboxing.com/6298-froch-soccer-am.html
  8. ^ http://www.usatoday.com/sports/boxing/2008-12-06-1627686878_x.htm
  9. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/boxing/7778693.stm
  10. ^ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/othersports/article-1093988/Britains-new-champion-Froch-lines-Taylor-defence.html
  11. ^ boxrec.com
Preceded by WBC Super Middleweight Champion
December 6 2008 – present 		Incumbent
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