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Carl Froch’s opening bout of the Super Six World Boxing Classic tournament against undefeated American Andre Dirrell will be broadcast on STV on Saturday, October 24 at 11.15pm.
The fight, which was originally shown live on Primetime as a pay-per-view event on October 17, is the Nottingham fighter’s first in the competition which sees six of the best super middleweights battle it out to be crowned the best.
WBC super middleweight champion Froch put his title and undefeated record on the line in his hometown at the Trent FM Arena against Olympic medalist Dirrell.
Froch, who has won 20 of his 25 fights inside the distance, vowed to “wipe the floor” with the American challenger in front of his home support, but Dirrell maintained that he would be taking the title back stateside.
In the run-up to the fight, a volley of insults was directed towards Froch from his opponent including insults to the fighter and his mother.
Froch was unmoved by the trash talking, stating: “Andre Dirrell certainly talks a good fight but 25 of my previous opponents also talked a lot of trash and it didn’t get them anywhere. Talk is cheap and I’m not going to get involved in a slanging match. The fists are going to do the talking on the night.”
For those of you who can’t wait to find out the result of the bout, you can read a fight report here.
The inaugural Super Six World Boxing Classic is a ground-breaking, six-fighter tournament featuring the class of the super middleweight (168-pound) division.
The field is comprised of world renowned fighters with a staggering combined record of 161-4-1 with 117 knockouts: former IBF middleweight champion “King” Arthur Abraham of Germany; U.S. Olympic medalist Andre “The Matrix” Dirrell of Flint, Mich.; WBC super middleweight champion Carl “The Cobra” Froch of England; WBA 168-pound champion Mikkel “Viking Warrior” Kessler of Denmark; former undisputed 160-pound world champion Jermain “Bad Intentions” Taylor of Little Rock, Ark.; and U.S. Olympic gold medalist Andre “S.O.G.” Ward of Oakland, Calif.
