Carl Froch is an English professional boxer and the current IBF super-middleweight champion, and former two-time WBC super-middleweight champion. He has also held the British, Commonwealth, and English titles at super-middleweight.
Froch began boxing at his home in Meadows, Nottingham at 9 years old. He later joined the Phoenix ABC in Gedling, 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. As an amateur, Froch lost to American Peter Manfredo Jr. in a 4th round technical knock out.
Froch is trained by Robert McCracken and managed by Barry Hearn. In 2004, he won the vacant British and Commonwealth championships. He has defended both against Brian Magee, Tony Dodson, Matthew Barney and Damon Hague, and the Commonwealth belt alone against Ruben Groenewald and Dale Westerman.Following a victory over the Russian Sergey Tatevosyan, on the 9 November 2007 at Trent FM Arena in Nottingham he stopped veteran ex-world champion Robin Reid, after saw Reid retire from the sport for four years.
The IBF officially enforced Carl Froch as Lucian Bute's number one mandatory challenger. The fight, billed as "No Easy Way Out", took place on 26 May 2012 in Froch's hometown of Nottingham. Despite being the underdog with bookmakers, critics and fans around the world, Froch dominated Bute throughout the fight to become the new IBF super-middleweight champion via TKO in round five, making Froch a three-time world champion.
After the Bute fight and acquiring IBF belt, Froch defeated Yusaf Mack via knockout. The British website BoxRec named Froch the "Fighter of the Year" in the end of 2012. In 2013, Froch plans to avenge his defeats with Mikkel Kessler and Andre Ward, and also have a rematch with Lucian Bute.
Boxing Record:
Total Fights: 32
Wins: 30
Wins by KO: 22
Losses: 2
Draws:0
No Contests: 0
Weightclass: Super Middleweight
Stance: Orthodox
Style: Boxer
Height: 6'1
Nationality: British
Date of Birth: July 2nd, 1977.
Source: DSG
