Carl Froch

IBHoF Bio

Name: Carl Froch
Alias: 'The Cobra'
Birth Name: Carl Martin Froch
Hometown: Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom
Birthplace: Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 185cm
Reach: 191cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

• Trainer: Robert McCracken (2002-2014)
• Managers/Promoters: Mick Hennessy (former), Eddie Hearn & Barry Hearn (Matchroom Sport) (2012-2014)

Amateur Career

• Amateur Record: 88-8. [1]
• Froch claims in his first amateur fight to have scored a 2nd Round knockout over Jason Booth.
• 1999 English ABA National Championships Gold medalist in Barnsley (75kg):
  • Defeated Mark Redhead 14:10 (final)
• 2000 European Championships participant in Tampere, Finland (75kg):
  • Lost to Stjepan Bozic (Croatia) 5:11
• 2001 English ABA National Championships Gold medalist in Barnsley (75kg):
  • Defeated Dean Frost 14:2 (final)
• 2001 AIBA World Championships Bronze medalist in Belfast, Northern Ireland (75kg):
  • Defeated Vugar Alekperov (Azerbaijan) 21:12
  • Defeated Antonios Giannoulas (Greece) 27:14
  • Defeated Ladislav Kutil (Czech Republic) 28:14
  • Lost to Andrey Gogolev (Russia) 16:28

Regional & Minor Titles

• BBBoC English super middleweight title
• Commonwealth Boxing Council super middleweight title
• BBBoC British super middleweight title

Professional Record

Championship Record

• 10-2-0 (5 KO’s) in world championship bouts.
• 9-2-0 (5 KO’s) against former or current world champions (secondary/regular belts excluded):
  • Won against Robin Reid, Jean Pascal, Jermain Taylor, Arthur Abraham, Glen Johnson, Lucian Bute, Mikkel Kessler & George Groves (twice).
  • Lost against Mikkel Kessler & Andre Ward.
• 0-1-0 in Lineal title fights (fought for the vacant Super-Middleweight Championship against Andre Ward).
• 2-1-0 (1 KO) against fighters who have held a Lineal Championship in their careers (Pascal, Taylor; Ward).

Variant Record

• Defeated 5 undefeated opponents with ten or more bouts: Albert Rybacki, Jean Pascal, Andre Dirrell, Lucian Bute & George Groves.

Notes

• Froch started boxing at nine years old.
• Froch is the first-ever British boxer to win a medal at senior World Championships

Preceded by: Joe Calzaghe Vacated	WBC Super Middleweight Champion 2008 Dec 6 – 2010 Apr 24	Succeeded by: Mikkel Kessler
Preceded by: Mikkel Kessler Vacated	WBC Super Middleweight Champion 2010 Nov 27 – 2011 Dec 17	Succeeded by: Andre Ward
Preceded by: Lucian Bute	IBF Super Middleweight Champion 2012 May 26 – Feb 2015 Vacated	Succeeded by: James DeGale
Preceded by: Mikkel Kessler Regular Champion	WBA Super Middleweight Champion 2013 May 26 – 2015 May Unified Champion Stripped	Succeeded by: Fedor Chudinov Regular Champion

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