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Team Sauerland and Hennessy Sports are proud toannounce that the Super Six World Boxing Classic tournament group stage 2 fightbetween WBC Super Middleweight Champion Carl Froch and the VikingWarrior Mikkel Kessler will take place at the MCH Messecentre,Herning in Denmark on the 24th April 2010
The fight will betelevised in the United States on Showtime beginning at 9 p.m. ET/PT. In Denmark, the fight will be broadcast on Viasat. Hennessy Sports willbe announcing the UK TV broadcaster over the next week.
The two superstarslock horns in the second round of this unprecedented boxing tournament, withKessler eager to make up for his opening loss against Andre Ward. The WBC ChampCarl Froch comes off a split decision victory over Andre Dirrell. “Withthe support of my great Danish fans, I will defeat Carl Froch and become worldchampion again,” Kessler said.
“The atmosphere at MCH Herning isincredible. I only have the best of memories of the venue. The TKO victory overPerdomo last September confirmed my place in the Super Six. After a bad start,I am now out for a knock-out and the first three points.”
Froch is concernedthat the date change will affect his travelling fans. “I am upset for myfans with the change of date but this has been unpreventable due to schedulingissues. I just hope that my fans will understand this change and will stillcome in their thousands to support me in Herning.
The WBC champion isconvinced he will defend his title in spectacular fashion. “I am lookingto be the first fighter to take Mikkel Kessler out before the final bell. Ihave gone to Jermain Taylor´s backyard and defended my belt and I am more thanhappy to do the same with Kessler. As the Champion I will prove that I canfight and beat the best anywhere.”
In September 2009,Kessler defended his WBA Title with a fourth-round stoppage of mandatorychallenger Gusymr Perdomo. A sell-out crowd of 6,250 fans raised the roof tosupport Denmark´s national hero. 90 percent of the tickets were gone withinthree hours after the start of the sale.
Kalle Sauerland expects tickets tosell even faster this time out. “I know that the Danish fight fans willrally behind Mikkel and support him in the most important fight of hislife,” Sauerland said. “His career is on the line. But with 10,000fans behind him – the MCH will provide a bigger arena this time out –I will be expecting Mikkel to collect 3 points and the WBC belt from Froch.
Mick Hennessy said“This is a great fight, we all know styles make fights and this has thepotential to be very explosive and the fight of the year. Carl Froch is thebest Super Middleweight on the planet and he will prove that once again in thisfight. I would just like to assure the British fans that me and Carl have beenworking hard with Team Sauerland behind the scenes to finalise all issues beforewe could make this formal announcement, so as to not mislead anyone.”
Georg Soerensen, CEOof MCH Herning, is already looking forward to the fight. “We are pleasedto stage one of the biggest fights in Danish history,” he said.“Mikkel´s fight against Perdomo was a great event but this fight will beeven bigger because there is so much at stake. We are anticipating asensational night of boxing.”
UK Ticket and Travelpackage details will be announced in the coming week.
