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Carl Froch’s iconic rematch with Mikkel Kessler for the IBF and WBA super-middleweight titles. Kessler had won the first fight two years previously. This was a unification match, with Froch risking his IBF super-middleweight championship vs Kessler’s (regular) WBA title. The fight took place on 25 May 2013 at The …

On November 21st, 2009, Andre Ward put the world on notice when he defeated MIkkel Kessler, the Danish beltholder and favorite to win Showtime’s Super Six 168-pound tournament, in the first round of the event via 11th round TKO in a resounding win. On June 2nd, from executive producers, Lebron …

Former WBF Super Featherweight Champion turned promoter Carl Greaves presents the opportunity for boxing fans to spend an evening with one of the greatest British boxers of all time – undisputed Super Middleweight World Champion Joe Calzaghe – at the Cedric Ford Pavilion, Newark Showground, Newark, Nottingham on Saturday 8th …

After traveling the world and doing battle in Denmark, Canada and Germany, fighting brothers Librado Andrade and Enrique Ornelas have one stamp missing stamp in their fistic passports – their native Mexico. On Saturday, August 27, that will be rectified when they fight for the first time in their home …

Just seven days after Andre Ward and Carl Froch battle in The Final of the Super Six World Boxing Classic, undefeated IBF Super Middleweight Champion Lucian Bute will headline on Showtime Championship Boxing when he makes the ninth defense of his 168-pound title against ageless former world light heavyweight champion …

The stakes couldn’t be higher, the drama more intense. On Saturday, Oct. 29, two confident reigning world champions–one from America, the other from Europe–will collide in the eagerly awaited Super Six World Boxing Classic Final, a World Championship Unification, live on Showtime at 10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West …

Former super middle world champ Mikkel Kessler made his long awaited comeback to the ring last night at Parken Arena in Copenhagen, Denmark. Kessler faced former French champion Mehdi Bouadla for the vacant WBO European crown, ending a fourteen month hiatus after defeating Carl Froch for the WBC title. The …

© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing In meeting Glen Johnson tonight at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ, Carl Froch continues his run of hard fights against top-level opposition. Froch’s last five fights were Against Jean Pascal, Jermain Taylor, Andre Dirrell, Mikkel Kessler and Arthur Abraham. It is refreshing to …

The four fighters who’ll compete on Showtime today at 9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast, made weight Friday. An interested observer at the proceedings was unbeaten WBA 168-pound champion Andre Ward, who will face the Froch-Johnson winner in the Final of the Super Six World Boxing Classic.

Carl Froch is the heavy favorite to defeat Glen Johnson Saturday in Atlantic City live on Showtime (9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast), but Super Six World Boxing Classic Finalist Andre Ward believes there’s a decent chance that “The Road Warrior” can upset “The Cobra” to claim the …

© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing WBC Super Middleweight Champion Carl “The Cobra” Froch and former World Champion Glen “The Road Warrior” Johnson and their respective camps held their final press conference Wednesday at the Edison Ballroom in New York City to discuss their Super Six World Boxing Classic Semifinal …

© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing WBC super middleweight champion Carl “The Cobra” Froch participated in a brisk 30-minute media workout and then met with reporters for a half-hour Tuesday at Mendez Boxing Gym in New York City.