Once again let me welcome you to the latest installment of the British Round-by-rounds, which is this week capitalising on the huge interest in the SMW division sparked by last week's Calzaghe v Kessler matchup. With Froch having been desperate to tie Calzaghe into a fight over recent years and Robin Reid having already notched a defeat against Calzaghe, this is a make or break fight for both men and their aspirations for 2008 and beyond.

Carl Froch (21-0, 17KOs) is without doubt a very talented boxer, and packs a fair wallop too, which gave Sergey Tatevosyan his first ever KO defeat back in March, with a two round demolition. One of the trademarks of Froch's style is his cocky insistence on holding his leading left hand extremely low, and using it to fly upwards at his opponent, thus giving him his nickname, "The Cobra". However, the style does leave Froch without a guard held by his leading arm, and although elusive, he certainly can be caught. Froch has been British champion for over three years now, developing his reputation, and proclaiming his greatness to anyone who would listen. Certainly, a win against Reid on Friday night would put himself in the picture for an European title shot, or even a position challenging for one of the world titles should Calzaghe vacate and move up to Light Heavyweight.

Robin Reid (39-5-1, 27KOs) is the more experienced of the fighters, and at 36 will be looking to make that experience work for him against the opponent, six years his junior. Reid made his comeback from a two-year hiatus back in March with a points victory over Jesse Brinkley in the USA v UK Contender competition, having hung up his gloves after Jeff Lacy demolished him in 2005. However, all of Reid's five defeats have come whilst challenging for different organisations' versions of the World Super Middleweight titles, and will hope that he can maintain that record, bringing his strong right hand into play to trouble Froch. A win would obviously give Reid's career a spurt of life, and would throw him back into the mix for higher honours, but the question is whether Reid's 14-year career will count against him, or whether he can make the experience of those 45 fights count in his favour.

My tip is for Froch to finish Reid in the middle to later rounds, but Reid has plenty of quality, and may trouble Froch early on.

Elsewhere on the bill from the Nottingham Ice Arena is John Murray v Dean Hickman for the English Lightweight title in his first challenge for a proper belt, where he will also defend his WBC Youth lightweight belt, and the return of Esham Pickering, who will not be putting his British super-bantam title on the line in a keep-busy 8-rounder against journeyman Sean Hughes.

Show starts at 10pm UK time on Friday night, so that's 11pm in continental Europe and 5pm on the East coast of the US. Seeya there.