The Yellow in Fraud is Coming Out

[Kirkland Laing]

Who was the last American world champion who made the first defence of his title against a live opponent in a foeign country?

Answer: when the live opponent had a bigger reputation and brought more money to the table than the american world champion and the american world champion was untested and unheard of outside of his home base.

With that said, credit to Froch for taking a tough fight as his first defense. At that weight, Kessler surely didn't.

I'm really interested to know if any American has fought abroad for his first defence. Froch could just as easily stayed at home and made easy money filling out his 10000 seater arena in Nottingham but he isn't.

I don't like Froch at all but you've got to give him credit for doing this.