Carl Froch v Sergey Tatevosyan

Although not fighting for any titles, this one is going to be more interesting than the bookies would suggest, with Tatevosyan coming off a points defeat to Lucian Bute, and before that he upset Joe Calzaghe mandatory Rudy Markussen, which really put a speanner in Markussen's career, so can he do the same for "The Cobra"?

Carl Froch (20-0, 16KOs) - Carl comes into this bout as the reigning British and Commonwealth Super Middleweight champion, having dispatched competent Tony Dodson in three quick rounds with some vicious punching to the body. Froch is always a worry, hanging his hands pretty low, but he has never been caught out badly enough to lose so far, but one fears as he moves up in class in his opponents, and Tatevosyan will certainly be a challenge. Once again Carl is fighting at home in Nottingham, where he gets plenty of support, but being from Eastern Europe I doubt this will deter Tatevosyan. In my opinion, Froch will be looking for a big win to catapult him up there, and will go on the attack. If he deters Tatevosyan early on the Russian won't want to mix it, but if he doesn't get the upper hand it could be a long night for him.

Sergey Tatevosyan (26-7, 14 KOs) - Although Tatevosyan comes into this as the great underdog, Tatevosyan has mixed with top competition over recent years, including Obede Toney, Howard Eastman and Roman Karmazin, and handed Euro champion David Gogiya his first defeat. Don't know too much about him personally, but he should be a great benchmark for Froch, and we can see whether the Nottingham lad can really mix it at European or even world level.