Carl Froch MBE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Froch in 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Carl Martin Froch 2 July 1977 Nottingham, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | British | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other names | The Cobra | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Weight(s) | Super-middleweight | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reach | 75 in (191 cm)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stance | Orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boxing record | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total fights | 35 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 33 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins by KO | 24 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Losses | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Carl Martin Froch, MBE (/ˈfrɒtʃ/; born 2 July 1977) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 2002 to 2014, and has since worked as a boxing analyst and commentator. He held multiple super-middleweight world championships, including the World Boxing Council (WBC) title twice between 2008 and 2011, the International Boxing Federation (IBF) title from 2012 to 2015, and the World Boxing Association (WBA) title (Unified and Regular versions) between 2013 and 2015. At regional level, he held the British and Commonwealth super-middleweight titles between 2004 and 2008, and won the Lonsdale Belt in 2006. As an amateur, in the middleweight division, Froch won a bronze medal at the 2001 World Championships, and the ABA title twice.
Froch was voted Fighter of the Year for 2012 by BoxRec.[2] In 2013, the UK edition of GQ magazine voted him Sportsman of the Year. He reached a peak pound for pound ranking of sixth by BoxRec and The Ring magazine,[3] and in 2013 was listed by the BBC as the best active British boxer, pound for pound.[4] Froch was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame as part of the class of 2023.[5]
- ^ a b Sky Box Office tale of the tape prior to the second George Groves fight.
- ^ Bax, Chris (27 December 2012). "Carl Froch and Juan Manuel Marquez win boxrec news awards".
- ^ "Ring Ratings" Archived 3 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine. The Ring. 2015-02-23. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
- ^ BBC pound-for-pound British rankings. BBC Sport (14 January 2013). Retrieved 2013-03-01.
- ^ Santoliquito, Joseph (7 December 2022). "HALL OF FAME ANNOUNCES CLASS OF 2023; TIM BRADLEY, CARL FROCH AND RAFAEL MARQUEZ TO BE INDUCTED". The Ring Magazine. Retrieved 7 December 2022.