Carl Froch
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Froch wearing the WBC title in 2009
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| Real name | Carl Martin Froch | ||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | The Cobra | ||||||||||||
| Rated at | Super-middleweight | ||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||||||||||||
| Reach | 75 in (191 cm) | ||||||||||||
| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||
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2 July 1977 Nottingham, England |
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| Stance | Orthodox | ||||||||||||
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| Total fights | 35 | ||||||||||||
| Wins | 33 | ||||||||||||
| Wins by KO | 24 | ||||||||||||
| Losses | 2 | ||||||||||||
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Carl Martin Froch,MBE (born 2 July 1977) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 2002 to 2014, and currently works as a boxing analyst and commentator for Sky Sports. He is a three-time super-middleweight world champion, having held the WBC title twice between 2008 to 2011; the IBF title from 2012 to 2015; and the WBA (Unified) title from 2013 to 2015. At regional level he held the British, Commonwealth, and English super-middleweight titles, and won the Lonsdale Belt in 2006. As an amateur, Froch won a bronze medal at the 2001 World Championships, and the ABA title twice; all in the middleweight division.
Froch was voted Fighter of the Year for 2012 by World Boxing News and BoxRec. In 2013, the UK edition of GQ magazine voted him Sportsman of the Year. He reached a peak of number six pound for pound by both BoxRec and The Ring magazine, and in 2013 was listed by the BBC as the best British pound for pound boxer. Froch's professional career spanned fourteen years until his retirement in 2015. Known for his aggressive crowd-pleasing style, stamina, and toughness, Froch is considered by many to have one of the hardest chins of his era.
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