By Rick Reeno
The venue dispute continues between super middleweights Carl Froch and Arthur Abraham. Froch continues to stand his ground against their Super Six showdown taking place in Germany. In a recent interview with UK publication Boxing News, Froch turned down the proposed neutral location of Sweden, and said the fight would have to take place in his hometown of Nottingham - or America.
Chris Meyer, Managing Director for Abraham's promoter Sauerland Event, told BoxingScene.com the fight will not take place in America. Pursuant to the fight agreement, Abraham-Froch has to take place in Europe - unless the two parties reach a deal to hold it elsewhere.
"The agreement calls for Europe if he hasn't read it. We can cynically say that Berlin is so much west that it's already east of Nottingham," Meyer said to BoxingScene.com. "We had a big holiday weekend, but we are back in business and back in the office, Kalle [Sauerland] and me. And I know that they spoke [Kalle and Froch's promoter Mick Hennessy], trying to find a compromise on the date and the site."
The scheduled date for Abraham-Froch has been August 21. Because of the ongoing dispute over the site, Meyer admits the August date is a longshot, and at this point it appears likely the fight will take place at a later date.
"Every day that passes onward, makes it more unlikely that we can ever make the [date of] August 21," Meyer said.
