By Mark Vester
WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch wants nothing more than to win the Super Six tournament. The second thing on his mind is to target two other titles at the weight being held by WBA champion Andre Ward and IBF champion Lucian Bute. Froch is training for his title defense against Mikkel Kessler on April 24. He expected to fight Kessler in a unification bout for the WBA title. That plan was crushed when Kessler lost the title to Ward in the opening stage of the Super Six.
Whether Froch wins or loses, he has to face Arthur Abraham, who doesn't have a title, in the third stage of the Super Six. If Froch has enough points, he may get a crack at Ward in the Super Six finals. If that doesn't happen, he plans to target Ward's belt and the belt of Bute, who is not involved in the Super Six, after the tournament is over.
'I've achieved my level and I want to maintain it until I retire,' said Froch. "I've got three or four years left. I want the IBF and the WBA titles, I want hard challenges and I want to be the undisputed champion,' Froch told Daily Mail.
Froch is training for Kessler fight at the English Institute of Sport's facilities in Sheffield. Many of Britain's amateurs are training there with dreams of the 2012 Olympics. Froch told the paper that experience is doing wonders for him.
"I'm quite a seasoned, established professional and it doesn't hurt to be with the kids who are looking up to me. As amateurs they do a lot of fast, short work and I'm chasing them around the running track. I do my longer work back home in Nottingham, but I'm adding to my game here," Froch said.
Send News Tips and Comments To Mark Vester @ boxingvester@gmail.com
