By Terence Dooley
Carl Froch may spare no love, or praise, for Amir Khan but ‘The Cobra’ was effusive in his praise this week when telling The Daily Mirror that he is a big fan of David Haye. Froch, who has twice defended his WBC 168lb title this year, believes that Haye shares his ‘take on all comers’ mindset.
“David’s like me. He’ll fight anybody,” declared Froch. “He talks a good ‘un and then he backs it up so not only does he talk the talk, but he walks the walk. That impresses me because there aren’t many fighters out there like that.
“I was really impressed with the way he went over to France to beat Jean-Marc Mormeck. I was just so impressed with that and because he was away from home - in the lion’s den - and he probably wasn’t getting paid that much for taking such a risk that’s so admirable.”
Froch is set to take on Mikkel Kessler in Denmark in April as part of the Super Six tournament. Kessler was the white-hot favourite before losing to Andre Ward. Froch, 32, could take a firm grip on the tournament by defeating Kessler, who must be feeling low after losing every moment of every round during the Ward contest.
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