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Carl Froch has revealed he is carrying an injury ahead of his WBC super-middleweight fight against Dane Mikkel Kessler on Saturday.
Froch, 32, flew into Denmark on Tuesday to prepare for his second Super Six World Boxing Classic clash.
Froch told BBC Radio Nottingham: "I'm never ever 100% for any fight.
"I've had all sorts of injuries and knocks and ****s in the past. I'm not going to disclose what injuries I've got but I'm never injury-free anyway."
Froch, who beat Andre Dirrell in his first fight in the round-robin tournament, added: "If you go back to the Jean Pascal world title fight, I had a perforated eardrum and a broken rib - it's all injuries and hindrances that niggle you until the first bell goes.
"But as soon as that bell goes and you're in fight mode, the adrenalin is pumping through your veins and it's fight time.
"If I'd have pulled out of every fight for an injury I wouldn't be a world champion now and I would have missed out on about eight or nine fights.
"I've fought with a torn cruciate ligament against the doctor's advice, I've fought with a broken hand twice because I knew the operation would put me out for seven or eight months so I had injections in my hand.
"I've fought with a broken rib and that was a world title fight, so going into a fight with a bit of a niggle or an injury is no big deal."
Saturday's fight was set to be a WBC and WBA unification clash, but Froch's hopes of the bigger billing were scuppered when 31-year-old Kessler lost his WBA belt to Andre Ward in November.
Carl Froch
"I really wanted it to be a unification fight and it didn't happen, so that was disappointing to say the least," said the Nottingham fighter.
"The WBA belt is still tied up in the tournament though, so it's not all doom and gloom.
"I'll still get my opportunity to fight for the WBA title, as long as I keep winning and defending my belt, which is first and foremost is what I'm concentrating on."
Froch is looking forward to what he reckons will be an "exciting battle" against Kessler who has won 32 of his 42 fights by knockout.
The Dane has been beaten only twice in his career, by Ward and, in 2007, by Joe Calzaghe on points.
"Styles make fights and the Kessler fight will make for a great fight, that's for sure," said Froch, who has a flawless record.
"You never know what he's going to bring to the table. He might opt to jab, move and keep out of my way and put on a bit of a boxing match.
"It's then my job to cut off the ring and put him on the back foot and hammer home some big digs. Once I start hitting him, though, he might start holding.
"You can never call a fight. But looking at his past and looking at mine, you've got the makings of a really exciting battle, one that is going to see a lot of leather thrown and landed between both fighters."
From bbc sport
Carl Froch has revealed he is carrying an injury ahead of his WBC super-middleweight fight against Dane Mikkel Kessler on Saturday.
Froch, 32, flew into Denmark on Tuesday to prepare for his second Super Six World Boxing Classic clash.
Froch told BBC Radio Nottingham: "I'm never ever 100% for any fight.
"I've had all sorts of injuries and knocks and ****s in the past. I'm not going to disclose what injuries I've got but I'm never injury-free anyway."
Froch, who beat Andre Dirrell in his first fight in the round-robin tournament, added: "If you go back to the Jean Pascal world title fight, I had a perforated eardrum and a broken rib - it's all injuries and hindrances that niggle you until the first bell goes.
"But as soon as that bell goes and you're in fight mode, the adrenalin is pumping through your veins and it's fight time.
"If I'd have pulled out of every fight for an injury I wouldn't be a world champion now and I would have missed out on about eight or nine fights.
"I've fought with a torn cruciate ligament against the doctor's advice, I've fought with a broken hand twice because I knew the operation would put me out for seven or eight months so I had injections in my hand.
"I've fought with a broken rib and that was a world title fight, so going into a fight with a bit of a niggle or an injury is no big deal."
Saturday's fight was set to be a WBC and WBA unification clash, but Froch's hopes of the bigger billing were scuppered when 31-year-old Kessler lost his WBA belt to Andre Ward in November.
Carl Froch
"I really wanted it to be a unification fight and it didn't happen, so that was disappointing to say the least," said the Nottingham fighter.
"The WBA belt is still tied up in the tournament though, so it's not all doom and gloom.
"I'll still get my opportunity to fight for the WBA title, as long as I keep winning and defending my belt, which is first and foremost is what I'm concentrating on."
Froch is looking forward to what he reckons will be an "exciting battle" against Kessler who has won 32 of his 42 fights by knockout.
The Dane has been beaten only twice in his career, by Ward and, in 2007, by Joe Calzaghe on points.
"Styles make fights and the Kessler fight will make for a great fight, that's for sure," said Froch, who has a flawless record.
"You never know what he's going to bring to the table. He might opt to jab, move and keep out of my way and put on a bit of a boxing match.
"It's then my job to cut off the ring and put him on the back foot and hammer home some big digs. Once I start hitting him, though, he might start holding.
"You can never call a fight. But looking at his past and looking at mine, you've got the makings of a really exciting battle, one that is going to see a lot of leather thrown and landed between both fighters."
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