As an amateur, Froch won a bronze medal at the 2. World Championships, and the ABA title twice all in the middleweight division. Froch was voted Fighter of the Year for 2. World Boxing News1 and Box. Rec. 2 In 2. 01. UK edition of GQ magazine voted him Sportsman of the Year. He reached a peak pound for pound ranking of sixth by Box. Rec and The Ring magazine,3 and in 2. BBC as the best active British boxer, pound for pound. Known for his aggressive crowd pleasing style, formidable punching power, stamina, and toughness, Froch is considered by many to have one of the best chins of his era. Early and personal lifeeditCarl Martin Froch was born in Colwick, Nottingham, in 1. Carol Douglas and Frank Froch. His paternal grandparents were Polish his paternal grandfather also had German ancestry, while Carls mothers family is English. Early in his life Froch wanted to become a footballer and play for Nottingham Forest, his local football team, and has stated that he would love to fight at the City Ground. Froch is a fan of Johnny Cash. His fiance is Rachael Cordingley, a British glamour model, with whom he has a son, Rocco, and a daughter, Natalia. On 1. 1 September 2. Penelope. He is a supporter of Nottingham Forest and occasionally trained at Forests training ground before fights. He has also appeared on the Sky Sports Saturday morning football show Soccer AM the week before a fight. Amateur careereditFroch began boxing at the Phoenix ABC in Gedling, Nottingham. As an amateur, he won two ABAmiddleweight titles in 1. World Amateur Boxing Championships before turning pro and having his first pro fight in March 2. As an amateur, Froch lost to American Peter Manfredo Jr. Professional careereditEarly careereditFroch was trained by Robert Mc. Cracken and managed by Mick Hennessy earlier in his career, and later by Eddie Hearn. Froch made his debut at the age of 2. March 2. 00. 2. He fought at the York Hall in Bethnal Green, London against veteran 3. Michael Pinnock 4 5. KOs, who weighed 1. Froch, in a scheduled 6 round bout. Froch won the fight via a fourth round technical knockout. Froch fought a further four times that year, winning them all with three coming by first round knockout against Ojay Abrahams, Darren Covill and Mike Duffield and one victory coming by a points decision win against Paul Bonson. Froch started 2. 00. Valery Odin, fighting for the first time at the Nottingham Arena, the same arena he would win his first world title five years later. Watch The Hole Movie An Extremely Goofy Movie. Froch would next fight in March, April and October of that year defeating Varujan Davtyan and Michael Monaghan by knockout and Vage Kocharyan via a points decision, respectively. At this point in his career, Froch racked up 9 wins in as many fights, with 7 coming by way of knockout. Domestic successeditIn November 2. Froch fought fellow unbeaten British contender Alan Page 8 0, 4 KOs at the Derby Storm Arena in Derby for the vacant Englishsuper middleweight title. In round 7, Froch hit a hard right followed by an uppercut, although Page didnt go down, referee John Keane stepped in to call an end to the fight. In 2. 00. 4, Froch won the Commonwealth and vacant British super middleweight championships by defeating Charles Adamu and Damon Hague respectively. He has defended both against Matthew Barney, Brian Magee and Tony Dodson and the Commonwealth belt alone against Ruben Groenewald and Dale Westerman. Following a victory over the Russian Sergey Tatevosyan, on 9 November 2. Trent FM Arena in Nottingham, he stopped the veteran ex world champion Robin Reid, after which Reid retired from the sport for four years. WBC super middleweight championeditFroch vs. PascaleditOn 6 December 2. Froch fought Canadian Jean Pascal for the vacant WBCsuper middleweight title and won after a hard fought 1. Both combatants showed enormous grit and determination, landing and taking huge shots from one another without even flinching. After the fight, it was revealed that Froch had sustained a perforated eardrum and a cracked rib in his final sparring session before the fight. Frochs promoter Mick Hennessy gave Froch the opportunity to withdraw from the fight, but Froch refused. Since the fight, Froch and Pascal who has since become a light heavyweight champion have become friends on a personal level and have made a promise to face each other again in the future, though this seems unlikely given Frochs retirement. Froch vs. TayloreditOn 2. April 2. 00. 9, Froch fought Jermain Taylor in his first defence of his WBC super middleweight title, at the Foxwoods Resort in Foxwoods, Connecticut. Froch survived a third round knockdown the first of his entire career, amateur and professional and, behind on two of the three judges cards coming into the final round, he managed to stop his opponent with 1. WBC super middleweight title. After the fight, Froch was quick to send out a verbal challenge to unbeaten Welsh boxer Joe Calzaghe and was also quoted as saying Kessler, Pavlik, Hopkins, I want them all to feel the force. Super Six World Boxing ClassiceditOn 1. July 2. 00. 9, Froch agreed to take part in the Super Six World Boxing Classic super middleweight tournament devised by American giant Showtime, with the winner of the tournament winning the WBC and WBA world super middleweight titles. The tournament featured 6 boxers including Andre Dirrell, Mikkel Kessler, Arthur Abraham, Jermain Taylor, Andre Ward and Froch. Frochs first opponent in the Super Six was Andre Dirrell. Froch vs. DirrelleditThe bout took place in Nottingham on 1. October and Frochs WBC title was on the line. Froch won the fight and retained his title with a split decision victory over the previously undefeated Andre Dirrell. Two of the judges scored the bout 1. Froch, with the other scoring the bout 1. Dirrell. 2. 5Froch vs. KesslereditFrochs next fight was against Mikkel Kessler, who lost the WBAsuper middleweight title to Andre Ward. Frochs WBC title was again on the line. In a closely fought contest in Kesslers home country of Denmark where both men had great moments throughout the fight, Kessler took Frochs title and inflicted Frochs first professional defeat via unanimous decision, the judges scoring the contest by margins of 1. The scoring was somewhat controversial, as some boxing announcers had scored the fight much closer, with some awarding Froch the win and others scoring it a draw. Froch later stated that the fight was close and that he believes the decision would have gone his way if the event had been held in Nottingham. The fight was a contender for the 2. Fight of the Year. Froch vs. AbrahameditFroch faced former IBF middleweight champion hard hitting King Arthur Abraham in the third stage in Helsinki, Finland at the Hartwall Finland fearing that if he fought in Abrahams adoptive home country he might get mugged. However, since an eye injury forced Mikkel Kessler to relinquish his WBC title and resign from the tournament, Froch Abraham was for the vacant WBC super middleweight title. Both Froch and Abraham came off of a loss in stage two of the Super Six. Abraham lost after a disqualification against former Froch victim Andre Dirrell. Froch regained the WBC super middleweight title by gaining a unanimous points victory over Arthur Abraham in Helsinki. Froch won the fight against Abraham in a dominant manner, with the scores given by the judges of 1. Froch vs. JohnsoneditFollowing his victory over Abraham, Froch entered the semifinal stage of the tournament. Breathe internet.