Froch sees Reid as stepping stone to world glory

Carl Froch sees his forthcoming British Super-Middleweight Title defence against Robin Reid as a stepping stone to a world title fight.

‘The Cobra’ defends his title for the fourth time against former world champion Reid at the Nottingham Arena on a Hennessy Sports show with title partners GoldenPalace.net on November 9. Sky Sports will televise live.

Froch – undefeated in 21 fights – hopes the WBC will make him mandatory challenger to face the winner of Joe Calzaghe-Mikkel Kessler, who fight the weekend before he does.

But Froch regards Reid as a dangerous foe, who is well experienced at world title level and is coming off an impressive points win over American Jesse Brinkley in March.

“I used to watch Rob’s fights when I was young so I know all about him,” said Carl. “He is still a formidable force who is coming off an impressive win against an American fighter in The Contender so there’s definitely no chance of me under-estimating him or thinking ahead to what could be a world title fight next.

“The last thing a boxer loses is his power, so Rob is still dangerous despite knocking on a bit. He was always able to bang a bit, so I’ve got to be careful.

“As well as being able to hit hard, he is now a cute fighter because he has so much experience being a former WBC champion. I’m not judging Rob on his performance against Jeff Lacy in 2005 because he didn’t look switched on that night. I think there were some problems leading up to the fight and he didn’t look himself. But he boxed well in his last fight and he’s a threat because of his experience.

“He has been in there with the likes of Calzaghe, Lacy, Sven Ottke and Henry Wharton, all the top fighters in the division in recent years. I saw him on TV last Friday and he looked in great shape.

“You can’t write him off – I’m taking him deadly seriously and I have got to be on Reid then it will persuade the world governing body [the WBC] that I deserve my shot.

“He will be another good name to have on my record and I intend to send a message out to the other top super-middleweights with this performance. I want to face the winner of Joe Calzaghe-Mikkel Kessler and I see this fight as a stepping stone to doing that.”


Hennessy Sports in association with GoldenPalace.net Proudly Present FROCH VS REID @ NOTTINGHAM ICE ARENA Friday 9th NOVEMBER 2007.
Doors 6pm, Boxing Starts 6.30pm.

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Carl Froch (Nottingham) vs Robin Reid (Runcorn)
12 x 3 – British Super Middleweight Title
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John Murray (Manchester) vs Dean Hickman (West Bromwich) 10 x 3 – English Lightweight / WBC Youth Titles.

Esham Pickering (Newark) vs Sean Hughes (Pontefract)
8 x 3 Super Bantamweight

Adnan Amar (Nottingham) vs Darren Gethin (Walsall) 10 x 3 Midlands Area Welterweight Title

Paul David (Sheffield) vs Michael Monaghan (Nottingham) 10 x 3 – Midlands Area Super Middleweight Title

Andrew Singh Kooner (Birmingham/ Toronto Canada) vs Andy Bell (Nottingham)
8 x 3 – Bantamweight

Amir Unsworth (Warrington) vs Leonard Lothian (Northampton)
4 x 3 - Light Welterweight

Kelly Oliver (Lincoln) vs TBA
4 x 3 Cruiser Weight

Tyrone Wright (Nottingham) vs Simeon Cover (Worksop)
4x3 Cruiser Weight

Rod Anderton (Nottingham) vs TBA
4 x 3 Light Heavyweight

it maybe a stepping stone but a stepping stone back IMO

Froch Sees Reid As Stepping Stone To World Glory

Maybe 5 years ago....................

Please fight Mundine and smash his fuking head in Froch lad...

How good is Froch? What's his biggest win? What do you see as his weaknesses and strengths?

weakness... defense strengths... has got heavy hands.


I actually rate him a bit, at first I never but he has shown he is a tough lad and would be a hard fight for most fighters.

He would beat Mundine, lets put it that way.

yeah he'd beat mundine wouldn't he.

he's better against stand off fighters i think.

he's got quick hands and that loose defence.

doesn't like a quick pace although he can go with it.

his stamina is fine.

he's just a bit disjointed style wise.

Another good name? Who was the first?

i'm still not sold on him. he has heavy hands, but i believe his defensive flaws will cost him once he steps up into that elite level. a fight against him and bute would be very interesting, those two should get it on, both very good. froch is very wide open to that right hand is'nt he?

He is wide open to most punches...


Its that Naz type style he has, hands down by his sides trying to look cool... It doesn't really work that well, but I can tell you one thing thats were his power comes from. The way Naz and Froch throw punches is what produces the power, it's when they come up against a fighter who can take the punch and come firing back is when the shit hits the fan usually with fighters with styles like that.

I think Froch is quite exciting fighter, but if he wants to do something big he needs to get his skates on cos he must be hitting his 30's round about now. wether he has the talent is another question all together.