Carl Froch off to Canada

06.08.08

By Gomez

Current British champion and #1 ranked WBC contender, Carl 'the cobra' Froch is to head to Canada at the weekend to cheer on his stablemate 'Dazzling' Darren Barker (17-0, 11ko) who defends his title against Larry Sharpe (22-4, 10ko) which is being held by Hennessy Sports at The Venue at River Cree, Alberta, Canada on the 15th August.

"I'm looking forward to getting out to Canada again." said Froch

"I went out there with the England squad to fight their Canadian team and beat a lad called Donny Orr I think. He was an a Olympian i believe."

"It was about 7 or 8 years ago. When little Jean Pascal was still at school".

"If they (Pascal's promoter) win the purse bid to stage the WBC title fight in Canada, I will be more than happy to go over and take little Jean back to school again"

"Obviously i'd much rather the fight be staged in Nottingham, so my fans can get there easily. Especially as it's the World title at last. But in pure boxing terms I'm not remotely fussed about boxing in his back yard."

"It will just be a little bit more embarrassing for him when all his little chums watch him get his boot's smoked by the Cobra".

"As an amateur i boxed from Canada to Copenhagen and all over Eastern Europe, winning pretty much everything like the Box-cup etc in my division."

"Apart from one occasion in the Eastern Bloc when i bounced a kid off the canvas about 6 times and broke his nose and yet still lost on points." Laughed Froch. "But that's the way it goes sometimes out there (boxing away)".

"But make no mistake, this fight isn't going to points." He said in a serious tone.

"Let's just hope he shows up".

It is anticipated that the fight will hopefully be organised between Hennessy and GYM for mid October to early November with American television hopefully broadcasting this fight Stateside.

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