As he prepares to defend his super-middleweight title, Carl Froch insists his boxing will benefit from his added exposure in America.
Froch looking for his 25th career victory against Taylor
As he prepares to defend his WBC super-middleweight title, Nottingham's Carl Froch insists his boxing will benefit from added exposure to America.
The unbeaten 31-year-old will step into the ring at the Foxwoods MGM Grand Theatre, Connecticut, on Saturday night to face American Jermain Taylor.
It will be Froch's first fight away from Nottingham in almost three years, when he knocked out Brian Magee to defend his British and Commonwealth titles at London's York Hall in May, 2006.
It is also only his second fight in the United States having knocked out Costa Rica's Henry Porras in Hollywood, California, in 2005 but 'The Cobra' is far from anxious.
"I'm glad I'm here because it takes me out of the comfort zone of being in Nottingham, of being around my family and friends and the same arena and changing rooms," Froch said.
"It's been hard to get any adrenaline going but on the night this will give me a lift I think. I hope so anyway.
"Taylor's been beaten [in back-to-back defeats at the hands of Kelly Pavlik], he's mentally broken down and he's a middleweight, not a super-middleweight.
"Most of his career has been at 160 pounds. That's a weight I could never make, you'd have to chop my arm off for me to make that weight.
"I'm defending against my mandatory opponent who didn't want to come and fight me in England and I'm also here to show the American writers, fans and my own fans what The Cobra has to offer."
