By Pawel Pronishev
WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch has no problem serving as the underdog on December 17th in Atlantic City. He faces WBA champion Andre Ward in the final round of Showtime's Super Six tournament at 168-pounds.
Both championships will be at stake, along with the Super Six World Boxing Classic trophy.
Froch (28-1, 20KO) is planning to make it a very rough fight for Ward (24-0, 13KO). The Nottingham boxer is not concerned with the bookies picking Ward, but he wants to prove them wrong. He respects Ward's ability as a boxer and doesn't underestimate the skills of the Olympic gold medal winner.
However, Froch doesn't respect Ward's power or the fact that a lot of his fights take place at home - in Oakland, California.
"I'm going to drag him into the trenches," Froch told BBC Sport. "It will be extraordinarily uncomfortable for him. Ward is the bookies' favorite because he's an American fighting in America but that means nothing. He's not a big puncher, he's not physically tough and he's hardly fought outside his home patch, so there's a lot going against him.
"He's also about to meet the toughest fighter of his career, in a place I know well, and with two world titles on the line, so the judges should be above board and fair."
