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Nottingham legend Carl Froch prepares to do battle with Arthur Abraham as part of the Super Six tournament in Monaco. Froch lost his title when he fought Mikkel Kassler in April. However, his fight against Abraham in October will now be a WBC title fight due to the fact that Kassler will not fight for the next year. The boxer has taken the year off as a result of an eye injury.

In an interview with BBC Radio Nottingham, Froch said: "This fight with Abraham will be for the WBC title... and will be a straight semi-final. It's good news for me."

Froch’s defeat against Kassler was the first of his professional career and was a huge shock to his dedicated fans in Nottingham.

He continued: "There's me and Abraham left, and we're fighting. Andre Ward versus Andre Dirrell is the other semi. So in the final, you'll have a WBC-WBA unification fight. After the final, Kessler's got a shot at the WBC.

"Kessler will be what they call the 'marital' WBC champion, which means that Abraham and I are fighting for my old title.

"It means I'll be world champion assuming I do the job properly and Kessler would get a shot at challenging for his old belt back because he vacated it.

"So there's an undisputed world title fight in the final, which will probably be at Madison Square Garden in New York.

"I've got to do the business in my next fight, or it's curtains."