“I don't think there is anything more proud or glorious than standing in the arena as a fighter - that you've done it in on your own. That's why I love fighting.”

British former professional boxer

Carl Froch is a British former professional boxer, active from 2002 to 2014, who later became a boxing analyst and commentator. He is best known for winning multiple world titles at super-middleweight. Froch held the WBC title twice between 2008 and 2011, then added the IBF title from 2012 to 2015 and the WBA title from 2013 to 2015. Before that, he held the British and Commonwealth super-middleweight titles from 2004 to 2008 and won the Lonsdale Belt in 2006. As an amateur, he won bronze at the 2001 World Championships and took the ABA title twice.