Boxing: Froch retains IBF title

NOTTINGHAM: Carl Froch made a successful first defence of his International Boxing Federation (IBF) super-middleweight title with a third-round knockout of Yusaf Mack in Nottingham, central England, on Saturday. The British champion is now expected to move on to a rematch with Canada-based Romanian Lucian Bute – whom he overpowered in five rounds to win the IBF belt in May – after another impressive demolition job in his home city. Froch, 35, improved his professional record to 30 wins – 22 by stoppage – with two defeats on points by Mikkel Kessler, of Denmark, and Mack’s fellow American Andre Ward. Saturday’s bout saw Mack suffer his fifth-stoppage defeat in 38 contests.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 19^th, 2012.