When the idea of a super middleweight round robin tournament came to fruition back in 2009, the thought of Carl Froch winning the ?Super Six? was an afterthought.
Though the Nottingham, U.K. native was considered a good fighter and had made his U.S. television debut a few months prior with a come-from-behind 12th round knockout of Jermain Taylor, most pundits selected Froch ? along with the aforementioned Taylor ? as the decided underdogs.
Now, Froch (28-1, 20 KOs) is on the cusp of superstardom, a win away from staking his claim to ‘world?s best 168-pounder’ and capturing the vacant RING super middleweight championship. On Saturday (9 p.m. E.T., Showtime), the only thing standing between him and the Super Six championship cup is Andre Ward.
