| Date | June 04, 2011 | |
| Location | Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States | |
| Title(s) on the line | WBC Super World Super Middleweight Title | |
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| Carl Froch vs. Glen Johnson | ||
| The Cobra | Road Warrior | |
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| Nottingham, United Kingdom | From | Clarendon, Jamaica |
| 27-1-0 (20 KO) | Pre-fight record | 51-14-2 (35 KO) |
| 6 feet, 1 inches | Height | 5 feet, 11 inches |
| 167.5 | Weight | 166.5 |
| WBC Super World Super Middleweight Champion | Recognition | Former IBF Light Heavyweight Champion |
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| Result | Froch defeated Johnson via majority decision | |
Carl Froch vs. Glen Johnson was a Super Middleweight championship fight for the WBC Middleweight championship.[1] The winner of the bout is going to the Finals of the Super Six World Boxing Classic and face WBA Champion Andre Ward, after his decision win over Arthur Abraham in May 2011. It was held on June 4, 2011, at Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States, and televised on Showtime.[2]
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Froch defeated Andre Dirrell by split decision in a WBC super-middleweight title defense. A very controversial win who many believed Dirrell had won. Nevertheless, Froch got the win and the 2 points for his victory.[3] In his second bout of the Super Six, the contestant was Danish boxer Mikkel Kessler. 31-year-old Kessler managed to take the WBC super-middleweight title from defending champ Carl in a great action fight that had some truly memorable trading, especially in the later rounds, Kessler prevailed via a unanimous decision.[4] After the loss, Froch's next fight would be against rugged fighter Arthur Abraham. He regained his WBC Title as he dominated from start to finish to claim a unanimous point victory over Abraham in Helsinki, Finland.[5]
Former light heavyweight champion Johnson joined the Super Six World Boxing Classic when he replaced the injured Mikkel Kessler.[6] Johnson, 41, has not fought at super middleweight since 2000, but dropped down to the 168-pound weight class to face, and beat, Allan Green in a Group Stage 3 bout on November 6 to advance to Semi Finals and gain 3 points for the knockout. The fight took place at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on the undercard of the Juan Manuel Lopez vs. Rafael Marquez Featherweight title fight.[7]
As part of the television broadcast, Showtime featured former super middleweight champion and former Super Six participant Mikkel Kessler in a comeback bout against Mehdi Bouadla. Kessler won by way of TKO in the sixth round, ending a 14 month layoff. The bout was for the vacant WBO European super middleweight title.