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Hometown superstar Mikkel Kessler turned in a gutsy and heroic performance—capped by a scintillating 12th round—to win a unanimous decision and register his first points in the groundbreaking SHOWTIME® Super Six World Boxing Classic, giving Carl Froch his first professional career loss at MCH Arena in Herning, Denmark on Saturday night read more ...

In a big “Super Six” round two match, Mikkel Kessler (43-2, 32 KOs) dethroned previously unbeaten WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-1, 20 KOs) by unanimous decision on Saturday night at the MCH Arena in Herning, Denmark. The fight was very close and fought at a very high level. Both fighters had their moments landing big shots and neither was able to get the upper hand for long read more ...

WBC Super Middleweight champ Carl Froch (right) weighed in at 167 ¼ pounds (75.9 kg) and former middleweight champ Mikkel Kessler measured 167 pounds (75.8 kg) during Friday’s weigh-in in Herning, Denmark. The two 168-pounders will collide in a Group Stage 2 showdown of the Super Six World Boxing Classic on Saturday, April 24 on SHOWTIME® (9 p.m., ET/PT, same-day coverage) from MCH Arena, in Herning, Denmark read more ...

The venue battle is over, WBC champion Carl Froch has agreed to face Mikkel Kessler in Herning, Denmark on April 17. For the last few weeks there was an ongoing dispute over the venue. Froch wanted the fight to take place in Copenhagan because the location would be easier, in terms of travel, for his Nottingham fans. After going back and forth with Sauerland Event, Froch agreed to face Kessler in Herning read more ...

Mikkel Kessler (42-2, 32 KOs) has moved his training camp from Copenhagen to Berlin. He is working out at the famous Max-Schmeling-Gym at Team Sauerland´s headquarters near the Olympic Stadium. “I enjoy being in Berlin,” the Viking Warrior said. “The facilities are great and we train very hard. I will be in perfect shape when I take on Froch.” Kessler will battle it out with WBC Champion Carl Froch in the second round of the Super Six World Boxing Classic in April read more ...

WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch is playing hard to get with Mikkel Kessler. Froch is refusing to fight in the Danish city of Herning, demanding a new fight venue for title fight on April 17. Froch fears that most of his fans will be unable to travel all the way to Herning for the fight read more ...

Henk Ruhling: Dutch promoter, manager, agent and matchmaker Henk Ruhling has passed away at the age of 89. Ruhling got into boxing after WWII had ended and was in his day one of the major power brokers in Europe. He also worked for many years in South America and the Caribbean. At home in the Netherlands Ruhling managed and promoters fighters like Jan and Rudi Lubbers, Wim Snoek, Rudi Koopmans, Alex Blanchard read more ...

Former WBA super middleweight champ Mikkel Kessler will work with a mental trainer as part of the preparations for the April 17 showdown against WBC king Carl Froch in Denmark read more ...