Froch Super Six bout will be aired live

This is Nottingham1st October, 2009

CARL Froch's first Super Six fight against Andre Dirrell at the Trent FM Arena will be aired live on the UK's newest pay-per-view channel Primetime, it was announced today.

It will cost £14.95 for almost six hours of boxing and will be the first live event broadcast by the fledgling channel, which is filing the void left by the demise of Setanta.

The fight will also be reported on thisisnottingham.co.uk.

Around 6,000 tickets have already been snapped up for the fight, according to promoter Mick Hennessy, who is confident the show will be a sell-out.

"This is something very, very special," said Hennessy, "it will be a sensational night of boxing.

"Credit to the fighters because, at the end of the day, they will have five tough back-to-back fights."

Froch will climb into the ring against Dirrell at around 2am on Sunday, October 18, so that it can be broadcast live on Showtime in America.

They will also screen Arthur Abrahams v Jermaine Taylor and fights from the Froch-Dirrell undercard.

But Froch is not concerned about going to work so late at night

"I've not done anything different in my preparation," he said. "I'm still going for my early morning run and getting my head bit earlier every night.

"I've got to get my body tuned to American prime time."

WBA champion Mikkel Kessler broke off from training for his fight with Andre Ward to attend today's press conference in the Council Chamber and says he can't wait to fight Froch.

"As a fighter you only take one fight at a time, but when I do fight Carl it will be a massive fight," he said.

"He wasn't a big name when I fought Joe Calzaghe, but he is a big name now and I respect him a lot."

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