29.01.08 Froch begins training

Carl Froch began training camp today at his London base ahead of his showdown with the dangerous Russian, Denis Inkin.

The date and venue, which is yet to be firmed up, is likely to be Nottingham Arena during mid to late March.

"I'm looking forward to stepping into the ring and settling old scores with Inkin and then moving forward towards world honours later in 2008"

Watch this space for further news on Carl's progress.

Hennessy to promote show in UK on 15/03/2008 !

The fight between Carl Froch and Denis Inkin will be staged in the UK, possibly the Nottingham Arena on March 15th 2008

More details to follow.

Purse bids on 7th January **EDIT** Delayed until 14th

The Carl Froch vs Denis Inkin eliminator fight will now be decided by purse bid.

The WBC has ordered that the bids will need to be with their mexico office by noon of the 14th January 2008.

Denis Inkin, the former Russian army champion and amateur star with a record of 32 wins with 24 of those wins coming early. 5 of those wins arrived in the first round.

6 of the 24 early wins were full KO's whereby the opponent didn't beat the 10 count. One of which was German Mario Veit (As shown on clip)

Denis Inkin Stats:-

• 5'11 1/2
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• Born Novosibirsk, Russia
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• Aged 29
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• Orthodox (right handed)
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• 32W 24KO 0L
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• Promoted by Universum
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• Current WBC 'international' Champion
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• Military World Champion 97 and Olympic Military World Champion 99
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• WBA no1 WBC no2 WBO no3 IBF no4
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Denis Inkin full fight record available HERE