On December 17, 2011, the 34-year-old WBC super-middleweight champion, Carl Froch (28-1, 20 KOs), and the 27-year-old WBA (Super) super-middleweight champion Andre Ward (24-0, 13 KOs) met in a title-unification fight.
Froch came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 69% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 13 days. Ward was on a 24-fight win streak with a 54% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 7 months and 3 days.
Andre Ward defeated Carl Froch via unanimous decision and unifies the WBC, WBA (Super), and The Ring super-middleweight titles. Ward improves his record to 25-0, while Froch adds a loss to his record at 28-2.
On April 24, 2010, the 32-year-old WBC super-middleweight world champion, Carl Froch (26-0, 20 KOs), faced a 31-year-old Danish boxer Mikkel Kessler (42-2, 32 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Froch came in to the fight on a 26-fight win streak with a 76% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 7 days. Kessler was on a -1-fight win streak with a 72% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 3 days.
Mikkel Kessler defeated Carl Froch via unanimous decision and wins the WBC title. Kessler improves his record to 43-2, while Froch adds a loss to his record at 26-1.