On October 17, 2009, Carl Froch (25-0, 20 KOs), the super-middleweight WBC champion, defends his title against American challenger, Andre Dirrell (18-0, 13 KOs).
Carl Froch is coming in to the fight on a 25-fight win streak with a 80% KO rate; his last fight was a 12th round TKO victory over Jermain Taylor, 5 months and 22 days ago. Andre Dirrell is on a 18-fight win streak with a 72% KO rate, with his last fight being a 6th round RTD win over Derrick Findley, 6 months and 19 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Carl Froch at 99-1 winning odds. Andre Dirrell really doesn't have much to present against Froch.
Carl Froch defeated Andre Dirrell via split decision and successfully defended his WBC super-middleweight title. Froch improves his record to 26-0, while Dirrell adds a loss to his record at 18-1.