World boxing champ Carl Froch's City Ground hero's welcome
The City Ground erupted seconds before kick off tonight as newly crowned boxing world champion Carl Froch took to the pitch to parade his belt.
The Nottingham fighter and Forest season ticket holder won the vacant WBC super-middleweight title in a pulsating fight against Canadian Jean Pascal on Saturday night at the Trent FM Arena.
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Carl Froch at the City Ground
And to honour his achievement, he was paraded before the big match against Sheffield United tonight.
After the Forest and Sheffield United players came out and lined up on the pitch, Froch was introduced to the crowd and emerged with the belt held aloft over his head.
It brought everyone to their feet to give the boxing superstar a standing ovation and lift the crowd ahead of a crucial Championship match.
8 Comments
by Dave, Nottingham
Wednesday, December 10 2008, 12:54PM
“Only bleddy thing we had to cheer about last night...”
by mass, debater
Wednesday, December 10 2008, 2:30AM
“marian i hear your knitting jumpers, i 'll have a santa one if your not busy this year.”
by mg, st ann's
Tuesday, December 09 2008, 11:12PM
“merry christmas marian, :o)”
by forest hater, nottingham
Tuesday, December 09 2008, 10:31PM
“no marian he's a typical forest fan”
by forest hater, nottingham (unfortunately)
Tuesday, December 09 2008, 10:27PM
“no marian he's just another typical forest fan”
by marian, Notts
Tuesday, December 09 2008, 9:44PM
“Very constructive MG. Obviously you are the kind of lower class imbecile who finds this sort of thing "entertaining"”
by mg, st ann's
Tuesday, December 09 2008, 9:26PM
“marian, go back to your knitting luv, and by the way the dishes need doing, you are obviously out of your depth commenting on boxing or football.”
by marian, nottingham
Tuesday, December 09 2008, 9:15PM
“Personally I don't believe this kind of story deserves the attention that is being lavished upon it. Most people would agree that boxing is a barbaric sport created to appeal to the masses.”