Froch: Good luck to Kessler, I'd love to fight him

WELL, I have been busy lately, with my niece Scarlet celebrating her first birthday and her Uncle Carl helping to burn the barbeque. It was nice to relax with family and friends and take my mind off the title fight for a few hours.

Speaking of title fights, I see Mikkel Kessler is bravely defending his WBA title in Germany against Danilo Haussler. I have often been puzzled by some of the decisions out there in Germany over the years.

I remember Robin Reid getting a stern warning from the ref for landing a punch on Sven Ottke. Even if you knock them out you find yourself being disqualified for an infringement on a new rule! The brave but limited Haussler shouldn't present any problems for the Dane who I expect to stop Haussler late on.

Hopefully Kessler gets the win as that is one man I would like to fight. The Dane has excellent strength, a good attitude and, being naturally left-handed has a great orthodox jab. I have noticed him being hurt in his last couple of fights with a body shot by Calzaghe, and a heavy right hand off Sartison shook him to his boots.

Apart from my famous uppercut, the liver shot and right hand around the guard are my bread and butter. I think Kessler would start brightly but would be puzzled by my angles and then before he knew it, would be temporarily put to sleep like an old Great Dane dog – although I can't promise it will be as painless as if it's done at the vets!

It would seem a lot of my peers in boxing are starting to make their way into the sport not only as the fighter, but as the promoter too.

Recently Ricky Hatton and David Haye have set out to put their own shows on. Although this can be lucrative, it can be quite a stressful burden to put a boxing show together. 'Cobra Boxing' promotions does have a nice ring to it, but my job is to be the best super-middleweight this country has produced and that means putting 100% into my training.

I don't need the distraction of contacting TV companies, arranging contracts and having a boxing ring delivered – I leave all that to Mick Hennessy. If running around promoting a show took away just 10% of my preparation, then at World level boxing, this could be the difference between a win and a loss.

I've seen and spoken to Ricky lots of times, most recently as he got ready for his Homecoming fight in Manchester, and David Haye and I spent many a week on the road and shared rooms together when we both represented England as amateurs. Maybe they will have success in trying to promote as well as fight, but I think fighters should stick to fighting.

Haye said in his press conference earlier this week that there is no shame in taking a risk and losing. They wish to make the biggest fights out there against the best opponents – which is exactly what this sport needs right now.

Hopefully, some of these gun-shy 'champions' will take a risk against me when I have the WBC belt around my waist. Unification of the division will be my goal over the next year or so. Mikkel Kessler or Lucian Bute would be great after Pascal.

But the main man now has to be Kelly Pavlik, the Youngstown warrior. I must admit I'm a massive fan of 'The Ghost' as he's known. But then again I was a fan of Robin Reid and all my fans know how that ended!

Before I finish, I do think it would be rude not to follow up on last week's piece on young Amir Khan. What can I say!

I didn't order the fight as I couldn't agree with it being a Box Office event, but upon watching the highlights on the news it looked like Amir had been hit with a lump hammer. He was knocked out as badly and even faster than when I ko'd Damon Hague in the first round of my British title win.

In my opinion, the so-called soon to be World Champion has from the start of his career been over-hyped and very carefully matched in order to create an aura of invincibility and sell an unrealistic product to the non-boxing public.

You can fool some people some of the time but you can't fool all the people all of the time. Exposed is a word that springs to mind. There have been question marks on Khan's ability to take a punch and I think we all agree this was answered on Saturday night. I'm just glad he is in good health, but the road back looks long and hard.