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HERNING (Feb. 2010) —Team Sauerland and Hennessy Sports are proud to announce that theSuper Six World Boxing Classic tournament group stage 2 fight between WBC Super MiddleweightChampion Carl Froch and the Viking Warrior Mikkel Kessler will take place at the MCH Messecentre,Herning in Denmark on the 24th, April 2010.

The fight will be televised in the United States on SHOWTIME® beginning at 9 p.m. ET/PT. In Denmark,the fight will be broadcast on Viasat. Hennessy Sports will be announcing the UK TV broadcaster overthe next week.

The two superstars lock horns in the second round of this unprecedented boxing tournament, withKessler eager to make up for his opening loss against Andre Ward. The WBC Champ Carl Froch comesoff a split decision victory over Andre Dirrell. “With the support of my great Danish fans, I will defeat CarlFroch and become world champion again,” Kessler said. “The atmosphere at MCH Herning is incredible. I only have the best of memories of the venue. The TKO victory over Perdomo last September confirmedmy place in the Super Six. After a bad start, I am now out for a knock-out and the first three points.”

Froch is concerned that the date change will affect his travelling fans. “I am upset for my fans with thechange of date but this has been unpreventable due to scheduling issues. I just hope that my fans willunderstand this change and will still come in their thousands to support me in Herning.

The WBC champion is convinced he will defend his title in spectacular fashion. “I am looking to be thefirst fighter to take Mikkel Kessler out before the final bell. I have gone to Jermain Taylors backyard anddefended my belt and I am more than happy to do the same with Kessler. As the Champion I will provethat I can fight and beat the best anywhere.”

In September 2009, Kessler defended his WBA Title with a fourth-round stoppage of mandatorychallenger Gusymr Perdomo. A sell-out crowd of 6,250 fans raised the roof to support Denmarksnational hero. 90 percent of the tickets were gone within three hours after the start of the sale. KalleSauerland expects tickets to sell even faster this time out. “I know that the Danish fight fans will rallybehind Mikkel and support him in the most important fight of his life,” Sauerland said. “His career is onthe line. But with 10,000 fans behind him – the MCH will provide a bigger arena this time out – I will beexpecting Mikkel to collect 3 points and the WBC belt from Froch.

Mick Hennessy said: “This is a great fight, we all know styles make fights and this has the potential to bevery explosive and the fight of the year. Carl Froch is the best Super Middleweight on the planet and hewill prove that once again in this fight. I would just like to assure the British fans that me and Carl havebeen working hard with Team Sauerland behind the scenes to finalise all issues before we could makethis formal announcement, so as to not mislead anyone.”

Georg Soerensen, CEO of MCH Herning, is already looking forward to the fight. “We are pleased tostage one of the biggest fights in Danish history,” he said. “Mikkels fight against Perdomo was a greatevent but this fight will be even bigger because there is so much at stake. We are anticipating asensational night of boxing.”

For information on all SHOWTIME Sports telecasts, including exclusive behind-the-scenes video and photo galleries from itsevents and complete information on the Super Six World Boxing Classic, please visit the website at http://www.sports.sho.com

ABOUT SUPER SIX WORLD BOXING CLASSIC The inaugural Super Six World Boxing Classic is a ground-breaking, six-fighter tournament from SHOWTIME Sports®featuring the class of the super middleweight (168-pound) division from around the world. All bouts in the Super Six tournamentwill be contested under the Unified Rules of Boxing. Each boxer fights three bouts against different opponents in the field in thepoints-based Group Stage of competition (Win – 2 pts with a 1-pt bonus for KO/TKO; Loss – 0 pts; Draw – 1 pt.). After the GroupStage, the four fighters with the highest point totals will advance to the single-elimination Semi-Finals. The winners of the Semi-Final bouts will advance to the Finals and fight for the inaugural Super Six World Boxing Classic trophy.

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