Carl Froch is predicting fireworks when he meets Mikkel Kessler in the Super Six World Boxing Classic on April 24.

The Nottingham 'Cobra' already has a victory in the event, albeit a dour split points decision over Andre Dirrell, but Kessler (42-2 32KOs) will be looking to make up for his points defeat last time out to Andre Ward.

Over 25,000 tickets have been sold for the fight in Herning, Denmark and although Kessler will have a huge, partisan support behind him, WBC champion Froch (26-0 20KOs) is confident he will get the job done.

"Mikkel Kessler doesn't run around the ring so I do expect fireworks," said Froch. "Kessler is going to have to box and move and keep out of the way. If he does that I might even try to jab and move.

"Styles make fights and I think it's going to be an all-out fight. It's going to be a totally different fight than I had with Andre Dirrell.

"The fight with Dirrell was close because he didn't want the fight. He was running and holding and he got points deducted because of it.

"That my fight with him was close is totally irrelevant because we both spent the whole fight running around the ring trying to make the fight happen."

"I really don't need the fan support. It's obviously a great feeling to have people follow you all around the world to watch you fight, but at the end of the day when the bell goes you don't hear too much anyway.

"You're just so concentrated on your opponent. If the crowd is cheering against me that is fine. The Danes that I have met have been great so I'm not expecting any kind of animosity at all."

Froch has exhibited brutal power in previous contests, but now at the age of 32 is equally as content to showcase his boxing skills having the gone the full 12 rounds in his last three outings.

"I don't feel like I need the knockout. I'm a big puncher. If the knockout comes it comes, but I don't feel like I need a knockout to win," continued Froch.

"I'm the WBC champion. It's an honorable title and an honorable governing body and I don't go into any fight expecting to have to knock someone out.

"I don't think you can really put a finger on a puncher's power. It's just something you're born with like a good chin.

"There obviously are some technical issues going on. I've got little chicken legs and a very big back so I have to land my punches accurately and correctly and with a lot of force behind them. My dad was strong and my granddad was very strong. I think it was just passed down through the genes."

There has been no bad-mouthing between the two fighters in the build-up and while Froch admits there is plenty of respect between the two, he insists nothing will stand in the way of him trying to preserve his unblemished record in the paid ranks.

"My undefeated record means everything to me. Some people look at knockout ratios but I fight to win. An unblemished record is very important to me," said Froch.

"It's good to fight a proud man like Mikkel Kessler. It's a great opportunity for me. I'm already very established on a world-class level so I don't have much to prove.

"I just have to deal with Mikkel Kessler, cement my super stardom and do what I have to do on April 24, cement my lead in the Super Six World Boxing Classic, which is a fantastic tournament and I'm proud to be a part of it.

"We're both two proud athletes at the top of our game and we know what's on the line here, so one thing is for sure, you're not going to get any cheap talk from either of us.

"I've boxed friends before. I boxed a guy named Damon Hague (in 2004) for the British title and I almost decapitated him in the first round and I won the fight with a knockout.

"One week later I was at his house having dinner with him so that's not going to be a problem, I can assure you."