LONDON: There had been a refreshing absence of vitriolic exchanges between Carl Froch and Mikkel Kessler until this week, when Froch declared he is prepared to “kill” his super-middleweight rival in the ring on Saturday (Sunday in Manila).

Unusually in modern-day boxing, there had been no trash talk or insults thrown by Englishman Froch or his Danish opponent ahead of their world title unification fight.

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