Froch is ready and waiting.

OUTSPOKEN WBC super-middleweight champion Carl Froch is eager to put aside the pre-fight trash talk and get down to business ahead of Saturday's Super Six World Boxing Classic opener against Andre Dirrell, writes PHIL BARNETT.

The Nottingham fighter begins his bid to be crowned undisputed champion by taking on unbeaten and untested American Dirrell at the Trent FM Arena in his home town at the weekend.

Froch, 32, is no stranger to verbal jousting during the buildup to fights, but insists the "nonsense" from Dirrell for this contest is becoming tiresome.

"Andre Dirrell and his team lack class as far as I am concerned," Froch said during a heated Press conference yesterday.

"The language has been bad, the banter has been terrible, and I do not want to get involved in any of that nonsense.

"He knows he is in deep water on Saturday and he knows when I start connecting with the bombs he is going to be in trouble.

"I have a feeling he is going to run scared, but there are 12 three-minute rounds and I will catch him up.

"When I do I am going to do some serious damage. I will be bringing it on Saturday night and I cannot wait."

Froch believes he has every right to regard himself as a favourite. Denmark's Mikkel Kessler - long time holder of the WBA title - is the bookmakers' favourite to win the six-man round robin tournament with Froch running him a close second.

Unbeaten Froch heads into the competition on the back of a dramatic come-from-behind 12thround stoppage win over fellow Super Six competitor Jermaine Taylor in April, and believes his experience "in the trenches" will help him win the tournament.

He said:"I have been in the trenches more than once and come out on top more than once."