Carl Froch vs. Jean Pascal, billed as World Class, was a professional boxing match contested on 6 December 2008, for the vacant WBC super middleweight championship.

[1] In 2008, after Joe Calzaghe had moved up in weight to challenge Bernard Hopkins, his WBC super middleweight title became vacant.

However, Taylor opted to fight former IBF champion Jeff Lacy instead, which meant Jean Pascal would challenge Froch for the title on 8 December 2008.

A hard fought and intense encounter was entertaining from the off, with both men landing heavy blows and showing great toughness and determination.

[2] It was later revealed that Froch had suffered a perforated eardrum and cracked rib in his final sparring session ten days before the fight, but refused to pull out.