"Pascal is very similar in build to Taylor and to be honest I only realised just how much the experience of that fight with Pascal had brought me on when I sparred him in Canada, " revealed Froch.

BBC: McCracken confident of Froch win

"Now Pascal has the Ring Magazine title he's the man I want to beat, " said Cleverly, who faces Karo Murat next.

BBC: Nathan Cleverly eyes Jean Pascal after Chad Dawson win