Schmeichel: Froch v Kessler is the Super Six Series decider

Carl Froch's showdown with Mikkel Kessler will decide who wins the Super Six Series, claims Peter Schmeichel.

Andre Dirrell and Arthur Abraham may have something to say about the comments from Schmeichel, who is presenting Danish TV's coverage of the fight, but Froch v Kessler is the fight everyone has been looking forward to since the Super Six began.

Saturday's contest, which is exclusively live on Primetime, is finely balanced as the current WBC super-middleweight champ Froch takes on the former holder of the crown in Kessler.

Kessler's stock may have fallen since he faced Joe Calzaghe in their unification clash in November 2007 and the Dane is coming off a shock loss to Andre Ward.

But he has the plus of home advantage and the fight will take place in front of several thousand screaming Danes in Herning.

The unbeaten Froch, who despite being a year older than Kessler is much the fresher fighter, was unhappy about having to fight in Herning, which is the Danish equivalent of Kettering, and hard for his fans to reach.

His travel plans were also affected by the volcanic dust cloud and he finally arrived in Denmark today - four days later than he had originally planned.

That aside, everything else has gone like clockwork for Froch, who, like our other champions Amir Khan and David Haye, likes to put on a show for the fans.

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Carl Froch to be flown to Denmark by private jet to make world title fight with Mikkel Kessler

Carl Froch is set to be flown to Denmark by private jet today - to ensure Saturday's world title fight with Mikkel Kessler goes ahead.

That should beat the threat posed to commercial flights by volcanic ash.

And the result could be explosive as the Nottingham fighter bids to ram taunts down the throats of the Dane's followers.

Froch had earlier taken a strict "no flight, no fight" stance yesterday.

Before his emergency travel arrangements were confirmed last night, Kessler's promoter Kalle Sauerland said: "I do not care if he puts himself into a car, on a ferry, in a submarine or a helicopter.

"There are several ways to come into Denmark from England. Perhaps he wants a way to get out of the fight because he knows that he has no chances against Kessler and the 10,000 fans in Herning."

Wbc super-middleweight champion Froch hopes to arrive in north Germany or Denmark this afternoon, after admitting earlier yesterday the fight would be off if his scheduled flight tomorrow from London Stansted was cancelled.

Froch was refusing to travel by car and ferry if his Ryanair flight did not take off due to Iceland's Eyjafjallajokul eruption that has grounded flights in northern Europe.

Froch, 32, was due to arrive in the remote Danish town of Herning on Saturday, and then had a rearranged flight today also cancelled.

The Nottingham fighter insisted he would not be left fit to box if he was forced to make a marathon journey by road and sea to get to Scandinavia to face local hero Kessler in the third defence of his world title.

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