 On 6 December 2008, Froch fought Canadian Jean Pascal for the vacant WBC super-middleweight title and won after a hard-fought twelve-round brawl.Both combatants showed enormous grit and determination, landing and taking huge shots from one another without even flinching.After the fight, it was revealed that Froch had sustained a perforated eardrum and a cracked rib in his final sparring session before the fight.