I skipped sex for three months to beat Kessler –Froch

Boxing champ Carl Froch has revealed the key reason behind his impressive conquering of Mikkel Kessler last  Saturday night – a three-month  sex ban, 

The 35-year-old and his model girlfriend Rachael Cordingley even slept in separate beds to keep temptation at bay.

But after beating his Danish opponent on points    the British  boxer admitted there have been “fireworks in the bedroom”.

In the couple’s first interview together since Froch added Kessler’s WBA super-middleweight belt to his IBF title, the fighter said, “It feels fantastic to be doing again what normal couples do.

“Rachael is beautiful — I’m very attracted to her.

“Not being able to go near her was very difficult, but it’s one of those sacrifices I had to make.

“When it finally happened it was like our first time — like falling in love all over again.

“I cooked Rachael a surprise dinner of chicken and rice and opened a bottle of champagne. We raised a glass to my success and for our family’s future.

“Rachael had a tear in her eye when I said, ‘Thank you for being so supportive — now you’ve finally got me back’.

“We had a hot, steamy night of passion that had been building up for the last three months.  “So of course there were fireworks in the bedroom.

“A night of passion wins over a fight any day.”

Rachael, 26, revealed she found it tougher than Froch  to stick to their no-nookie agreement.

She said, “Carl’s got a job to do, but I found it hard.

“I’m glad it’s all back to normal. We had some fun. He’s like a modern-day Spartacus — a real man.”

Froch  backed up Rachael’s suggestion that he had things slightly easier, given he was preparing for  the  drama-drenched tussle with Kessler at London’s O2 by training for four hours a day, five times a week.

He said, “I train so hard, all my energy is taken up in the sessions.

“As attractive as Rachael is, when I come home, the last thing I want to do is burn off even more energy in the bedroom.

“But after a ban it’s phenomenal. You go through a lull period then look forward to the high.”

Froch  added,  “They don’t let a male stud mate before a big race because it takes away the horse’s drive and energy.

“It’s the same in human beings. If a man abstains he keeps his strength.

“I feel stronger and fitter when I abstain because my body holds on to more testosterone. Women weaken legs. I don’t get weak legs when I’m abstaining. Sometimes two weeks is long enough to give me the strength — you can overdo it.”

Froch’s  training regime saw him living away from the couple’s Nottingham home to spend time at the English Institute Of Sport in Sheffield.

Culled from The Sun.