Undefeated super middleweight prospect Edwin “La Bomba” Rodriguez (17-0, 13 KOs) departed for the United Kingdom to serve 10 days as a sparring partner for Carl “The Cobra” Froch (26-1, 30 KOs), who is preparing for his WBC title fight showdown in SHOWTIME’s Super Six Tournament, November 27 in Finland against Arthur Abraham (31-1, 25 KOs).

Rodriguez is coming off of a scintillating performance in the main event on ShoBox: The New Generation, stopping James McGirt in the ninth round for the vacant WBC USNBC super middleweight title in Fargo, North Dakota. Rodriguez (had prepped for his fight against McGirt by sparring two weeks in Australia with middleweight Danny Geale (23-1, 14 KOs), who knocked out former IBF middleweight champion Roman Karmazin in their recent IBF eliminator fight, fightnews.com reported.