Froch wants to fight WBO champion Joe Calzaghe this yearBriton Carl Froch aims to become the first man to stop rugged Russian Sergey Tatevosyan on Friday and further enhance his world title credentials.
Froch, the British and Commonwealth super middleweight champion, faces Tatevosyan at the Nottingham Arena.
The unbeaten 29-year-old said: "There is nobody left on the domestic scene who wants to know me now so it is all about moving on a world title shot.
"We have a plan and this opponent has been selected with the future in mind."
Froch may have been denied the chance to challenge for the European title by politics, but he is looking to make the most of this valuable non-title test.
Tatevosyan scored a career-best knockout of Dane Rudy Markussen in October, then went the distance with prospective future Froch opponent Lucien Bute in Montreal.
I've always been a late developer and I am just coming into my peak now
Carl Froch
Froch added: "Tatevosyan is a difficult, well-schooled fighter who can punch a bit.
"This is the type of fight where I can really cement my status with the various sanctioning bodies for a world title eliminator."
Now ranked at number three by both the WBC and the WBO, and fifth by the IBF, Froch believes he is close to reaching his potential.
"I've always been a late developer and I am just coming into my peak now," he said.
"I feel physically stronger and tactically and technically I am still working on stuff and learning."
Froch saw off Tony Dodson in November to retain his British and Commonwealth titles but insists Wales' WBO champion Joe Calzaghe is the man he really wants to meet.
"I'm high up in the rankings but Calzaghe is the one I'm interested in," he added.
Calzaghe, defends his WBO belt against America's Peter Manfredo in Cardiff on 7 April.

Motor racing great Emerson Fittipaldi has attempted to put a lid on the hype surrounding Britain's Formula One newcomer Lewis Hamilton by claiming he will not win a race this season.

The 22-year-old McLaren driver finished an impressive third last weekend in the curtain-raising Australian Grand Prix. He has been made 8-15 favourite with Betterbet.com to win at least one race this season.

But Fittipaldi, once the youngest F1 world champion, was not swept away in the acclaim that surrounded the 2006 GP2 champion's debut.

"I like what I've seen of him so far," Fittipaldi told Sport magazine.

"He showed his talent in last year's GP2 championship, and that is what Formula One needs - races decided by overtaking on the road and not in the pits.”

Londoner Napa suffered his sixth defeat as a professionalIan Napa failed in his bid to claim the European bantamweight title as he suffered a unanimous points defeat to champion Simone Maludrottu in Dagenham.
The 28-year-old Hackney stylist responded well after a disappointing start and briefly threatened to cause an upset against his Italian opponent.
But despite a high punch count Napa's lack of power again proved decisive.
And Maludrottu, the WBC's number one contender, weathered the storm to win on all three judges' cards.
Napa, the former ABA Champion, swarmed forward for the entire 12 rounds but the better quality punching came from the Italian.
And Maludrottu, making the seventh defence of his title, sealed the victory with scores of 117-112 117-112 116-113.
Napa said: "It was a good fight and all credit to the guy. I was at him for the whole 12 rounds but he's a good fighter."
A lack of height will always prove a handicap for Napa, but he ruled out trying to drop down a division.
"I'm not going to kill myself to be a super-fly," he said.
Maludrottu, also 28, claimed: "I am the best bantamweight in the world and I will be world champion. It is just a matter of time."

Betterbet.com now make Phil Taylor 4/5 favourite to win the Premier League Darts (Live on Sky) after he came from behind to beat old adversary Raymond Van Barneveld on Thursday.

Taylor gained a measure of revenge for his defeat in the World Championship final with a stunning 8-6 Holsten Premier League victory over Van Barneveld.

In front of a crowd in excess of 5,000 in Sheffield, the 13-time former world champion battled back from 5-1 down to win seven of the next eight legs and maintain his incredible 33-game unbeaten run in the Premier League.

Taylor won a scrappy opening leg before 'Barney' raced through the next five, hitting a 12-darter in the second and taking advantage of 'The Power' missing three darts at a double in the sixth.

But Taylor came out after the break a different player, immediately hitting a maximum and then a 13-darter on his way to squaring at 5-5.

With the crowd roaring their approval, the Dutchman hit a 116-checkout in the 11th leg with Taylor on 40 to edge ahead again, before Taylor levelled at 6-6.

Van Barneveld should have guaranteed himself at least a draw but he missed four darts at the double in the 13th leg and Taylor held his throw in the next to complete an incredible comeback.

"I had to come back, I had no choice," Taylor told Sky Sports. "Some of the people were shouting out 'Easy, Easy!' and I thought 'No, just keep going'. Hopefully Raymond will give me a shot and he did. And I took my chances, I think, because that's what you've got to do against him."

Barneveld added: "I am very happy for Phil after I beat him in the World final. He is a true sportsman and I am very happy that he beat me tonight - for him, of course. 5-1 up and then suddenly he hit some fantastic darts."

The estimated costs for London 2012 continue to riseThe costs for the 2012 London Olympic Games must be kept "under control", the Prime Minister has warned.
Tony Blair said the Games would be the "greatest sporting event on earth" but insisted a tight budget was key to its success.
Mr Blair was responding to concerns raised by MPs during Prime Minister's Question Time.
It comes following media speculation that costs for the Games could reach as high as £10bn.
Rising costs
David Evennett, Conservative MP for Bexleyheath and Crayford asked the Prime Minister: "With the increasing cost of the Olympics, do you share the concern of London council tax payers, particularly pensioners, about the Olympic levy and these rising costs."
Mr Blair said the Olympic Delivery Authority will publish its budget "in the next few weeks".
"Obviously it's important that we keep the costs properly under control but I think the Olympics will do an immense amount for London, for the whole of the country.
"I think, whether people are youngsters or pensioners or whatever age and in whatever part of the country, we should be extremely thankful we got the Olympics, we should make the investment necessary and we should make sure it is, as we believe it will be, the greatest sporting event on Earth in 2012."