Carl Froch open to fighting Gennady Golovkin

THE prospect of fighting Kazakhstanโ€™s fearsome Gennady Golovkin could tempt Carl Froch back to the ring.

โ€œI think itโ€™s being discussed,โ€ Rob McCracken, Frochโ€™s trainer, told Boxing News. โ€œ[Carl is] not sure if heโ€™s going to fight again. He said heโ€™s still got the itch, he thinks he wants to. But obviously heโ€™s his own man. As Iโ€™ve always said, I said, โ€˜You decide if you want to do it. If everythingโ€™s right and you want to do it, then youโ€™ve got to make the call.โ€™ If he does then everything gets put into place.

โ€œThen away we go. But itโ€™s totally up to him. I let him decide because ultimately heโ€™s the fighter. Itโ€™s up to him whether he fights again. Heโ€™s somewhere in the middle at the minute in spite of what anyone else hears, itโ€™s 50-50. I do think if the right opportunity came up and the right fight, I think he would fight.โ€

Although James DeGale now holds the IBF super-middleweight belt, Carlโ€™s old title, itโ€™s Gennady Golovkin that appeals to Froch as a possible opponent. โ€œWithout a doubt, Carlโ€™s been at the top a very long time and youโ€™ve got Golovkin coming through. With respect he hasnโ€™t really fought anybody of significant note at elite level and theyโ€™re talking about him as if heโ€™s the second coming. But obviously heโ€™s a middleweight and heโ€™s a lot smaller than Carl, that would be something that would interest Carl, if the terms and the offer was right. But at the same time he is 50-50 whether he fights again. Maybe something like that but weโ€™ll see,โ€ Rob said.

It almost a year since Froch last fought, toppling George Groves at Wembley Stadium, an event that would be hard to surpass. โ€œI think you could top it if you did the same thing again at Wembley or a similar location against somebody with a big profile. I think thatโ€™s the only way youโ€™d top it or equal it. But if you donโ€™t ever top it or equal it, then youโ€™ve already done it,โ€ McCracken mused. โ€œHeโ€™s got a great life, heโ€™s very wealthy. Heโ€™s achieved everything in the sport. Heโ€™s in a good place.โ€

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