CARL FROCH onโฆ When he may return
I think August, September would be a good time and that could almost be a cut-off time for me. If something donโt happen by then Iโll seriously consider calling it a day. If I lost a decision against someone I really should be beating, itโd be awful to have to keep boxing on to try to prove something. Iโm in a fantastic position, very, very content, very satisfied and unbelievably happy with what Iโve achieved in my career, so Iโm just in a brilliant place.
CARL FROCH onโฆ his time away from boxing
Iโve got a great team around me, thereโs no pressure off [trainer] Robert McCracken, Eddie Hearnโs not bothered either way โ if I fight on, if I retire โ so Iโll sit back and see what opens up. Iโm keeping myself in great shape. The rest is doing me good, my elbows and arms have never felt so good. A lot of boxers get dodgy elbows and mine played up in training for the potential Chavez fight in March which obviously I pulled out of because of injury to my right elbow. All my aches and pains in my joints feel like theyโve had a long-overdue rest. If I do decide to fight again, itโll be interesting to see how I respond in camp, training-wise. I could feel unbelievably fantastic physically or like, โBloody hell, this is hard work.โ I think Iโll feel great if I do start back up. Iโm ticking over now but Iโm talking about being in the boxing gym, sparring decent fighters and really putting myself through the strength and conditioning. I think the restโs probably done me more good than harm.
CARL FROCH onโฆ Andrzej Fonfara beating targeted opponent Julio Cesar Chavez Jnr
Fonfaraโs not going to get big credit for beating Chavez, because people will say he was out of his weight division, heโs not really set the world alight a middleweight anyway, so youโre not proving a great deal by beating him, but it was still a great, intriguing match-up for me and it would have certainly got me motivated, fighting in Vegas. But you canโt go through life looking in hindsight โ what if heโd won? What if Iโd fought him in March? โ but I really couldnโt care less.
CARL FROCH onโฆ James DeGale-Andre Dirrell on April 23
DeGaleโs more skilful than brutal. Olympic gold medallist, skilful, fast hands, not a massive puncher, tough enough. If heโs going to sit back on ropes, especially against someone like me, heโs going to get hit hard and often, you canโt soak up them kind of shots. You worry for DeGale, if heโs prepared to sit there and tough it out at the top level, he might just get wiped out. But Iโm not sure Dirrellโs going to do that. Heโll try a tactical, skilful boxing mission. Itโs a really, really interesting fight that, the first test for DeGale and if he comes through heโs definitely arrived.
CARL FROCH onโฆ partner Rachael and their family
Sheโs five months pregnant now, due in September. We just missed the school year; Iโm gutted. We have a boy, Rocco, and a girl, Natalia, so this time weโre going to have a surprise, thereโs not many things in life you can have surprises with.
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