In a refreshing move, Matchroom Sport’s Eddie Hearn has admitted that should his fighter choose to go on and bow out in a big stadium fight in America in the Summer – murderous punching middleweight Gennady Golovkin would be one to swerve.
However, in speaking to the Daily Mail, “Fast Car” has conceded it is unlikely that Nottingham’s Froch will look to extend his 13 years as a professional with another contest – choosing instead to go out on the famous KO of George Groves in their Wembley rematch a year ago.
Froch, who was last week stripped of his WBA 168lb strap through inactivity, has no fight scheduled and a mooted Summer show down with Julio Cesar Chavez Jr was finally put to bed when the Mexican appeared to quit on his stool recently against Andrezj Fonfara.
Hearn said of the situation;
“I think we might have reached the end for Carl Froch.”
Although not a huge 160lb fighter, Golovkin has been linked to a possible Froch fight for the Brit’s career swansong.
Of a showdown with the hard-hitting Kazakh, bearing in mind Froch has been inactive a year, Hearn said;
“If you’re going on to fight unmotivated, given the way he fights, you’re going to get hurt, and I don’t think that anybody wants to see that.”
“If you go and have a fight and lose or get knocked out then it’s going to leave a bitter taste in the mouth.”
In the clearest signal yet that the illustrious career of The Cobra is finally over, Hearn said;
“It’s difficult to leave the sport but great to go out thinking ‘I’ve done it all’ – then you can live with yourself forever.”
“From a fan perspective I would love to see him fight again, but as a friend I feel like he has been there and done it. He’s going to bow out with the win against Groves at Wembley – and what a way to do it!”
The career retrospective documentary recently was a fitting round off to his career and his (embarrassing) foray into punditry is apparently set to continue. Provided he doesn’t get star-struck again (Floyd!!) – he’s not too bad a pundit and will grow into the role I’m sure!
I’m pretty sure Froch will have plenty of work should he desire it anyhow to keep himself busy. He has earned extremely well throughout his long career and given his famous ego and fondness for talking about himself – I’m sure a fine career awaits on the after-dinner speaking circuit!
Until then – at almost 38 I’d recommend more time at home with his beautiful wife and young family to get used to the luxury of retirement!
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