By Scott Gilfoid: Britain’s Carl Froch is talking about only wanting to fight Julio Cesar Chavez Jr rather than getting in the ring with other fighters that would seemingly help his legacy in a much bigger way such as Gennady Golovkin, Andre Ward, the Dirrell brothers, Sergey Kovalev and Adonis Stevenson.
I’m not sure that Froch realizes this or not, but he’s probably stunting his own legacy by fighting guys like George Groves, Chavez Jr and Yusuf Mack rather than looking to fight the best guys.
Chavez Jr is the best at 168, even though he’s been given a very, very generous ranking by the World Boxing Council at No.3 despite Chavez Jr never having beaten anyone at super middleweight. Sure, it’s nice that Chavez Jr has a high ranking by the WBC, but the fact of the matter is he hasn’t even beaten a super middleweight.
Even if Froch beats Chavez Jr, it’s going to be an empty win because Chavez Jr was already exposed by Sergio Martinez three years ago. Chavez Jr has only fought twice in the last three years. Why would Froch be interested in a guy who has fought so infrequently as Chavez Jr when the boxing public isn’t going to give him the kudos that he thinks it will.
If Froch’s promoter Eddie Hearn is the one that is putting thoughts into his head that a fight against Chavez Jr is going to be a bigger one than a fight against Golovkin, Ward, Kovalev, Stevenson, Bernard Hopkins or the Dirrell brothers, then I think Froch needs to get a second opinion from another promoter.
If Hearn is the one that’s telling Froch that a fight against Chavez Jr is going to be a bigger fight than Golvokin, then I think Froch needs to look in another direction for guidance in picking his opponents because Chavez Jr isn’t the star that Golovkin is right now.
Froch is one of those fighters who is concerned with his legacy, but what good is a legacy if it’s built on fluff instead of the best. I mean, Chavez Jr is a good punching bag type of fighter, but he’s not someone that can dish it out like Golovkin or the other aforementioned fighters.
There’s a huge upside in Froch fighting Golovkin, because he would get a ton of credit from boxing fans around the world. If Froch fights Chavez Jr, I don’t see there being any upside because there’s no one calling for that fight. Why would they? Chavez Jr hasn’t been relevant since 2012, and it’s almost like he’d been in retirement for the last three years. He’s fought only Brian Vera since 2012, and that guy is just a bottom dweller at middleweight.
Chavez Jr didn’t even fight an actual super middleweight after moving up to 168, and he still hasn’t fought a super middleweight. That’s pretty sad if you ask me. But what’s even sadder is the fact that Froch is so dialed into fight Chavez Jr. It’s almost like Froch is retired already and is just looking to fight a final exhibition fight before hanging up his gloves rather than taking on a live body. It’s okay if Froch wants to fight an exhibition fight but he should label it as such so that boxing fans don’t get confused.
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