By Scott Gilfoid: IBF/WBA super middleweight champion Carl Froch (32-2, 23 KO’s) says he could retire if he conclusively loses to George Groves (19-1, 15 KO’s) in their rematch on May 31st at the Wembley Stadium in London, UK. Froch is confident that he’ll win the rematch, but if by chance he gets beaten badly, he’ll hang up his gloves.
“Hypothetically, if I was to lose, I would retire…If it goes wrong then I’ll probably retire,” Froch said during his Facebook question and answer session with Groves.
The retirement talk isn’t knew for Froch, though, because he previously spoke of retiring if he were to be beaten by Arthur Abraham in their fight four years ago in the Super Six tournament.
Groves says he was open to the idea of a rubber match between the two fighters if he comes out the winner, but he doesn’t think Froch will give him a third fight because he’ll be retiring.
“It’s up to Carl if he wants to carry on in boxing, but he already said if he lose the fight he’s going to retire. I believe that will probably be the case. I think it’ll be so one-sided like the first fight. I’m going to knock Carl out.”
It would be a pity if Froch were to retire off of a loss rather than gutting it like most fighters do, and try and come back to avenge his loss. But Froch has made quite a bit of money in the sport in the past couple of years, and the money obviously brings him the kind of freedom that other fighters don’t have. It is kind of off putting when you have Froch talking retirement if he loses the fight.
It would look bad to some boxing fans if Froch just up and quit after taking a thrashing by Groves. I mean, Groves didn’t hang up his gloves after he lost to Froch last November, so it wouldn’t make a lot of sense for Froch to retire if things were to go against him in the rematch. The money would be huge for a third fight between them, if the IBF and WBA were to allow them to fight a third straight time. I doubt that they will. More than likely, the winner of the Froch-Groves fight on May 31st will need to face the winner of the IBF eliminator bout between James DeGale vs. Brandon Gonzales next. The sanctioning bodies can’t have two fighters facing each other three times in a row without letting a mandatory challenger get a shot in.
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