By Scott Gilfoid: Carl Froch (33-2, 24 KOs) might be starting to show some interest in facing the talented WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (33-0, 30 KOs) after all. Earlier on Saturday, Froch sent a Tweet out saying that he’s “Too big & too strong for GGG.” It showed undated photo of Froch in front of some weights. We have no way of knowing when the photo of Froch was taken.
For all we know, Froch took the photo a couple of years ago when he was fighting on a regular basis and was still in shape. Froch looked a lot thinner than the pudgy-looking Froch I saw not too long ago on Sky. Froch looked like he had added weight to his jowls from being out of the ring for so long, but the Froch in this Tweet looks like he’s in fighting shape.
In response to Froch’s photo, Golovkin’s promoter Tom Loeffler said “Carl, there’s only one way to find out @EddieHearn @GGGBoxing.”
Too big & too strong for GGG… pic.twitter.com/WIfhNImCIk
— Carl Froch (@Carl_Froch) July 4, 2015
Carl, there's only one way to find out @EddieHearn @GGGBoxing https://t.co/qTcAzKFxGO
— Tom Loeffler (@TomLoeffler1) July 4, 2015
Just Photos from @Carl_Froch, no word from @EddieHearn #168 https://t.co/JkSXtjVyeN
— Tom Loeffler (@TomLoeffler1) July 4, 2015
From that point, Froch went silent again, and you can draw your own conclusions what that means. The normal thing for Froch to have said was ‘I’ll fight Golovkin next,’ but didn’t see that from Froch, so you’ve kind of have to go with the idea that he doesn’t fancy his chances of beating the talented Kazakhstan star. I mean, Golovkin is such a talent and he’s been knocking guys out with single shots to the head. Look at what Golovkin did to Martin Murray recently. He had Murray running all over the ring for 11 rounds, all out of breath and just in pure 100 percent survival mode until Golovkin put him out of his misery in the 11th round with a couple of well-placed shots to the head.
It would take a lot of courage for Froch to take the fight against Golovkin because he’s seemingly so guarded about his legacy. Yeah, Froch’s legacy would take a nosedive if Golovkin knocks him clean out with a left hook or a fight hand, but at least Froch would know where he stands. It wouldn’t be him living under the illusion that he was better than he actually was. By facing Golovkin and either winning or losing, Froch would know where he stands.
This week, Froch told ESPN.co.uk that Golovkin had demanded a catch-weight for him to fight him. Because of this, Froch was leaning in the direction of fighting IBF 168lb champion James DeGale. In hearing the news of what Froch had said about the catch-weight claims, Golovkin’s promoter Loeffler sent out a tweet denying that they asked Froch to fight at a catch-weight. They’re willing to fight Froch at the full weight at 168, and they’re also willing to fight Froch in the UK.
To be sure, Froch and his promoter can ask them to agree to fight in Nottingham, but I don’t think that’s going to kill their interest though because Golovkin will likely agree in a second to fight Froch in his hometown of Nottingham. I mean, I don’t know why on earth Froch would want to fight in Nottingham. When you’ve got the huge 80,000 seat Wembley Stadium to fight in London, it would seem to be the more appropriate place for a Froch-Golovkin fight. I have no doubts that fight would sellout Wembley Stadium and bring in mucho cash. But the question is does Froch feel confident enough to take the fight? I doubt it. Can you picture Froch getting knocked out in front of 80,000 Froch fans at Wembley Stadium? Talk about a potentially embarrassing situation.
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