By Scott Gilfoid: Former IBF/WBA/WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (33-2, 24 KOs) turned 38-years-old today on July 2nd, and it’s still unknown what the fighter is going to do. Froch and his promoter Eddie Hearn need to come up with a reasonable excuse for why they’re not going to fight Gennady Golovkin.
This comes after the news earlier today that Froch was leaning in the direction of fighting IBF super middleweight champion James DeGale next rather than Golovkin due to the Kazakhstan’s stars demands for a catch-weight for the Froch fight.
Upon hearing the news, Golovkin’s promoter Tom Loeffler immediately fired off a tweet saying that they never asked for a catch-weight.
When someone Tweeted this comment to Eddie Hearn today: “Carl said GGG’s team wants a catch-weight.”
Hearn’s response was this: “He also said he cut down trees in preparation for the Groves fight.”
I don’t know how to take this comment from Hearn other than to think that Froch wasn’t being on the level when he told ESPN that Golovkin was asking for a catch-weight for a fight against him.
If Hearn isn’t going to back Froch up with the stuff about Golovkin asking for a catch-weight from him, then that just kind of hangs Froch out to dry. I mean, it makes Froch look like he was making up stories in order to dodge the Golovkin fight if Hearn isn’t going to vouch for him.
This is what ESPN.co.uk writer Steve Bunce said in his column today about Froch:
“Froch also revealed that the demands made by Golovkin, including dropping down substantially in weight, mean that he is more likely to face DeGale if he takes on either,” Bunce said.
So what does this all mean? Why would Froch say that Golovkin is asking for a catch-weight when his promoter Tom Loeffler is saying they’re not looking for a catch-weight to fight him? They want to fight him at the full 168lb weight.
At 38, Froch is probably still about as good as ever was. He looked no different in his last fight against George Groves than he did in 2010 when he lost to Mikkel Kessler.
If Froch continues his career, then he could in theory do well if matched against the right guys. I don’t know that Froch would do well against a talent like Golovkin, but he would likely wipe out Top Rank’s fighter Gilberto Ramirez, and Groves and James DeGale. I think Froch would have those guys’ number. But there are obviously fighters that would have the talent and boxing skills to whip Froch, such as Andre Dirrell and Andre Ward, as well as Golovkin. Those guys would likely have Froch’s number.
Unless Hearn picks an easy mark for DeGale in his next fight, Froch might lose out on another potential opponent for him just like he did when Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. was wiped out by Andrzej Fonfara last April. Froch was on the verge of fighting Chavez Jr. when he was being by Fonfara by an upset. Froch ended up sitting after that rather than moving on and looking for someone else to fight. It kind of shows you how dialed in Froch was for the Chavez Jr fight. He wanted that fight so badly that he’s been sitting ever since.
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