Carl Froch - Boxing News

Carl Froch says it would be “dangerous” to come back: I’m hearing whispers I might be a Hall of Famer one day

James Slater - August 10, 2017

Is former super-middleweight king Carl Froch worthy of going into The Hall of Fame? “The Cobra,” now aged 40, his reputation, his health and his wealth as intact as his recently surgically repaired nose, told BBC Sport that he has […]

Carl Froch looks back on his loss to Andre Ward…

James Slater - June 15, 2017

… insists he was not outclassed, says he would have stopped Ward had the fight been a 15-rounder Like the rest of us, former super-middleweight king Carl Froch is interested to see what happens in Saturday’s big rematch between Andre […]

Froch-Kessler III? In light of Kessler’s comeback, “The Cobra” says maybe – but at light-heavyweight

James Slater - April 1, 2017

As fans may have read, news broke earlier this week that Danish great Mikkel Kessler, one of the best super-middleweights of the past decade or so, is coming out of retirement after almost four years out. Now aged 38 and […]

Froch says Ward adopts illegal ring tactics: “It’s difficult for me to give him any credit”

James Slater - January 27, 2017

Throughout his great, Hall of Fame-worthy ring career, Carl Froch met just one man he could not defeat: Andre Ward. Meeting in the long awaited final to “The Super Six” super-middleweight tournament back in December of 2011, Ward and Froch […]

Carl Froch puts an end to all Gennady Golovkin fight talk: “It’s not happening”

James Slater - November 16, 2016

With rumour and talk continuing to circulate suggesting former super-middleweight king Carl Froch could be on the verge of ending his over two-year retirement to face reigning middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin, it has taken Froch himself to end such talk. […]

Froch-Golovkin Super-Fight! Could it still happen?

James Slater - November 14, 2016

If the fight actually took place, how many fight fans would tune in, and pay to do so? It’s a guaranteed great fight that might actually have a small chance of getting made: Gennady Golovkin-Carl Froch! Wow, yes, wow. Yes, […]

Golovkin-Froch: “The Cobra” says he would have won had they warred at super-middleweight

James Slater - September 12, 2016

With former super-middleweight king Carl Froch now happily retired and, having just had a nose job done, in no mood to return to the rigors of the ring, a fight between Froch and Gennady Golovkin is confined to the Dream […]

The UK’s 10 Best Boxers of the 21st Century so Far

Adam McMeeking - September 10, 2016

In the early part of the 1900s, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, claimed an abundance of excellent fighters: Ted “Kid” Lewis, Bob Fitzsimmons, Freddy Welsh, Jim Driscoll and Jimmy Wilde, to name but a few. In […]

Carl Froch says he had a “nightmare” spar with Kell Brook, says GGG is in for the “toughest fight of his career”

James Slater - September 6, 2016

Retired former super-middleweight king and current Sky Sports pundit Carl Froch has weighed-in with his thoughts on this Saturday’s massively intriguing Gennady Golovkin-Kell Brook fight and, though Froch does not go so far as to say his countryman will get […]

Who is the pound-for-pound best in the sport today? Former entrant Carl Froch’s pick may surprise you

James Slater - August 22, 2016

It’s always a subjective thing, compiling a pound-for-pound top-10, but whenever a fighter, a former fighter who once graced most p-4-p charts is drawing up such a list, the picks are worth looking at. And former super-middleweight king Carl Froch, […]