Carl Froch sent shockwaves through boxing when he decided to call it a career yesterday. The debate will go on in the United Kingdom as to who would have won a fight between its two best super-middleweights in its history, Froch and Joe Calzaghe.
The two have always had their rivalry even if they have never met in the ring. Calzaghe retired in 2009 and never fought Froch but in his first day of retirement, Froch had choice words for Calzaghe.
“It’s difficult to compare my career to Joe Calzaghe’s because there are only a couple names on his record that stand out,” said Froch to ESPN UK. “I’ve beaten more world champions than him. My statistics smash his to bits except, of course, he retired undefeated. An unbeaten record doesn’t mean much if you didn’t fight everybody like I did. Even though he never gives me any credit, I give him credit for retiring undefeated. But, I would much rather retire with my record than his.”
Froch also says he had more entertaining fights and was the classier of the two.
“I’ve had a far classier and more entertaining career than him and that’s probably why he’s a bit bitter and can’t say a good word about me. I didn’t refuse any challenge in my whole career. I’ve not swerved anyone, and I faced all my mandatory challengers.”
As far as fighting again, Froch said he wanted to in Las Vegas.
“I always had the intention of fighting again,” Froch said. “We came very close to securing the fight with Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. in Las Vegas, but I had an elbow injury.
But for now, it seems that we won’t see ‘The Cobra’ again in the ring.
“When my head hits the pillow at night I will be going to sleep with a smile on my face with no regrets. There are a couple of big potential paydays there for me now, but if it was ever going to happen, it would happen now because I’ve been out for over a year. I wouldn’t want to be out this long anyway and come back even though I’m still in great shape. I’m a fitness fanatic, but to come back would be stupid. The fighting machine is gone; it’s been a year, too long. I will never say never because I will want to fight until the day I die because I love boxing. But it’s very, very unlikely that I will ever fight again.”
