Carl Froch will consider retiring if his fight with Julio Chavez does not happen
Thursday 16 October 2014 20:32, UK
Carl Froch has told Sky Sports News HQ there is "a strong chance" he'll retire if he doesn't get to fight Julio Chavez Junior in Las Vegas.
The WBA and IBF world super-middleweight champion is desperate for a shot at the Mexican to complete a memorable career and says he would be reluctant to take on another British challenger at this late stage in his career.
"That's where I am on it," said Froch, who has been made an Honorary Freeman of the City of Nottingham. "I've told that to Eddie Hearn.
"He said 'you can't do that' and you know what I can, because if that right hand I threw that connected with George Groves' chin in front of 80,000 people at the national stadium - if that's the last punch I throw in my career, I will still be smiling."
James DeGale, who takes on Marco Antonio Periban on November 22 - live on Sky Sports Box Office - is the IBF mandatory challenger to Froch, but the 37-year-old is not interested.
"I don't need to risk putting my legacy at stake for another British pretender who's not earned his stripes and without giving James DeGale any stick - he's an Olympic gold medalist, he's done well - he's not quite earned his stripes, but he's mandatory for the IBF belt.
"Do I fight him? Do I take him seriously? Yes, but if the Chavez fight can happen in Vegas for me, that is the one.
"If the Chavez fight doesn't happen, there's a strong chance of me retiring a happy man."
