Former world champion Carl Froch has said he would consider returning to the ring next year for one fight to reclaim his title?
?Get my old belt back, show them all how it?s done and then retire. There?d be something satisfying about that.??Carl Froch
?But it?s a big if. I might just stick with poker. The desire?s gone, it?s getting the desire back. What would I need? It might be DeGale beating Bute.??Froch
?I did always say, ?Never say never,? and there comes a point when I can and that?s the end of next year.??Froch
According to a report in the BBC SPORT BOXING dated November 9, 2015, former world champion Carl ?The Cobra? Froch has said he would consider returning to the ring next year for one fight to reclaim his title.
The charismatic and hugely popular Froch (33-2) last fought in May 2014 when he knocked out George Groves before a massive crowd of 80,000 screaming fans in London?s Wembley Stadium.
There might be more to come because Froch has been training every day and remains open to offers for a comeback. ?I always said, ?Once I?ve retired, I won?t come back,? but just lately now, 18 months on from my last fight, I?m starting to think to myself, ?you know what? I?m fit, I?m strong, I?m in good shape,?? Froch told Press Association Sport.
Regarding Andre Ward, The Cobra said, ?There?s nobody at my weight where I?m thinking ?I?m worried about him?, not even Andre Ward.?
The uncharismatic and fast becoming irrelevant Ward (28-0) has been quoted in Sky Sports as saying, ?The UK is one thing, Nottingham is something different now he?s saying: ?Well, I came to America, now you need to come to Nottingham.? The thing is this: Atlantic City is thousands of miles away from my home. That?s a road fight, a six-hour plane ride for me. I?m not willing to come to Nottingham; I don?t think I should have to, but Wembley Stadium? The UK as a whole, I would love to come.?
So there it is: at least four possible scenarios.
1) IBF World Super Middleweight champion James ?Chunky? DeGale (21-1) beats Lucien Bute, ?mouths off? about Froch to hype matters, and then fights Froch. 2) Ward agrees to fight Froch at super middleweight in Wembley Stadium thereby attempting to gain redemption for his inactivity, while Froch seeks his own redemption for losing to Ward in 2011 by scores of 113-115, 110-118, and 113-115. 3) Froch stays retired. 4) Ward remains inactive.
