Froch: Chavez Jr. is Good Fight For Canelo To Prepare For Golovkin

By Victor Salazar

New York - Former super middleweight champion Carl Froch (33-2, 24 KO’s) has as good of a resume as anyone in the modern era of boxing, taking on all comers in the super middleweight division.

Froch never got the opportunity to headline a Las Vegas card, but he did ride of into the sunset by knocking out George Groves in front of 80,000 fans in Wembley Stadium.

Froch’s opportunity to headline a card in Las Vegas would have been against Julio Cesar Chavez Jr (50-2-1, 32 KO’s). The two sides could never come to terms so the fight never materialized.

Chavez Jr. will headline a high profile pay-per-view card when he takes on fellow Mexican superstar Canelo Alvarez (48-1-1, 34 KO’s) on May 6th, likely in Las Vegas at the T-Mobile Arena. The catch-weight negotiated is 164.5 and it will be Canelo’s first fight above 160 pounds. Chavez has not fought below 168-pounds in nearly four years.

Froch feels Canelo and the catch-weight will be too much for Chavez Jr.

“It’s a good fight,” Froch told BoxingScene.com. “Chavez Jr. is a lot bigger than Canelo. He’ll probably have some pounds on him on fight night. I think Canelo would be too much. I think Chavez doesn’t live a good lifestyle outside the ring and I think that will come into play. When you’re an athlete, it's an every day job. He’s not really a 12 round fighter and Canelo is more apt to go the 12. I see Canelo taking him out late.”

Froch feels fighting Chavez Jr. is a good test in preparing for the fight everyone is hoping to see this year, against middleweight king Gennady Golovkin (36-0, 33 KO’s).

“I suppose it's [Canelo's] first fight at middleweight,” Froch said. “I think it's good preparation for Gennady Golovkin.”

Froch is enjoying retirement. He admits that seeing older fighters get knocked out are a harsh reminder of father time. Although he will always be remembered for the epic night inside Wembley with 80,000 people - the fight between Anthony Joshua (18-0, 18 KO’s) and Wladimir Klitschko (64-4, 53 KO’s) will likely top that mark as the fight is rapidly approaching 90,000 people.

While Froch may not be happy about the record being broken, he will be ringside enjoying the event.

“I’m going to be a wee bit upset when that happens [and my record is broken]. I’ll be at the door counting everyone coming in with my clicker,” joked Froch. “All kidding aside, it’s a massive fight and event and I will be happy to be there.”