Bernard Hopkins on Possible Froch Fight: I'm All Ears

By Edward Chaykovsky

Former two division champion Bernard Hopkins (55-7-2, 32KOs), 50-years-old, is open to the idea of heading overseas to face WBA 'regular' super middleweight champion Carl Froch (33-2, 24KOs).

Earlier this week, Froch vacated his IBF title as the sanctioning body pressed him to make a mandatory defense against countryman James DeGale.

After vacating his belt, Froch told media members he would love to face Hopkins in a summer showdown in Nottingham. Hopkins became a unified champion at middleweight and then skipped the 168-pound division to capture world titles at light heavyweight. Before his retires, Hopkins is clamoring to capture a belt at 168.

Hopkins is willing to listed if Froch and his promoter, Eddie Hearn, are serious.

"I will not prostitute myself and fight just to fight," Hopkins said on Steve Bunce's Podcast. "Whether I have one, two or whatever, or none - a new fight would have to be against somebody that makes people say: 'Bernard is crazy, that guy's a killer."'

"I jumped over the super-middleweight division to go from middleweight to light-heavyweight - now, working back, but not backwards, I would be picking up a bit of history in a Froch fight. I'm all ears, but I don't want to waste my time."