Carl Froch Very Open To Fighting Bernard Hopkins

By Mark Vester

Last week, former two division champion Bernard Hopkins threw down a challenge to WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch. Hopkins unified the entire middleweight division, defending the title a record 20 times before he moved up to light heavyweight to win a title in that division. Hopkins, 44, skipped over 168-pounds and would like to go down in weight to capture a title there, and then retire. He is open to fighting Froch in England.

Froch welcomes the possible fight.

"Would I consider fighting a guy like that?" Hopkins told BBC Radio 5 Live. "Yeah I would look at that. If he's talking about it then we would definitely look at it if it could be done. I wouldn't want to give too much weight away to Hopkins. He's very experienced and he's very big and strong, but it's something I would be keen to do."

With Hopkins being an HBO fighter, and the network's rival, Showtime, holding an option on Froch's next fight, the possibility of the fight is a longshot. Most experts believe that Froch's style is made for Hopkins and the fight would likely end with a lopsided decision win for the veteran.

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