Froch: DeGale Would Be Too Easy, I'd Smash Him To Bits

By Edward Chaykovsky

Former super middleweight champion Carl "The Cobra" Froch is not inspired to return to the ring for a domestic showdown with current IBF beltholder James DeGale.

At the start of the year, DeGale was the mandatory challenger to Froch, who had the IBF belt around his waist.

Froch expressed no interest in facing DeGale and elected to vacate his title. DeGale later won the vacant belt with a tough decision over Andre Dirrell, who a few years ago nearly derailed Froch in the Super Six Tournament.

On Saturday night in Canada, DeGale won another tough decision with a twelve rounder against former champion Lucian Bute, who Froch demolished in five rounds in 2012.

If he decided to return, he wouldn't face DeGale - who Froch considers to be a very easy opponent to beat.

“I wouldn’t fight James DeGale because it isn’t a big enough fight – I wouldn’t be motivated. Without sounding big headed, I think it’s an easy fight for me. I think I’d beat him easy," Froch told Talk Sport.

“He’s not tall enough or strong enough, especially towards the end of the fight I’d smash him to bits and I think he knows that as well. That’s why he likes to say ‘he’s retired, he needs to stay retired’ and that’s fair enough, I probably do need to stay retired.”