Froch's Trainer: No Doubt Carl Beats Bernard Hopkins!

By Edward Chaykovsky

According to Rob McCracken, trainer of WBA 'regular' super middleweight champion Carl Froch, there is nothing to gain from beating 50-year-old legend Bernard Hopkins.

In a recent interview, Hopkins branded Froch as a "coward" for calling him out and then running away from the fight when the possibility became realistic. Hopkins is even willing to allow Froch to select the venue.

McCracken does admit that Hopkins is a potential rival and discussions are ongoing - although their prime target is Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.

Speaking to Sky Sports News HQ, McCracken said: "He’s just weighing up his options. There are ongoing talks with Chavez and Hopkins but it’s what motivates him the most that matters.

“It (the coward remark) was just tongue-in-cheek. Carl has fought everyone in the world in the last seven or eight years, the who’s who of super-middleweight boxing.

“They’re still talking about a Froch-Hopkins fight, and there are ongoing talks, but Hopkins is 50 now and a legend of the sport but he’s too long in the tooth and Carl would win the fight without a shadow of a doubt. I know Carl thinks he would get no thanks for beating a 50-year-old but it’s a fight Carl would definitely win.”