Promoter Eddie Hearn says Carl Froch should hang them up because there are currently no options that motivate him, and both of his titles are now gone. Earlier this year, Froch vacated the IBF world title. And a few weeks the WBA championships committee withdrew its recognition of Froch due to his year-long inactivity that was caused in part by the collapse of a Las Vegas showdown with Julio Cesar Chavez Junior because of an elbow injury.
A rematch with WBA super champion Andre Ward could be a possibility for Froch, however, once the outstanding boxer overcomes British challenger Paul Smith in Oakland in June. The WBA has stated that Froch will be the mandatory challenger to Ward after his non-title fight against Smith.
But Hearn admits that Froch is not very motivated by the rematch.
Hearn told Sky Sports News HQ: "If you haven't got that desire anymore, he wouldn't be the same fighter. We saw it against George Groves in the first fight, his heart wasn't really in the fight, he took a pasting for parts of that fight. So unless there's a fight that motivates him I don't really want to see him in the ring again.
"But we can't seem to find the fight to motivate him, you talk about avenging Andre Ward, deep down do you really want to avenge the loss to Andre Ward? I think the answer is 'not really'. That's not his fault, that's just the truth, but when you have that feeling how can you compete at the top level when your whole career has been based on your determination to compete and to win if you haven't got that any more?
"The way that he fights, he's going to be in tough, tough, tough wars and at nearly 38 years of age, and plenty of money in the bank, not motivating at all. Legacy is not really a motivator at all, he's been there and done it and he's been four times champion of the world, so what is he fighting for?
"As a businessman I'd love him to fight again, there's a huge amount of money involved. As a fighter and friend? I think it might be time to sit back and say 'what a career I've had'. I'd hate for him to get retired rather than retire."
