Carl Froch insists he has no plans on making a comeback despite claiming that he would "annihilate" anyone in the super-middleweight division.

The retired former world champion was full of praise for Tony Bellew's WBC cruiserweight title triumph at Goodison Park last month when he became the 13th current world champion to hail from the British Isles.

But the 38-year-old could not resist giving his opinion on one particular champion who currently holds the IBF super-middleweight title - a belt Froch held for two years before his retirement in 2014.

Speaking at a partypoker campaign where he is teaching four celebs, including former motorcycle racing champion Carl Fogarty and footballer Adebayo Akinfenwa, his top tips and tricks of poker, Froch told Press Association Sport: "I feel proud of boxing. To have so many world champions is really good and it's great for British boxing.

"The sport of boxing is about timing and at the minute the timing is right. We've got some great champions like Lee Selby who's a great little fighter, James DeGale is world champion but I think at the minute is the super-middleweight division is poor. James DeGale, let's be honest, I'd walk through him in five or six rounds. When he sits on the ropes, I'd absolutely smash his ribs to bits and knock him over.

"As much as I think I can beat DeGale and annihilate anyone in the division, I wouldn't fight him now because I've got nothing left to prove. I'm 40 years old next year and I've been out of the ring for two years. Why would I give someone like DeGale a chance to beat me while I'm past my best and tarnish my legacy, for pound notes, it's not worth it."

Froch also revealed that he did offer pound-for-pound star Gennady Golovkin a fight at a catchweight last year but admits that the combination of making the 168-pound limit and health concerns have derailed any chances of the Nottingham man coming out of retirement.

"I offered Gennady Golovkin a fight at 172 but he didn't fancy it because I'm too big and strong for him and I can't make super-middleweight," he said.

"I'm sat here at 13 stone 8 oz, so to make the super-middleweight limit I would have to chop my arm off or run a marathon and not eat for months. If I did box again, it would be at 172, at a catchweight. (Sergey) Kovalev could happen but I would rather play my poker.

"You don't get hit in the face. Boxing is a hurt game, it's not like football where you lose 5-0 or tennis where you lose in three sets, in boxing you go home on a stretcher. And when you've got three young kids at home waiting to see their dad, you've got to put it into perspective. It's risk-reward for me."