Carl Froch has always backed himself to beat anyone in the squared circle.
It was that unwavering resolve, along with a granite chin, which often helped the Nottingham man through his harder fights.
The best example being one night out in America when he was seconds away from what was looking like a points defeat. Somehow, he dug deep and pulled out some huge shots to secure a dramatic KO in the dying moments of the 12th round against Jermain Taylor.
That was back in 2009 to retain the WBC super middleweight stars he won by beating Jean Pascal months earlier, and he defended the belt against Andre Dirrell before one of only two losses agianst Mikkel Kessler, which he later avenged, and Andre Ward.
Froch, who this week teased a ring return, was famously put down in his first fight with George Groves, but rallied to get a controversial stoppage of his own before then knocking Groves out cold in their rematch in 2014 in what was his final fight.
Speaking to Froch on Fighting, ‘The Cobra’ was asked what man, if any, in his prime, he thinks might have been able to beat him.
“I was speaking to Rob McCracken earlier, and he reckons Gennady Golovkin would have been a tough fight. I don’t think he was big enough but he was a big puncher. I don’t think I can be knocked out.”
Golovkin was one of the longest reigning middleweights in history and a knockout specialist who lost only to Canelo Alvarez in two of their three fights before competing for the last time in 2022. He was recently announced on the ballot for the next induction to the Hall of Fame, with voters now deciding whether or not his campaign is worthy of a place.
