Froch: "Khan Should Retire"
Froch tells Amir Khan to quit after Garcia loss - Yahoo! Sports
Britain's Amir Khan should think about retirement following his defeat by Danny Garcia, according to his world champion compatriot Carl Froch.
Khan was stopped in just the fourth round by Garcia in Las Vegas on Saturday, and suffered three knockdowns in total, as the American added the World Boxing Association (WBA) light-welterweight title to the World Boxing Council (WBC) belt he already held in a dramatic unification bout.
It was Khan's second straight defeat following his controversial loss to Lamont Peterson, with the American failing a subsequent drug test, and third of his career following an earlier reverse at the hands of Breidis Prescott.
Froch, the current International Boxing Federation (IBF) super-middleweight champion, said Sunday he would quit if he was in the same position as fellow Englishman Khan.
"I would retire if that happened to me," Froch told BBC Radio 5 Live's Sportsweek programme. "Why? Because I am not in this sport to get beaten, knocked out, or outclassed.
"I've lost twice, I lost a very, very close points decision to one of the best pound-for-pound fighters in the world in Andre Ward and I've come back and beaten an unbeaten fighter, Lucian Bute, the very next time so I'm world champion."
He added: "If I had lost to Lucian Bute I would probably have retired, because I am in this game to be at the very top and stay at the top. I'm not in this game to make up the numbers.
"It's a personal decision whether or not you retire, but to get stopped in the fourth round and to be previously knocked out, it's just very, very damaging," Froch insisted.
I found the bold to be hilarious, come on Carl, the fight wasn't even close, you were dominated, but hats off to you for coming back next time out and doing Bute in the way he did
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If everyone retired that couldn't be champion or loss to lesser foe, who in the hell would be left to fight??
I think thats a pretty rediculous statement. Each weight class would only have 10 fighters and none of them would fight eachother because if you lose you have to retire... What a thrilling sport that would be!
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I would like to see him stopped a few more times first.
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Easy to see why Froch is peeved with the money Khan has made compared to him - Froch imo has achieved much more than he has with a better class of opponent.
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Mark TKO
Easy to see why Froch is peeved with the money Khan has made compared to him - Froch imo has achieved much more than he has with a better class of opponent.
Froch has had the better career but Khan IMO has made more bank all around
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Tam Seddon
Froch said he was misquoated , he said if this happened to him at this stage of his career he would have to retire. He said Amir should recover from this and still has a lot of years left in him.
True he has clarified the situation. They still do not like one another and I think Khan should be more diplomatic and not ignite the situation more by saying he has a harder division and earns more money than Froch.
