Froch - Golovkin mid 2014?

[Tam Seddon]

I started talking about this in the fight chat thread but i do think this deserves its on thread. Apparently this is a fight that could be made next year and it would be a great fight to happen. Hearn is keen and so is Froch and I have no doubts GGG would be too.

I think GGG needs to try and clean up 160, he was impressive against macklin but he still needs the beat Martinez IMO to prove he's the best. Until he's done that he can't be known as the best. And there's still Barker/Geale, Murray and Quillen. But watching Barker and Murrays reaction in the studio after the win, I don't think they would be too interested in fighting Golvokin.

It will be interesting to see who steps up to him next but I do think he should stick around at 160 for time being. But before a Froch fight I think he needs to fight a top rated 168 fighter to see if his power can transform from 160 to 168. I was saying the last time a middleweight with high expectations (Abraham) moved up against the bigger fighters he wasn't big enough. His power wasn't enough to hurt Froch and he got outboxed.

I do think GGG is a lot better than Abraham though, but Abraham still was a very good champion in his day at 160 and I think a lot of people thought he would have done a lot better at 168, but it wasn't to be. It will be interesting to see if GGG power is still effective at 168 like it is at 160. I've read a lot of heavy fighters like Ola Afolabi seeing his power is crazy so you would think his power would transfer up in weight, and that would no doubt make an interesting test for Froch.

I think GGG needs to test his power at 168 before a Froch fight though and if it still is devastating, then we no doubt will have fight of the year on are hands if Froch-GGG could happen. Frochs chin and boxing ability vs GGGs power would be such an interesting match up. I hope we can see it happen.