Carl is stuck between a rock and a hard place. After all that he has given to this sport he deserves to fulfill one of his dreams just for him. That dream is a Vegas fight but he cant just grab Degale or someone and expect to garner a bunch of cash. He'd have to get on a Floyd undercard for that and be the second last match of the evening. I'm not sure a third Kessler fight does all that well either. Even unification with Abraham or Bika would not be worthy of either network and Ward is in perpetual limbo.
@Violent Demise is right. Even a Ward fight wont provide the kind of cash a Chavez fight will whether he deserves it or not. In addition I'm not sure that he would be less dangerous then Kessler, Bika or Araham and may even be a tougher fight aside from the rankings at this point.

I've been unfair to this kid because of his seemingly endless coddling but he's a pretty damn good fighter. He deserves some props for taking this fight if he does because he most likely has a much easier route to a title via Bika. That's actually what I have been expecting but he also makes more money with Froch. If I'm honest with myself I think Chavez beats Bika and Abraham and maybe Kessler so I cant then admonish Froch for fighting him. He's a big kid who can punch, has more chin then a Chinese phone book, loves the pocket and is as fundamentally sound as Groves paying Froch twice as much or at least double digits. I've kind of talked myself into liking this fight.