He may well take the fight but at 30 hes hardly a spring chicken himself

If his team and himself thought he was good enough they would have pushed for a title chance 2 years ago when he would have been at the same stage of career as Robin was.

Lets face it Carl Froch is not yet the finished artical and at 30 I cant see him getting any better.

the mistakes he makes now are the ones that will be exploited by worldly expierienced fighters like Joe and Robin, Carl hasnt faced anyone of that calibre as yet to know himself