Carl Froch Issues Quit Threat

Carl Froch could quit boxing if he loses his next Super Six bout to Arthur Abraham.

Froch is coming off the first defeat of his pro career – a points loss against Dane Mikkel Kessler last month.

And now he needs to beat tough German-based Armenian Abraham to make the semi-finals of Showtime’s much-heralded tournament for super-middleweights.

Froch, now 32, says if things go wrong against ‘King Arthur’ he could walk away from the sport, telling The Sun: “The next fight is all or nothing for me. If it doesn’t go my way I will seriously consider retirement because I’m only interested in big title fights. I won’t hang around at domestic level.”

Doubt still remains over where Froch/Abraham will be held, but the ‘Cobra’ is adamant it should be on home soil.

He said: “I’m only going to fight on my terms – and I won’t be pushed around this time.

“The home-town decisions in this competition have been a disgrace so I am not going to Berlin because there’s no chance of getting a verdict.

“I won’t be going anywhere east of Nottingham to fight Abraham and it won’t be in Showtime’s interests for me to pull out.”

Abraham is also coming off the first loss of his professional career, having been disqualified against Andre Dirrell in Detroit last time out.