Gennady "GGG" Golovkin is willing to temporarily set aside his quest to unify the middleweight division by taking a big fight at super middleweight vs. former champion Carl Froch, but is the veteran Froch willing to face the dangerous knockout artist?
Former undefeated champion Joe Calzaghe doesn't think so.
"That's a tough one. Obviously Triple G has massive punching power, but when you step up in weight will it carry? He can be outboxed Triple G. But Froch is quite slow himself, so you know what? That's quite an interesting fight for the fans," Calzaghe said.
"You have two big punchers. If he carries up the weight to super middleweight, the power...just remember that Triple G has been active and Carl Froch has not boxed in over a year. Froch has made a lot of money. Does he really want to take a risk against a dangerous puncher like Triple G? I doubt it."
Golovkin's name has been thrown about against a number of name opponents, but few if any seem ready to take on the WBA and IBO middleweight champion. Miguel Cotto, the lineal 160-pound champion, is negotiating his next fight against Canelo Alvarez, another potential opponent for Golovkin, and appears willing to drop his belt if need be.
Andre Ward, another super middleweight, just returned to the ring after a 19-month layoff and obliterated Paul Smith in a tune up bout. There has been much vitriol between Ward and Golovkin's camps and at the moment a fight seems unlikely.
Golovkin has also brought up Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s name and said he'd be willing to come down to 154 pounds to make it happen. Mayweather Jr. has barely acknowledged Golovkin though, deriding the level of competition he's faced and preferring to remain at the more comfortable welterweight division.
Even new IBF middleweight champion David Lemieux is in flux, since he will most likely have to make a mandatory defense of his new belt before taking a voluntary fight vs. Golovkin.
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