Froch: I was misquoted

Carl Froch: Did not urge Amir Khan to retire

Carl Froch insists he was misquoted when it was claimed he said Amir Khan should retire following his defeat to Danny Garcia.

The current IBF super-middleweight champion was interviewed by BBC radio following Garcia's fourth-round stoppage victory over Khan in Las Vegas.

"I don't think Amir Khan should retire! That's ludicrous. Why would I tell a 25-year-old to retire? "
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Several media outlets reported Froch as saying Khan should think about quitting, prompting the light-welterweight to tell Froch to 'keep his opinions to himself'.

But the 35-year-old is determined to clear the air with his countryman, saying the BBC had taken his words out of context.

"I did an interview on Radio Five and my quote was taken out of context on the BBC website on their news pages," Froch told Boxing News.

"I didn't say 'If I was Amir I'd retire,' I said, 'If it was me, I'd retire.' I'm 35 years old, I'm three times world champion, if I'd have lost like that, I would have retired.

"I don't think Amir Khan should retire! That's ludicrous. Why would I tell a 25-year-old to retire?

"Now Amir Khan has read a false quote and come back and said something silly. But I don't hold that against Amir at all. He was just reacting to a misquote."

By contrast, Froch wants Khan came come good again and provide the UK with another champion.

"Good luck to the kid, I'm behind him every time he steps in the ring," Froch added. "He's a British fighter and he does British boxing proud.

"The more world champions we've got it's better for our sport, it's better for the attention around what we do, around what I do for a living. We need Amir Khan to win titles, we need positivity around the sport. We don't need negativity and we don't need bad press."