Proud Froch hangs up his gloves

"I feel like Carl Froch the fighting machine is still in there – the fire is still in the belly – but it’s been too long."

Four-time world champion Carl Froch announced his retirement from boxing on Tuesday after over a year out of the ring and said: “I think the desire has gone.”

Super middleweight Froch, nicknamed The Cobra, twice won the WBC title, as well as taking the WBA and IBF belts, during a highly successful career.