Even though Carl Froch had been retired for nearly 12 years, he was called up by his former rival to play in an exhibition match.

The Nottingham man defeated George Groves for the second time in his last fightcompleted the eighth round in front of a large crowd at London’s Wembley Stadium.

Before that, Froch scored another victory in controversial circumstances in the ninth round after referee Howard Foster intervened.

despite this, The Hall of Famer ended his career as the IBF World Super Middleweight Championlosing only to heavyweight legend Andre Ward and top dog Mikkel Kessler.

However, while “The Cobra” appears to be happily retiring, he may still be tempted by the chance to defeat his former foe, albeit in an exhibition match.

Froch has exacted his revenge on Kessler, and he may be eager to do the same to Ward, although their encounter in 2011 was largely one-sided.

At that time, Ward used his outstanding performance to win the finals of the Super Six World Boxing Classic and became the unified world champion at 168 pounds.

But now, the American has expressed interest in facing off against Froch, who are 41 and 48 years old respectively, under exhibition rules.

speak together Froch on combatWard seriously raised the possibility of them facing each other in an exhibition game, but wearing 10-ounce gloves.

“The reason I think so is because we have history, we’ve only had one fight and there’s talk of a second fight.

“But we’re now in a time where these types of shows are going to get better because, man, I’m too old to move around and stuff like that.

“I’m (seven) years younger – I’m trying to get as much advantage as possible. I’ve had a few fights (since retiring), but not a lot.

“I sparred with (Terrence) Crawford, I sparred with Shakur (Stevenson) — I did a little training camp. I would never sign a deal without working hard (in an exhibition).

“I probably won’t even fight; I’m just going to get in the groove. I’m going to get up and fight you (Froch).”

While Froch seems to have considered this, he also admitted that he might not be interested in taking the risk with someone of Ward’s caliber.

Ward last fought professionally in 2017, when he knocked out fearsome light heavyweight Sergey Kovalev in the eighth round to retire undefeated.