Carl Froch paid tribute to his mother Carol in his speech as he was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame last weekend. The three-time super-middleweight world champion travelled out …
gave a touching tribute to his mother, a pub landlady, who raised him and his two brothers single-handedly after her split from their father., he elaborated: "The reason I mentioned my mum is she's such a strong woman.
"I can remember at 15 years old we went into a pub in Newark, lived from Nottingham to Newark because she was a pub landlady. "You have to be a public character, you have to be able to deal with people from all walks of life and you have to be able to deal with people that are drunk.'You've stitched me up' - Froch laughs at '80,000 fans' joke as he reflects on Groves KO
"I tell you what, my mum's got a great left hook that she dropped some geezer with in The Plough Inn in Newark."His legs went and I thought to myself, 'Oh no.'Most read in Boxing
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