Carl Froch is not thinking about retirement in near future

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Carl Froch insists he has no retirement plans as he prepares for another world title clash against George Groves on November 23.

The 36-year-old is a three-time world champion and will put his WBA and IBF super-middleweight titles on the line against Groves in Manchester, live on Sky Sports Box Office.

"This is my 14th world title fight. That level of motivation comes naturally and there is an amount of pressure whether you are challenger or champion"
Carl Froch

Froch admitted he would have quit the sport if he had been beaten by Lucian Bute last year, but looked better than ever in a devastating fifth-round stoppage win.

The Nottingham man pounded out a points victory over Mikkel Kessler in their rematch in May and insists his rivals can forget about him hanging up his gloves in the near future.

When asked about how long his career would continue, Froch told Sky Sports News: "As long as I can, there's no time frame on it.

"I'm not going to say to you I'm going to hold onto it for this amount of months or this amount of years or this amount of fights.

"As long as I can still do the work and still put myself through the mill in terms of training and all the physical preparation you need to do, and physical attributes you need to have.

"If they are maintained, the older I get, and I can still do what I need to do to defend my titles, I will still keep doing it."

Froch is the favourite ahead of his showdown with Groves, who is unbeaten, but steps up to world title level for the first time.

There is a gulf in experience between the two men, but Froch admits that Groves' punch power makes him a dangerous challenger.