Former super-middleweight champion Carl Froch thinks he would have been "too much" for Canelo Alvarez during his prime in the ring.
Froch held the WBC, IBF and WBA super-middleweight titles during his career.
In his final three fights, Froch avenged his 2010 loss to Mikel Kessler and knocked out George Groves twice before retiring with a record of 33-2.
Alvarez will aim to become the first-ever unified super-middleweight champion this weekend when he fights undefeated Caleb Plant in Las Vegas.
And Froch would have backed himself against Alvarez if the two had fought a decade ago.
“I would have loved that fight,” Froch told Pro Boxing Fans.
“If I was in my prime and my prime being the back end of my career. I beat Lucian Bute in that obliteration and I had the rematch with [Mikkel] Kessler and then two [George] Groves fights.
“So, me in my prime at about 34, 35-years-old against Canelo Alvarez, I think I would have been too much for him. I think that myself, the viewers and the listeners can think what they want, but I back myself in fights.
“Against smaller people like Arthur Abraham, who was knocking everybody over and everybody was frightened to death of getting in with him, I just totally outboxed him and battered him like he’d never been battered before."
Froch would have held a four-inch height and five-inch reach advantage against Canelo if the two would have met in the ring.
And the Brit said he sized up Alvarez before the Mexican won Billy Joe Saunders' WBO title in May.
“So, when I look at Canelo Alvarez and I’ve met him and shook his hand before the [Billy Joe] Saunders fight because we’ve interviewed him on DAZN," he continued.
"I was looking at him and sizing him up and he’s about 5ft 8 and I shook his hand and his hands aren’t very big."
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Froch only suffered defeats to Andre Ward and Kessler during his 12 years as a professional.
Alvarez has won world titles in four different weight classes with his only loss coming to ring legend Floyd Mayweather in 2013.
But Froch didn't rule out Alvarez's chances of being the first man to knock him out if they two would have fought.
“It would have been me trying to box and move and then realising I’m not good enough to box and move because he’s a very good boxer even though he’s shorter," he continued.
"So I would have thought, right I’ve got to stand and have a fight with him.
“It would have been, do I get chinned? Would he have been the first man to knock me out? I’m not so sure.
"Would he have put me over? Maybe. But would I have got up to win? Possibly. We’ll never know.”
