Carl Froch in talks about blockbuster Wembley bout with Gennady Golovkin

Froch was recently stripped of his WBA super-middlweight belt and was believed to want a Las Vegas bout to end his career.

But his promoter Eddie Hearn suggests a mouthwatering showdown with Kazakhstan's Golovkin could provide Nottingham's 'Cobra' with a suitable alternative as both men seek to cement their legacies with a huge fight at the national stadium.

"We have already opened negotiations with Golovkin's people and they are very keen," said Hearn speaking to the Daily Mail.

"I only want Carl to take it if he's genuinely motivated because it is a high-risk fight.

"Golovkin is the most feared fighter in the world and Carl doesn't need this fight. But he says he is intrigued by how he would deal with him. He's crazy that way."

Golovkin, 33, is the WBA middleweight champion. He has a record of 30 knockouts in 33 fights, the latest of which saw him knock down American Wille Monroe Jr three times before the fight was halted in round six.

He is regarded as the natural rival to Floyd Mayweather as the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world.

Golokin has intimated that he would be keen to drop down to 154lb to make a fight with Mayweather, but Monroe Jr says it would be foolish for Mayweather to contemplate such a fight against a naturally bigger man.

Britain's Martin Murray was halted by Golovkin after 11 punishing rounds in Monte Carlo in February, and feels Golovkin moving up a weight to meet Froch is more realistic than a possible date with Mayweather.

"Golovkin could move up to super-middleweight he can't get the fights at middleweight and it will be interesting to see him against bigger men," Murray told ESPN.

"With Carl's style of fighting, he goes to war, and so he would be eating a lot of punches against Golovkin so I don't think he would get the better of him.

"If Carl had a better defence he has the style to do it but I think Carl will retire anyway. James DeGale is tough but he's more of a counter-puncher and I don't think he's got the style to beat Golovkin. To beat someone you need to be a come-forward fighter."

'Tripe G' would have to move up to 168lb to fight Froch, who has not fought since he KO'd George Groves at Wembley last summer.

Froch says he is not interested in a bout with fellow Briton James DeGale or Andre Dirrell, who fight for the IBF super-middleweight title in Boston on Saturday.