Carl Froch has once again suggested a former ruler of the banner division should be looking to retire rather than fight on.
It’s tough at the top, and that’s even truer in the heavyweight division, where one punch can end a fight in an instant.
Right now, plenty of stars of the sport are coming to the end of their careers, from Tyson Fury, who has already retired, to Anthony Joshua, who has likely only a few fights left, much like Oleksandr Usyk and Derek Chisora.
Another man towards the end of his career is former knockout specialist Deontay Wilder, who returned to the ring this last weekend and got a KO victory over Tyrell Herndon as he makes a final bid to get back into world title contention.
Speaking on Froch on Fighting, ‘The Cobra’ broke down what he saw in the fight.
“It was a tune-up fight, and Herndon turned up to get beat up didn’t he, and think the referee knew it didn’t he. As soon as DW started loading up a couple of overhand rights, and they were connecting, he put one through the middle.
“After Herndon didn’t really respond and didn’t give much back the ref just thought I don’t like watching somebody get beat up when they don’t seem to be trying so he jumped in and stopped the fight.”
Froch then looked ahead to Wilder’s future and called on him to retire rather than risk getting hurt – something he has recently also urged Joshua to do as well.
“Wilder, what’s next for him, has he got a career left? He’s lost four of his last six fights, he lost twice to Fury, he then sparked Helenius, but then he lost to Parker and got ironed out by Zhang so after that you kind of think he’s finished, it’s all smoke and mirrors, is he back with that punch?
“They want to see him get in there and throw the big knockout blow. At one point he was 40 fights, 39 wins, 39 knockouts. At one point, everybody he’s beaten, he’s knocked out. He had that draw with Fury, and that trilogy with Fury took it out of him, he’s made a lot of money, it’d be nice now to see him probably hang his gloves up and turn it it.
“I don’t like telling people to retire, I like to give my opinion on when these fighters are done. I think Deontay Wilder has had better days and now if he fights anybody with a pulse who can punch, he could be hurt.”
