Carl Froch has fired out a warning to two of the heavyweight division’s biggest names.
The current ruler at heavyweight is Oleksandr Usyk, who became undisputed in the banner division for the second time when he knocked out Daniel Dubois inside five rounds to add the IBF belt to his WBC, WBA and WBO titles.
Froch himself knows what it is like to claim a big win at Wembley, having secured a knockout win over George Groves there in 2014 to retain his unified super-middleweight world titles, in what proved to be his final fight before hanging up the gloves.
‘The Cobra’ has now named who should follow him into retirement, telling his Froch On Fighting YouTube channel he has no desire to see Deontay Wilder or Anthony Joshua continue boxing.
“I’m not interested in seeing Wilder fighting again from what I’ve seen. His punching power seems to be gone, his legs seem to be gone as well, when he gets clipped he struggles. I just don’t see why these fighters need to carry on and destroy their legacy and ruin it. That’s AJ and Wilder. I don’t think these fighters should be fighting anymore.”
Wilder and Joshua have been linked to a fight with one another for the best part of a decade, but it was never able to materialise whilst both men were reigning world heavyweight champions.
They have found things difficult as of late, with Joshua suffering a knockout defeat to Dubois last September, while Wilder has suffered four losses in recent years but did manage to claim a victory over Tyrrell Herndon during his last fight in June.
That victory has led to speculation that a clash between Wilder and Joshua could come to fruition again, though Froch will certainly hope that isn’t the case.
