Carl Froch blasts Fury vs Ngannou fight but says Tyson has earned the right to do whatever he wants
Speaking to Genting Casino, outspoken former world champion Carl Froch blasted Fury vs Ngannou as "a celebrity clown show" and claims "I’m not interested in the slightest!"
The 46-year-old former fighter from Nottingham, recently inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame, is not impressed with Fury fighting former UFC champion Ngannou, but believes that 'The Gypsy King' has earned the right to do whatever he wants solely because, "He's the main man in the heavyweight division."
Fury and Ngannou is a load of rubbish, but Tyson can do whatever he wants
"Fury and Ngannou is a load of rubbish. The only reason that fight is happening is because he's got a Netflix series coming out and a crossover fight fits well into a Netflix show. I think Fury is more interested in the glitz and glamour around his own Netflix show than fighting anyone else, but Tyson Fury can do whatever he wants.
"He had that trilogy with Deontay Wilder, he beat Wladimir Klitschko, he's the main man in the heavyweight division. If Tyson Fury says it's Tuesday, it's Tuesday, no-one is going to argue with him. But Fury-Ngannou is a load of rubbish, not interested at all, not in the slightest, because it's not a boxing match.
"I'm interested in MMA and the UFC, but crossover fights don't work. Mayweather proved that when he fought McGregor, it was a mismatch, and it will always be a mismatch when a boxer fights a mixed martial artist in the boxing ring and vice versa if a boxer jumps into the cage.
Fury should NOT be stripped
"If the WBC calls a mandatory and he's not fulfilling his mandatory obligations then they should strip him but if he's not been ordered to fight, he's within his right to keep hold of that belt and go and do this celebrity clown show that he's involved in.
"The WBC should not strip him. If I had the belt and I was going to earn a fortune to fight for an easy win, then I'd ask 'why are you taking the belt off me?' Tyson Fury is the man in the division who can demand all the money and TV, and he's fought and beat everyone.
"We do need to see him fight Usyk though, but not so much Anthony Joshua, at least until we see AJ back to his previous best. If AJ does a job on Whyte, blasts him out and looks really good doing it, then we're going to want to see AJ-Fury, but at the moment, the only fight out there for Fury is Usyk and Usyk's fighting Dubois."
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