Carl Froch compares Anthony Joshua’s clinical KO with Tyson Fury’s under par performance
Carl Froch has taken aim at Tyson Fury once more and now reckons that Anthony Joshua’s last performance shows the WBC and Lineal champion is in decline.
Froch is using Francis Ngannou as a yardstick to compare the two fighters. While Fury struggled to outpoint Ngannou over 10 rounds back in October and was even knocked down to the canvas in the third round, Joshua obliterated the former UFC heavyweight champion with a devastating third-round knockout having already put him down twice.
Froch was speaking in London on Monday as the guest of honour at a lunch hosted by the Boxing Writers Club in acknowledgment of his Hall of Fame career and Boxing Scene is reporting what was said.
“Fury must have just been having a really bad night – or, like I think, Fury’s past his best. He’s seen better days. I study the sport and I study the fights, and Tyson Fury used to throw 30-plus feints a round. Feint, feint. Draw his opponent in, feint. Double jab, right hand. He’s not doing the feints anymore. He’s doing four or five feints. He’s slow on his feet. He’s been knocked down five times [in recent years]. When you’re hitting the floor and getting hit on the chin and not throwing feints and not as busy as you used to be, that means you’re past your best and you’re on the decline and you’re on the slide.”
He then went on to talk about whether or not Fury will fight Usyk on May 18th for the undisputed title.
“I don’t think the Usyk fight happens. If it does, [Fury] must love the pound note, because he’s got enough money. He don’t need to fight. If he fights Usyk, he’ll get beat – unless I’m totally wrong and Fury’s just not taking the sport seriously.”