Former super-middleweight world champion Carl Froch, says Anthony Joshua has completely lost his soul and confidence in boxing.
The 35-year-old Joshua is currently recovering from elbow surgery and is likely to be back in action at some stage between October and December, with a string of potential opponents lined up.
Speaking on his Froch On Fighting Youtube channel, ‘The Cobra’ said: “AJ’s been flat and ironed out a few times. We’ve seen him lose against Ruiz. Lost his soul. Never regained it, did he? He had a comeback with Franklin, Helenius. He also beat Otto Wallin and then Ngannou, the MMA fighter. The four fights really flattered AJ. They never really tested him. He was never put under the kosh. He was never, never having to fight in there with anybody that was really coming in there swinging, trying to take him out.
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“The minute he steps in with somebody that was lively, with a pulse, that was trying to do him – what happened to him? He got f***ing flattened. And to me that was the end of it.
“He got dropped in round 1 by Dubois. He got finished off in round 5 – BAD. And I don’t think he will ever, ever recover from that. I think AJ’s finished. Honestly, he’s finished. Done. And the only fight potentially for him is the Fury fight. Forget rematching Usyk. Forget Daniel Dubois again, because we know what’s gonna happen. We’ve already seen it.
“The fight with Fury’s safe enough ’cause Fury would probably struggle to knock him out with one punch. I’m not saying he can’t do that – he probably can – but that’s a fight that I would probably say, you know what? If you’re gonna come out of retirement, I know Anthony Joshua’s not retired – but if Fury’s gonna come out of retirement, that makes sense for Fury. Because for me, it’s a f***ing easy win.”
