{"id":657739,"date":"2026-05-09T07:44:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T07:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/657739\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T07:44:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T07:44:08","slug":"carl-froch-delivers-harsh-verdict-on-anthony-joshua-vs-tyson-fury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/657739\/","title":{"rendered":"Carl Froch delivers harsh verdict on Anthony Joshua vs Tyson Fury"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua are expected to go head-to-head later this year.<\/a> This fight has widely been seen as the biggest showdown in British history. Ahead of that, the former super middleweight champion Carl Froch shares his honest assessment of the signed bout.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He is predicting a comfortable victory for Fury while raising serious concerns about Joshua\u2019s mentality.<\/p>\n

However, Froch believes the fight heavily favors Fury, particularly in terms of mindset and motivation.<\/p>\n

Carl Froch backs Fury to outbox Joshua<\/p>\n

Speaking in the first episode of \u2018Fight Your Corner Podcast\u2019 about the matchup, Froch said he expects Fury to win clearly on points despite both heavyweights no longer being at their physical peak.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think Tyson Fury wins on points quite comfortably,\u201d Froch said.<\/p>\n

The former super middleweight champion acknowledged that some analysts, including Tony Bellew, may support Joshua\u2019s chances. Still, Froch sees Fury\u2019s boxing ability as the deciding factor.<\/p>\n

\u201cSure, Tony Bellew will make a case for AJ, but I think AJ gets beat on points. Tyson Fury outboxes him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Froch admitted Fury has slowed down in recent years but argued that Joshua has also declined.<\/p>\n

\u201cPast his best, Fury has slowed down, but so has AJ.\u201d<\/p>\n

Froch questions Anthony Joshua\u2019s motivation<\/p>\n

Beyond the technical matchup, Froch expressed deeper concerns regarding Joshua\u2019s desire to continue fighting.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think he\u2019ll be in the right headspace,\u201d Froch said.<\/p>\n

The former champion even questioned whether Joshua truly still wants to box at this stage of his career.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t really think he wants to box anymore. I don\u2019t know why he\u2019s doing it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Froch pointed out that Joshua has already achieved financial success and championship glory throughout his career.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s made the money, he\u2019s had the titles, and he\u2019s had a couple of bad losses.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Froch, those setbacks may have permanently changed Joshua\u2019s mentality heading into major fights.<\/p>\n

Froch unsure whether Joshua still has hunger heading into Tyson showdown\u00a0<\/p>\n

Froch continued by suggesting the Olympic gold medalist may struggle mentally once training camp intensifies.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know how or why he would want to come back from that just for financial gain,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The British boxing legend believes Joshua could eventually realize that the hunger and drive required at the elite level may no longer exist.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think he\u2019ll find out in camp that actually this ain\u2019t for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Froch then ended with one of his strongest statements yet regarding the potential fight.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t be arsed with this, and it will show in the fight if the fight happens.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite the criticism, anticipation around Fury vs Joshua continues to grow rapidly.<\/p>\n

Joshua is currently scheduled to face Kristian Prenga in a comeback fight on July 25<\/a>, while Fury is reportedly seeking another interim bout<\/a> before the expected November showdown.<\/p>\n

No date has been finalised, nor has a venue been selected. Recently, Dana White claimed that he would be the promoter, and Eddie Hearn quickly dismissed it.<\/a> It remains unclear for now who will be promoting the fight. <\/p>\n

If finalized, the fight would finally deliver one of boxing\u2019s most anticipated heavyweight clashes after years of failed negotiations and speculation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua are expected to go head-to-head later this year. This fight has widely been…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":657740,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[5276,703,49,48,61766,82,5513],"class_list":["post-657739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-anthony-joshua","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-carl-froch","tag-sports","tag-tyson-fury"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=657739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657739\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/657740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=657739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=657739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=657739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}