{"id":436778,"date":"2026-02-20T21:34:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T21:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/436778\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T21:34:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T21:34:09","slug":"carl-froch-accepts-john-fury-fight-offer-with-vicious-warning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/436778\/","title":{"rendered":"Carl Froch accepts John Fury fight offer with vicious warning"},"content":{"rendered":"

John Fury launched a scathing attack at Carl Froch this week and the pair have now agreed to a fight on Tyson’s undercard in April<\/p>\n

08:22, 20 Feb 2026Updated 08:26, 20 Feb 2026<\/p>\n

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Carl Froch has accepted a fight with John Fury(Image: PA)<\/p>\n

Carl Froch is ready to fight John Fury on his son Tyson’s undercard in April.<\/p>\n

Froch and Fury Sr clashed earlier this week at the press conference to announce Tyson’s comeback fight against Arslanbek Makhmudov on April 11. Fury then demanded a fight with former super-middleweight world<\/a> champion Froch on the undercard at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium – and the Nottingham man is in.<\/p>\n

“I feel like I’m the chosen one. I feel like it might be my job to finally shut this big gobs***e up. All he does is run around running his mouth,” he said on his YouTube<\/a> channel. “John, one final time, listen to me so it goes into that thick skull. I accept the challenge but know one thing – I’m going to come over to your corner and absolutely f***ing stick it on your Cobra style.<\/p>\n

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“I’m thinking to myself, ‘Is this guy actually being serious?’. He’s telling Netflix<\/a> to get in touch. I’m not going to turn it down. I’m not going to say I’m not going to fight him because John Fury’s a big bully and big bullies need putting in their place and if I’m the man that has to do it, I will do it.<\/p>\n

“I don’t want to beat an old man up. I don’t want to start on a 60-year-old man. I’m only 10 years younger than Big John Fury. He doesn’t look well does he. I don’t want to give him any stick but he looks f***ed. He’s 10 years older. I’m pressing on for 50. Is it a fair fight, I think we both know it isn’t but he’s called it on at Tottenham Hotspur.”<\/p>\n

On Thursday, Fury took to social media to post a video calling out Froch. \u201cThis is the message you\u2019ve all been waiting for. Carl \u2018The Worm\u2019 Froch, you\u2019ve got yourself a fight,” he said in a video. “Where do you want to fight at, mate? We\u2019ll do it in the ring, under the lights. I\u2019ll fight you at Tottenham in eight weeks’ time. Me and you, Tottenham, undercard, eight weeks\u2019 time.<\/p>\n

“You\u2019ll get that, because I know you\u2019re a s***. I know you\u2019re not a man. A three-time Hall-of-Famer, you might be all right at 12 stone, but you\u2019re nothing at heavyweight, my pal. I\u2019d laugh at you when you hit me.<\/p>\n

“But listen, we\u2019ve talked too much. I\u2019m not gonna make a long video. Get Netflix<\/a> to contact me. Let\u2019s talk about this, because it\u2019s about this, you know that, and I know that. And you\u2019ve got yourself a fight, mate. You can fight the father of the best heavyweight in the world, the Gypsy King\u2019s father.<\/p>\n

“And I\u2019ll tell you now, I will not disgrace my son by letting a f****** bum like you even come close to beating me. You\u2019ve got yourself a fight, Mr. Froch. Eight weeks, Tottenham. I don\u2019t need six months’ training. I\u2019m ready to go now, my pal.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"John Fury launched a scathing attack at Carl Froch this week and the pair have now agreed to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":436779,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,21662,15289,101,6901,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-436778","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-carl-froch","10":"tag-john-fury","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-tyson-fury","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=436778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436778\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/436779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=436778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=436778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=436778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}