{"id":487608,"date":"2026-03-21T12:31:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T12:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/487608\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T12:31:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T12:31:07","slug":"carl-froch-sees-only-one-winner-if-moses-itauma-fought-anthony-joshua-now-bad-fight-for-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/487608\/","title":{"rendered":"Carl Froch sees only one winner if Moses Itauma fought Anthony Joshua now: &#8220;Bad fight for him&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Carl Froch has proposed <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/boxer\/anthony-joshua\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anthony Joshua<\/a> vs <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/boxer\/moses-itauma-2\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Moses Itauma<\/a> as a possible heavyweight clash, believing that one man has a psychological advantage over the other.<\/p>\n<p>The two Brits shared a gym while \u2018AJ\u2019 was still working with head coach Ben Davison, ahead of his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/boxing\/news\/12183\/13219278\/daniel-dubois-stuns-anthony-joshua-with-shock-knockout-win-to-retain-ibf-heavyweight-world-title-at-wembley-stadium\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">fifth-round stoppage defeat to Daniel Dubois<\/a> in September 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The two-time world heavyweight champion then joined forces with Team Usyk, training alongside Oleksandr, before orchestrating a <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/news\/jake-paul-vs-anthony-joshua-live\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sixth-round finish over Jake Paul<\/a> last December.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after that, though, it came to light that Joshua had been involved in a tragic car crash, where two of his closest friends ultimately lost their lives.<\/p>\n<p>It then became increasingly unclear whether the 36-year-old would resume his career, but he has since returned to the gym ahead of what many suspect will be a tick-over fight this summer.<\/p>\n<p>As for Itauma, it must be said the 21-year-old is gearing up for his toughest assignment thus far, against Jermaine Franklin, who he will face at Manchester\u2019s Co-op Live Arena on March 28.<\/p>\n<p>After that, Froch has suggested a potential showdown between Itauma and Joshua, with the Hall of Famer telling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newbettingsites.uk\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NewBettingSites.uk<\/a> that he would favour the younger man to do the business.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOut of any of the heavyweight ex-champs, I think \u2018AJ\u2019 would be Itauma\u2019s best pick to look good against, because I think \u2018AJ\u2019\u2019s not the force he was.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPsychologically and mentally, he is not there anymore. He\u2019s been banjoed a few times. I don\u2019t think his heart\u2019s in the fight game anymore. So, it\u2019s a bad fight for \u2018AJ\u2019, yeah, and I think that Itauma probably beats him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While many are predicting Itauma to become the next dominant force in heavyweight boxing, he is ultimately yet to face any fighter of Joshua\u2019s calibre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Carl Froch has proposed Anthony Joshua vs Moses Itauma as a possible heavyweight clash, believing that one man&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":487609,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-487608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487608","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=487608"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487608\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/487609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=487608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=487608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=487608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}