Carl Froch lists SIX reasons why Anthony Joshua would lose to Tyson Fury and reveals doubt over Dillian Whyte match-up
CARL FROCH has listed SIX reasons why he believes Anthony Joshua would lose to Tyson Fury.
The heavyweight rivals have tried but failed in the past to commence their Battle of Britain.
Instead, Fury fought Deontay Wilder three times, drawing once but winning the two rematches.
And Joshua lost consecutively to Oleksandr Usyk in defeats that leave Froch doubting he could beat the Gypsy King.
He outlined his many reasons, telling Betting Sites: “They’re not giving Anthony Joshua a chance against Fury.
“I think it’s fair because he had back-to-back defeats to Usyk and he’s looking like a man that’s fighting with no confidence.
“He doesn’t come forward anymore. He’s on his back foot, he’s defensive first and he gasses after 8-9 rounds.
“I don’t think he’s got the engine.”
Fury, 34, accused Joshua, 33, of rejecting the chance to fight him in September.
Instead, AJ returns on August 12 in a rematch with Dillian Whyte, 35, who he beat in 2015.
It will serve as a risky preparation fight ahead of his proposed blockbuster against Wilder, 37, in Saudi Arabia.
Froch, 46, said: “This fight with Dillian Whyte that’s coming up – if he can beat him in style and look good then people are going to start saying, hang on a minute, that was a good win.
“He’s already beat him, Dillian Whyte’s been knocked out by Alexander Povetkin and Tyson Fury so it’s not going to prove anything.
“But it’s just going to show that he’s got him there and he believes in himself, he means business. If he can get the win in style that sets it up nicely.
“Whyte wobbled him early on and AJ dealt with him and got the job done. AJ fighting Whyte is better than him fighting someone like Jermaine Franklin in his last fight or whoever else gets pulled up to make him look good – it isn’t going to prove that he can go in against somebody like Deontay Wilder, Usyk in a rematch, or Tyson Fury.”