Former world champion Carl Froch has slammed Tyson Fury’s approach to a possible fight with Anthony Joshua. The WBC heavyweight champion stated on Friday that AJ had received a draft contract for a bout in September.
It comes after talks broke down between the pair earlier this year and with Fury also unable to get a unification fight with Oleksandr Usyk over the line. ‘The Gypsy King’ was last in the ring for his KO win over Derek Chisora in December, while Joshua battled to a decision victory over Jermaine Franklin in April.
However, former super-middleweight champion Froch has called for Fury to step away from negotiations over his next opponent. READ: ‘Let’s do it’ - UFC president Dana White responds to Tyson Fury and Jon Jones question "I'm starting to get a little bit wound up.
I’m good friends with him, I’ve got a lot of respect for him, what a great fighter he is, but it’s getting to the point now where I’m getting bored of his nonsense," he told his Froch on Fighting YouTube channel. "He’s now sent a contract, although Eddie Hearn has denied it, to Anthony Joshua saying ‘let’s get this fight on’.
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