Nigerian-born former world heavyweight boxing champion, Anthony Oluwafemi Olaseni Joshua has come underneath assault from a British icon, Carl Froch, for agreeing to tackle social media influencer, Jake Paul in an ‘exhibition battle.’
Sports247 studies that Froch has for the higher a part of this 12 months’s criticized Joshua for failing to announce his retirement from boxing and the previous decrease weight champ has now slammed his fellow-Brit for agreeing to a controversial bout.
The battle, which is scheduled to carry on December nineteenth in Miami, USA, has come underneath fireplace from many boxing buffs the world over, whereas British authorities have warned that it’ll not be acknowledged.
Nonetheless, Joshua has already dedicated himself to the date in historical past, which he tagged a ‘mega present,’ however his determination has drawn recent ire for him from Froch.
The 48-year-old Froch, who’s a former super-middleweight world champion, declared that Joshua’s determination is the tip of his standing as a real boxer.
“The final picture anybody has of Anthony Joshua is him breakdancing on his head, face-down within the air. Daniel Dubois flattened him over a 12 months in the past, the place does he go subsequent?
“I poked and pressured Paul to inform him that he’s not an expert fighter. He’s enjoying on the sport and handpicking opponents to swimsuit his narrative.
“Folks purchase into it as a result of he has an enormous following on YouTube however no person of their proper thoughts takes him critically as an expert fighter,” Froch submitted.
