Froch: Joshua should come back and fight for title or just retire

Former World Champion Carl Froch criticized Anthony Joshua (25-3, 22 KOs) for not returning to big fights after two consecutive losses Oleksandr Usyk (20-0, 13 KOs).

“I’m just being honest, and if someone asks me the question:“ Who will win - Deontay Wilder or Anthony Joshua? that Anthony needs to fight at the world level. The best fighters, world champions - when they lose a fight, they immediately return to fight another world champion. I lost the fight for the world title and went back to fighting for another belt.

Look at Canelo doing the same thing, look at Oscar De La Hoya, look at any of the champions in the history of boxing - they are coming back. All these warm-up fights are nonsense. Joshua wants to fight Dillian Whyte, and before that he fought Jermain Franklin - this is nonsense.

Joshua needs to come back and fight for the world title, show us that he believes in himself and means something in the sport. Or just retire and go into the sunset, because he achieved a lot outside of boxing, Froch said in an interview with TalkSPORT.