CARL FROCH has revealed Anthony Joshua sent him four now-deleted messages following his pound-for-pound rant.
The retired boxer, who is now a pundit for Sky Sports, was fuming at missing out in SunSport’s P4P top ten best of British over the last 30 years.
Carl Froch is not happy at not making SunSport’s top 10 P4P British boxers of all timeCredit: Splash News
Joe Calzaghe, who retired in 2008 undefeated in 46 fights topped the pile, with reigning WBA, WBO and IBF heavyweight champ Joshua coming in at No10.
Froch gave his thoughts on the list in an Instagram live with iFL TV, bizarrely using AJ’s inclusion as a reason why he should have made the top ten himself.
The 42-year-old said: “Not putting me in the top ten is bad news, and I don’t know how you can have AJ in the top ten.
“I’m not giving AJ stick, but he got knocked out by a little fat kid from Mexico. I’ve never been knocked out in my life, amateur or professional.
“AJ got beat up by a fat Mexican who, we don’t even know how good the Mexican is because he’s not done anything really. And they’ve got him in the top ten.”
Just two days after hitting out, The Cobra decided to use his ‘Froch On Fighting’ podcast to attempt to justify his arguments in a lengthy speech.
And he went on to mention four messages AJ had sent him, before DELETING them.
He said: “I was just having a conversation with someone actually off the record and I’ve seen something on Instagram, I don’t think it’s made the press or gone any further.
“They’ve twisted what I’d said, and said, ‘Anthony Joshua’s got beat by this fat kid from Mexico,’ which is out of order because Andy Ruiz is a decent fighter.
“He’s a good fighter, he can punch, he’s got quick hands. He is overweight, yes, but he can still fight.
“And my beef wasn’t with AJ, my beef was with the list. You’ve got AJ in at number ten, you’ve gotta have me in there somewhere between nine and maybe even top five.
AJ’s had a great career, but I’ve never been stopped amateur or professional
Carl Froch
“Because if he finished his career today and that was the end of his career, he’s not had as glorified a career as what I’ve had in terms of world champions beaten, amount of world title fights.
“AJ’s had a great career, but I’ve never been stopped amateur or professional. He got stopped against Ruiz, he come back and avenged the defeat, but I’ve won all the titles, four times world champion.
“To not have me in the top ten, I just think it’s ludicrous if you’re gonna stick somebody who’s still fighting [in there]…
“I was just having a conversation with somebody about it off the record and they’ve ran with it and started going on about ‘the Mexican’ and ‘AJ don’t deserve to be in there.’
AJ SENDS FOUR WHATSAPPS
“I’m a massive AJ fan, he’s my friend, he’s trained by my coach Rob McCracken. I was there for the glory night when he beat Klitschko at Wembley. I sat ringside, I was the first man to jump out of my seat.
“I lost the plot when he won because I was so happy for him, even though he smashed my 80,000 at Wembley record.
“People need to not get misunderstood by the way I talk. I talk from the heart, I tell it how it is, I was having a go at this top ten list.
“But that’s all it was, I wanted to clear that up. Anthony Joshua, I’m a massive fan of his, he knows I am.
“But sometimes you just don’t know, he’ll read something and he’ll think, ‘What’s Froch talking about now? What b****cks is he talking now?’
“I’ve actually had four messages off him last night on WhatsApp at midnight, five past midnight, ten past midnight.
“You know when you read your WhatsApp and it says, ‘This message has been deleted.’ I’ve had four of them.
“I’m thinking, ‘What has he wrote there and then deleted and changed his mind?’
“So AJ, if you listen to this, come on mate, send me a message or pick the phone up and give me a ring because you know I’ve got nothing but love for you.”
Carl Froch claims Joshua sent him four WhatsApp messages – but then deleted themCredit: Splash News
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