CARL FROCH had boxing fans in stitches after DAZN cameras filmed him delivering a pep talk to Leigh Wood in his dressing room.
Leigh-thal, 34, was preparing for his WBA world featherweight title fight against Mauricio Lara on Saturday night, when Froch joined the fellow Nottingham-born fighter backstage.
Froch asked: “Did you have a good little rest today?” Before saying: “Listen, there’s a few people talking about Lara’s power… what about the Leigh Wood power?
“That’s what I’m thinking about.”
Leigh replied: “Absolutely”, prompting Froch to chime in with his pearls of wisdom – drawing up on his own experience of a title fight with Lucian Bute and a meeting with Sugar Ray Leonard.
He continued: “So don’t doubt yourself at any stage.
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“I can remember when I was fighting (Lucian) Bute and I was in that room.
“I’m not saying I’m Sugar Ray Leonard. But when Sugar Ray Leonard came in, I was like that just lifted me.
“The crowd are here for you tonight. I am here for you.
“Everyone wants you to do the business. It’s down to you now, come on.”
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Boxing fans immediately took to Twitter to voice their opinion.
One wrote: “How don’t people find this utterly f****** hilarious.”
Another posted: “Carl is soo ridiculous that its actually endearing.”
A third joked: “Imagine going back to an house party and Carl froch is stood in kitchen putting world to rights.”
Unfortunately Froch’s words of wisdom fell flat as Wood was brutally KO’d by Lara in the seventh round.
Froch regularly delights boxing fans – once reminding Oleksandr Usyk about how many fans saw him knockout George Groves at Wembley in 2014.
The Ukrainian approached Froch for a selfie and the Nottingham-born ex-fighter couldn’t resist the chance to joke about his final bout.
In footage posted online by Pro Boxing Fans, Froch said to Usyk: “Did you know how many people I boxed in front of at Wembley Stadium?”
A totally confused Usyk then replied: “Sorry?”
Froch stuck to his guns and continued: “I boxed at Wembley Stadium.”
Usyk then hilariously said as he looked utterly bewildered: “Yeah.”
Froch carried on: “Do you know how many people were there? 80,000… 80,000.”
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Still completely bemused, Usyk started talking before Froch finally put him out of his misery and said: “I’m only joking.”
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