CARL FROCH has told Tyson Fury that he has not “done enough” to go into the boxing Hall of Fame.
It was confirmed this week that the Gypsy King will face former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou in Saudi Arabia on October 28.
The cross-sport clash will happen under Queensberry rules over 10 rounds and WON’T be for undefeated Fury’s WBC title.
Fury, who has already labelled Ngannou a “big, stiff tramp” that he could KO after downing 15 pints, has got pelters from boxing purists for taking the bout after months of failed negotiations elsewhere.
Fans are desperate to see him in an undisputed decider with WBA, WBO and IBF champ Oleksandr Usyk or an overdue all-English clash with Anthony Joshua.
But the Morecambe showman, 34, insists that he has offered both men lucrative deals and they are the ones to blame for him branching out into big-money freak fights.
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Ex-super middleweight title holder Froch, 46, was inducted into boxing’s Hall of Fame earlier this year.
And he recently told BettingSites that Fury WOULD NOT be joining him in there unless he “dared to be great” and took on the fights that everybody wants rather than these cross-combat ones.
Froch said: “I was inducted for wins. I dared to be great. I took on young unbeaten fighters like George Groves.
“Now that’s a legacy. That’s a career worthy of the Hall of Fame.
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“Does Fury deserve it? A great win against [Wladimir] Klitschko, a trilogy win against [Deontay] Wilder, that’s not enough.
“If he beats AJ, beats Usyk, then yes.”
Going on to explain what he thought merited an induction, Froch added: “There are different rules on whether or not you make it into the Hall of Fame.
“You can go in as a competitor or a participant or something else. You can be a promoter.
“Anthony Joshua for example, what he’s done for boxing, he’s brought it to a whole new audience. He’s followed on from my 80,000 at Wembley Stadium.
“What he’s done for the sport is transcend it and take it to the next level so for that alone you could say that’s a Hall of Fame career.”
Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
