CARL FROCH reckons Anthony Joshua could blow his gas tank in his rematch with Dillian Whyte.
The former two-time unified heavyweight champion will renew his rivalry with Whyte in a domestic dust-up on August 12.
Joshua, 33, is in need of a highlight-reel knockout of his old rival following a less-than-impressive points win over Jermaine Franklin in April.
AJ has, at times, shown signs of fatigue after sensing blood and going for the finish – with his huffing and puffing in his 2017 win over Wladimir Klitschko and recent defeat to Oleksandr Usyk evidence of that fact.
And Froch reckons his fatigue issues could rear their ugly head again next month.
During an appearance on talkSPORT, the former unified super-middleweight champion said: “[Joshua’s] still fighting a little bit nervously in my opinion, he’s a bit gun-shy and he’s not offensive enough.
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“He doesn’t throw enough punches and he runs out of steam doesn’t he, he gets tired.
“We saw that against [Kubrat] Pulev, he got the win, but he was tired after he went for the stoppage in round three or four.”
“Well, you can’t really say that because look at some of the big heavyweights from years ago, maybe he’s not preparing properly, maybe he’s not doing the runs or the spars.
“Because no matter how big you are you can get yourself in shape to do 12 rounds, they used to do 15 rounds years ago.
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“But, the Klitschkos are equally as big, Wladimir and Vitali, and they were good 12 round fighters.
“Lennox Lewis was a huge 12-round fighter, so you can’t say it’s because of his size.
You’ve got to get yourself in shape and fit.”
Froch and Joshua have found themselves embroiled in a war of words in recent weeks, with the latter citing the former’s nose as a reason why he left former trainer Robert McCracken.
The Cobra didn’t take kindly to the comments, saying: “Listen, first of all you’ve gotta laugh.
“Secondly, what I’ll say to that is – for a grown man to try and personally insult another grown man on his physical appearance, for me that’s a b**ch move.
“I sincerely hope he’s talking about the old nose, not the new reconstructed piece of artwork that I’m carrying round on my face at the minute.
“Because I’m actually quite happy with this nose.
“But my nose aside and my aesthetic features aside, I’m looking at this as a real dig at Rob McCracken.
“Rob McCracken is a man that first of all got AJ out of jail. I’m gonna pause now because I’m not gonna go into that.
“He got him out of jail, literally.
“Do your research, I’m not gonna elaborate on that. He also guided him to an Olympic gold medal in 2012, Olympic champion.
“He’s working with someone who’s not a natural fighter in Anthony Joshua, not had that amateur pedigree as a schoolboy coming through.
“He did a fantastic job, got him an Olympic gold medal in 2012. Then he guided him to, not one, but two world titles.
“And he’s got the audacity and the disrespect to say that he wasted years with Rob McCracken and he didn’t teach him defence.
“For me, that’s disgusting. There’s no comeback from that for me for AJ
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“I’m not gonna hold it against him because he’s done what he feels is right for him, and he’s having a little personal dig at me which is fine…
“It’s out of order what he said about Rob McCracken, I think he’ll probably regret saying what he said.”
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