Space and astronomy

BOXING legend Carl Froch has reiterated his remarkable belief that the Earth is flat.Last year, the former unified super-middleweight world champion revealed he was a flat Earther and labelled space agency NASA as “fake”.
Carl Froch has claimed yet again that the Earth is flatCredit: Getty Images – Getty
Now he has furthered his bizarre argument by putting a strange theory to ex-boxer Matthew Macklin and broadcaster Andy Clarke.
Speaking on the Macklin’s Take podcast, he was asked whether he really thinks the earth is flat.
To which Froch, 45, replied: “Here’s the problem. I’ve tried to prove – and I challenge anybody listening to this – prove that the Earth is spherical. Prove that it’s round. Prove that it’s actually a globe.”
Macklin then responded: “All I know is that when Michael Conlan was boxing in Brisbane, we left LA and flew west and 12 hours later we were in Brisbane.
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“So I don’t see how the world can possibly be flat.”
Froch then confusingly added: “I could get a piece of A4 paper, write down the centre of the flat Earth – which is the North Pole – and write down the ice wall – which is right down the south side – all the way around the circumference of the flat Earth, and you would circumnavigate and you’d get from where you just said [LA] to where you just said [Brisbane] in the same flight path.
“Next question.”
This is not the first time Froch has spoken in depth about his wacky theory.
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In December, the ex-boxer told the Pound for Pound with Jake Wood and Spencer Oliver podcast: “The Earth is flat, 100 per cent.
“There’s no proof of the Earth’s curvature and this fake space agency Nasa use CGI images and every one is different.
“I’m looking at them thinking, ‘Hang on a minute, they’re like cartoons’.
“When someone like Richard Branson goes up there and starts doing chartered flights… and you can look back on Earth and see the Earth’s curvature, I’ll believe the Earth is a globe.”
Froch, who retired in 2015 after winning 33 of his 35 fights, has also claimed in the past that the moon landing in July 1969 was faked.
Froch knocked out George Groves in the final fight of his career in 2014Credit: Getty Images – Getty More