Carl Froch has taken aim at his former promoter Eddie Hearn, as their feud surrounding Anthony Joshua continues.
Hearn and Froch were once on great terms, with the Matchroom boss handling the latter stages of his career, including a memorable rematch with George Groves at Wembley Stadium in 2014, a card which Joshua featured on.
However, their relationship appears to have soured in recent years, with Hearn taking exception to the former world champion’s view on his top heavyweight charge.
Last week ‘The Cobra’ claimed his former training partner Joshua is finished and should hang up the gloves and Hearn has questioned the motivation behind the criticism.
“Put some respect on his name,” the 46-year-old told Boxing Social.
“AJ’s changed the game in this country.
“He’s fought absolutely everybody.
“It’s a bit like when Carl Froch was fighting.
“Ricky Hatton or Chris Eubank Sr or Nigel Benn coming in and going, ‘Carl Froch is finished,’ like after he lost to Andre Ward.
“Carl’s got to remember those kinds of moments.
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“When Carl boxed Andre Ward, everyone said he was completely finished and he came back and fought Lucian Bute and what he showed was, unbelievable heart, unbelievable will and he should remember how people wrote him off and how he came back with a vengeance.”
Joshua is set to return to the ring later this year after undergoing successful elbow surgery, an injury which has kept him sidelined since his fifth round defeat to Daniel Dubois last September.
The 47-year-old has fired back at the Essex promoter for comparing his points defeat to Ward in 2011 to Joshua’s loss to Dubois.
“Eddie Hearn is trying to compare my loss with Andre Ward with his loss with Daniel Dubois,” he said on his YouTube channel Froch On Fighting.
“Which is pathetic.
“I lost a close points decision to arguably an all-time great.
“115-113 on two of the judges’ scorecards, that’s a close fight.
“Then I went on to beat Bute, I beat Mack, I beat Groves in those two epic battles, with the last one finishing at Wembley Stadium in front of 80,000.
“Then I went on to be inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame, because my career was that glossy.”
