British boxing icons Amir Khan and Carl Froch have always had a word to say about one another since they hung up their respective gloves and their feud has shown no sign of stopping, with Khan labelling ‘The Cobra’ as ‘jealous’.
Froch famously joked of Amir Khan’s knockout defeat in his long-awaited grudge match with Kell Brook in 2022, stating how he turned into ‘Bambi’ when he was buzzed by the former IBF welterweight champion, eventually resulting in a sixth-round stoppage defeat.
Those comments prompted a reply from Khan’s wife, Faryal Makhdoom, who admitted that she can’t stand Froch and questioned whether the Nottingham-born super-middleweight was envious of the amount of money that Khan had amassed during his career.
Yet, Froch seemed unbothered by Makhdoom’s words and by the reported ‘beef’ with Khan and declared that he and the former unified light-welterweight conqueror should ‘kiss and make up’, in an interview with iFL TV.
Although, two years down the line, it seems as though Khan and Froch have not yet ironed out their issues and buried the hatchet, as Khan poked fun at Froch’s YouTube channel, when speaking with Action Network.
“Carl Froch has always been bitter. He’s been a bitter person and feel like he always has a go at my career and what I’ve done. I’m happy with my career. Who is he to make a comment on what I’ve done and what I’ve not done or should’ve done. I’ve fought all over the world and am happy with my career, but he doesn’t need to make silly opinions.
“He’s just a negative person which I find it as jealousy. He is a bad apple. I’d rather not even entertain that situation.
“We’ve met each other and did work together but there was no interaction, no laughs and chats, it was dull. There could be three or four good people there but when there’s one bad apple it’ll destroy the whole team. When he was there, nobody was even enjoying it, watching paint dry was better.”
“We’ve never trained together or been in the gym or even spent time together. He shouldn’t really have much to talk about. My career is my career, and your career is your career and that’s it.”
“If that is what life has come to, making YouTube channels at 47 years old, then it says it all. You want to make a YouTube channel at 47? We’ve got big TV deals and big documentaries, and my man is on YouTube selling himself.”
Khan is perceived by many as one of a select few British fighters to have succeeded in promoting themselves across the pond, regularly fighting in New York and Las Vegas in what was a packed out 140lb division at the time.
In 2011, Khan’s fourth defence of the WBA super-lightweight title against Paul McCloskey reportedly sold four times as many pay-per-views as Froch’s legendary clash with Mikkel Kessler – which was the previous record with promotional network, Primetime, another possible reason for Froch’s perceived grudge.
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