Carl Froch says Anthony Joshua “ain’t got it anymore”, claiming the 36-year-old’s punch resistance “has gone” ahead of his expected November showdown with Tyson Fury, with New York reported as the likely venue. The Froch Joshua verdict, delivered on the Hall of Famer’s YouTube channel and reported by Boxing News Online, lands just weeks after ‘AJ’ survived a chaotic opening round against Kristian Prenga.
Joshua was floored twice inside the first round by the Albanian — a perceived low-risk opponent with a 100% knockout-to-win ratio but no top-level scalps — before rescuing the night with a single thudding right hand. Fury’s own warm-up was hardly more convincing, an uninspiring seventh-round stoppage of 46-year-old Mariusz Wach.
The Froch Joshua Verdict: ‘He Ain’t Got It Anymore’
“His punch resistance has gone. Yeah, AJ can punch hard. And he is fast, and he is dangerous. But he ain’t got it anymore. It’s not in the tank anymore,” Froch said. “When you can’t take a punch, you’ve only got to get clipped on your way in – as we saw against Prenga – and it’s fight over.”
Even Froch concedes the speed and power remain, and that combination could still make Joshua desperately dangerous in the early rounds against Fury. The question many keep asking is a colder one: what happens the first time he gets clipped? Follow the full build-up on our Anthony Joshua page.
