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‘B**ch move’ – Carl Froch brands Anthony Joshua ‘disgusting’ for Rob McCracken criticism and fires back at nose insult
Carl Froch has issued a strong response to Anthony Joshua after his recent criticism of Rob McCracken.
In comments made last week, AJ spoken openly about his split from former coach McCracken, who also trained Froch for his entire career.
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During this interview, the former heavyweight world champion also took the opportunity to fire a jibe in the direction of Froch himself, following recent derisory comments the ex-super-middleweight king has made about him.
"Rob’s a really good coach," Joshua remarked on the , "The only thing I’ll say though is look at [Carl] Froch’s nose. He just didn’t teach me defence.
"I was getting hit way too much with clean shots...
"Rob was too committed to the Olympic team, not the pro team.
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"I gave Rob my best years, and now I’ve got to dig deep to get them back again.”
In reply, Froch joined the on Tuesday and said: "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.
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"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.
"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.
"I'm not gonna hold it against him, but I think it's properly disrespectful to a guy that took him to the Olympic title and two world titles."
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