Former super middleweight champion, Carl Froch has dropped his two cents on the ongoing drought in the heavyweight division, citing financial disputes as the primary hindrance to top fighters facing off against each other.
The heavyweight division has been very inactive with the WBC's reigning champion Tyson Fury, staying out of the ring since his trilogy fight against Derek Chisora in December of last year. Fans looked on cheerfully to a unification bout between Fury and the current holder of the IBF, IBO, WBA and WBO titles, but negotiations came to a standstill shortly after.
Expressing his thoughts on Fury's situation, Froch explained that Fury's career may just have come to an end and believes the heavyweight may already be thinking about hanging his gloves for good.
"I think Tyson Fury has one eye on retirement. I think he’s had enough. He’s a big lad that’s got a bit of fat around him and everybody knows that he’s a bit out of shape in between fights. He then gets himself down to a reasonable weight and he really is a formidable force at heavyweight as he’s six foot nine, he’s big, he moves quick, he’s got light feet and I believe he can mix with any fighter, from any era. He’d have lasted in the 80’s and the 90’s against some of the best old school fighters such as Lennox Lewis and Evander Holyfield," he said.
Tyson Fury recently hinted that he was preparing to serve his fans with a "show-stopping" surprise however, that remains questionable since there is no opponent on the horizon for Fury as at now.
"It’s frustrating and the boxing fans are getting bored of it. In mixed martial arts they all fight each other because of the way it’s structured. In football, every team plays each other. In boxing, you have Tyson Fury shouting all the odds and fights aren’t happening. I don’t even believe that Anthony Joshua is interested in fighting and he’s actually said that himself, he’s doing it for the money now. If £100 million isn’t enough, then I don’t know when he’s going to stop. It's a frustrating time to be a boxing fan... People blame it on the promoters, blame it on the television networks, but if the fighters want to fight, then the fight can be made," Froch added.
Beatrice Adamu is a writer for AceTVBoxing.com. She can be reached on Twitter @oh_stillbella or via email: adamubeatrice13@gmail.com.
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