Carl Froch Delivers Honest Verdict On Deontay Wilder vs Anthony Joshua: “His Legs Have Gone”

Carl Froch has spoken about the potential heavyweight clash between two former heavyweight world champions, Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder.

Both of these big men are huge punchers who have knocked out a combined 68 opponents out of the 81 men they have faced.

However, when Joshua last fought back in September 2024, it was he who was stopped by then IBF champion Daniel Dubois, having rebuilt well following back-to-back losses to Oleksandr Usyk that left him without any belts in 2022.

Wilder suffered defeat twice to Tyson Fury out of the three times they fought, and then went on to lose to Zhilei Zhang and Joseph Parker. He got back to winning ways back in June when he beat Tyrell Herndon and is now making one last push for world honours.

Joshua is also set to return following an elbow injury and is looking to get back into world title contention, potentially against someone like Martin Bakole who he has been linked with, though a fight with Wilder could also make sense.

Someone who has been extremely vocal about Joshua and Wilder over the years is former super-middleweight king Froch, who has again weighed in with a breakdown on how the bout may go.

Speaking on his own YouTube Channel, Froch admitted that he thinks that the fight is now well past its sell-by date.

“I’m not interested in seeing Wilder fighting again from what I’ve seen. His punching power seems to be gone, his legs seem to be gone as well, when he gets clipped he struggles. I just don’t see why these fighters need to carry on and destroy their legacy and ruin it. That’s AJ and Wilder. I don’t think these fighters should be fighting anymore.”

Eddie Hearn revealed this week that Joshua’s return will be a carefully chosen one before bigger fights in 2026, meaning his next fight is unlikely to be against Wilder.