CARL FROCH has criticized the “terrible and unprofessional” advice given to Tyson Fury for his corner against Oleksandr Usyk.
Fury was defeated in 12 thrilling rounds by Usyk, who was crowned the undisputed heavyweight champion.
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The Gypsy King had coach Sugarhill Steward joined by assistant coach Andy Lee and father John in the crowded corner with him.
And footage emerged of the three of them talking to Fury at the same time, with John in particular talking about Sugarhill.
Froch got angry talkSPORT: “When you have three people – including Big John Fury, the fighter – when you have him in the corner yelling and screaming at you while you have two other people giving you advice, that means you are listening to absolutely no one.
“I thought that was terrible and unprofessional of him. It was bad.”
Usyk became the first undisputed heavyweight champion since Lennox Lewis achieved the same feat in 1999.
But he is the first to do so in the four-belt era, replicating the same success at cruiserweight as well.
Usyk also reached the top of Ring Magazine’s pound-for-pound rankings as the best fighter on the planet.
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So Froch – who reigned at super-middleweight during his prime – urged the Ukrainian hero to retire now at the top.
Froch said: “He has nothing to prove. He defeated AJ twice, now he defeated Tyson Fury.
“He’s the generational great for me. Usyk is the main one, he is the leader of the group.
“When you look at this generation of heavyweights, you look back and say, ‘Oleksandr Usyk is the main man, he’s dominated.’
“In my opinion, he should retire, he did everything he needed to do, he made enough money, he dominated the game, he completed boxing.
“There is nothing more to do. undisputed cruiserweight, undisputed heavyweight, 37 years old, approaching 40.
“When I retired, I was almost 37 years old. Usyk is at that age where I know how you feel in training camp and how you feel in the seventh and eighth rounds.
“He’s finished boxing, hang up the gloves and hand it over. That’s my advice to him.
“I think he has nothing left to prove, the rematch doesn’t prove anything.
“Anthony Joshua, Tyson Fury and the rest of the heavyweights could fight for the second position.”
Despite all the love for the resurgent AJ… these two are head, shoulders and fists ahead of everyone else
OLEKSANDR USYK is the deserved and undisputed heavyweight champion of the world, writes Wally Downes Jr.
A big gun doesn’t always beat a big gun, not when David has the weight of a beleaguered nation on his shoulders and is able to land every countryman with every blow.
Usyk did what Usyk does, he moved magnificently, countered and outclassed his taller, heavier opponent.
Somehow, he manages to use every physical disadvantage to his advantage.
But what the hell is Fury doing waking up in round nine?
Why does a father of eight with £300 million in the bank, three best-selling books and a Netflix series go into the deep end?
Britain is not reacting to Putin’s army, Morecambe is not occupied.
So when the 35-year-old’s senses are scrambled, when the screen calls to him, when he’s so desperate not to get knocked down that he’s willing to jump through every rope like a drunk, when he eventually has to fall into a corner, Why doesn’t he just stay down?
He earned the right to surrender, as did his millions.
The guts, guts, and bloody mentality it took to walk off that deck, with a broken nose and shattered ego, is not comprehensible to us mortals.
Fury said he felt he won the fight, but it was too worthy to call it robbery or corruption. No doubt your father will tarnish that decency when you read this.
The rematch will be excellent.
Because for all the love we have for the resurgent Anthony Joshua – who was ringside at that iconic event – these two polar opposite men are head, shoulders, fists, hearts and brains ahead of everyone else.
There are the first two, then there is a void and then there is the rest.
Read the verdict on Wally’s big fight in full here…
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