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Carl Froch claims Anthony Joshua 'totally disregarded' his former coach before first defeat to Oleksandr Usyk and refused to spar or run in training

Carl Froch believes the real reason Anthony Joshua dropped his unified heavyweight titles to Oleksandr Usyk is because he 'didn't work hard enough' in the lead up to their inaugural encounter.

The Cobra is a good friend of AJ's former coach Rob McCracken and claims Joshua completely disregarded his mentor's guidance and skipped sparring sessions and hard runs during pre-fight preparations.

Joshua was comprehensively beaten by Usyk when they first fought each other back in September 2021 and placed much of the blame on his team.

But Froch affirms that the problems lay closer to home.