Carl Froch in war of words with John Fury as pair clash over ex-champ’s criticism of Tyson’s career

CARL FROCH is at the centre in a war of words with John Fury after his criticism of son Tyson.

Froch has been an outspoken figure in the boxing world since his 2014 retirement and recently questioned Fury’s CV in the ring.

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That outraged the Gypsy King’s father John, who branded the former world champion a “jealous has-been”.

But Froch – nicknamed The Cobra throughout his super-middleweight career – was quick to bite back.

He said on his YouTube channel: “He called me a has-been.

“What’s all this “has-been” business? That’s from somebody that’s a never-been. Have you ever been, to call me a has-been?

“And does that mean every previous world champion, Hall of Famer, Ali, Frazier, Roberto Duran, Sugar Ray Leonard, them kind of people, are you saying they’re all has-beens?

“It makes no sense, it’s ridiculous. It comes from a jealous place and you’ve mentioned jealousy in the rant on The Cobra, I’ve never been jealous.”

“I’m happy for boxers to get paid to do what I consider to be the hardest sport in the world, so let’s just get that one cleared and out in the open.

“So, John Fury, there’s no jealousy, I’ve never been a has-been, once a champion, always a champion.”

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Froch questioned Fury’s famous wins over Wladimir Klitschko and Deontay Wilder, which led John to accuse the retired 46-year-old of discrediting his son.

So Froch responded: “I don’t need to discredit Tyson to make my CV or my career look better.

“Tyson’s got four wins over world champions, I’ve got 11 wins over world champions….

“You said I should be kissing his a***. ‘Kiss his f***ing a***.’ He said. Why am I going to kiss his a*** for.

“And here lies the problem – is it because I’m not kissing his a*** you’re getting upset?

“Anybody that has any kind of constructive criticism against your son, Tyson Fury, gets shut down and switched off and potentially banned.”

Finally, Froch added: “You’re supposed to be thick-skinned, this big hard man, “a fighting man”, but you can’t take criticism.

“For someone that’s so tough and hard you’re so thin-skinned. You need to toughen up.”