Former boxing champ pinpoints worrying concern about Tyson Fury and tips Oleksandr Usyk to win undisputed fight

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CARL FROCH has raised concerns over Tyson Fury and backed Oleksandr Usyk to win their undisputed super-fight.

Fury comes into the bout having controversially beaten ex-UFC champion Francis Ngannou in their crossover clash in October.

Tyson Fury facing off with Oleksandr Usyk[/caption]

Former British boxing world champion Carl Froch[/caption]

He was even dropped by the boxing debutant and had to escape with a split-decision win.

It backdated his unification bout with Usyk from December to February 17 and former super-middleweight champion Froch fears the worst.

He told talkSPORT: “2024 is going to be a fantastic year. Hopefully with a close humdinger with Fury and Usyk.

“I’m picking Usyk for that one, just because of where Tyson Fury is mentally.

“Hopefully Fury can have a good camp and rekindle some of his old greatness in terms of when he fought Deontay Wilder three times.

“He looked good, he looked different every time. I don’t know, that’s gone now. He struggles to get the weight off him.

“He seems under-motivated. When he fought Ngannou he looked confused. Has he got old overnight?

“Hopefully he turns up and gets the job done, because I want those titles to return to Britain, but at the minute I think Usyk wins that fight.”

Fury, 35, has now arrived in Riyadh to continue his training to fight Usyk, 36, with just under two months to go.

It comes after his dad John called his camp a “circus” which is “in decline”.

And Fury’s promotional team also refused to rule out a future rematch with Ngannou, 37, after he “took it lightly”.

Francis Ngannou floored Tyson Fury[/caption]