Anthony Joshua sent Carl Froch a string of messages after he criticised his performance against Andy Ruiz Jr - but 'AJ' went on to delete the evidence.
Joshua, 33, lost his unified heavyweight titles to Ruiz Jr in June 2019 but won them back in their rematch later that year. Froch was less than impressed with Joshua's performance in the second fight as he wanted 'AJ' to knockout Ruiz Jr, but the Brit went on to win by a lop-sided decision. Froch thinks he upset Joshua by giving several interviews slamming his performance, something that led to a series of mysterious texts from 'AJ'.
"In the build-up I said I want to see AJ get in there and outbox Ruiz for five or six rounds, then demolish him and show the heavyweights he means business." Froch told Sporting Post. "I did an interview after and I just said I wasn’t impressed, I didn’t think it was good enough to get in there and outbox someone who’s 20 stone. I think that’s not proving anything to the other heavyweights.
