Anthony Joshua has ‘gone backwards’ and ‘hasn’t got right team around him’ says Brit boxing legend who wants BIG changes

ANTHONY JOSHUA needs a "big shakeup" due to the fact that he's gone "backwards" with the incorrect squad astir him, claims Carl Froch.

Joshua, 34, suffered a devastating knockout loss to Daniel Dubois successful 5 rounds successful beforehand of a British-record 98,000 fans past week astatine Wembley.

And boxing fable Froch insists large changes are successful bid if AJ wants a rematch with Dubois arsenic helium hasn't evolved since leaving erstwhile trainer Rob McCracken.

The Brit star, though, is not ruling retired a large comeback and a 3rd satellite heavyweight title for Joshua.

Froch said connected his YouTube transmission Froch connected Fighting: "My constituent is, he's gone backwards since leaving Rob McCracken.

"And if he's gonna determination guardant and travel backmost and person a rematch with Daniel Dubois past I don't deliberation he's got the close squad astir him.

"He needs a large shakeup successful the team, helium needs to marque changes and - earlier that - get his caput close and past spell for it due to the fact that he's successful the twilight of his vocation now

"I'm not saying helium can't travel backmost and helium can't spell connected to go a three-time satellite champion but it's gonna beryllium a pugnacious upland to climb."

Froch besides criticised Joshua's trainer Ben Davidson's "very strange" proposal aft the 4th round.

Davidson told Joshua: "He's unreserved stepping successful with the jab astir each clip unless you're galloping around.

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"Slip oregon bring it up. In down that treble jab, bring it up, rotation the dice. Roll the dice!"

Froch is adamant that was the incorrect proposal arsenic it enactment Joshua successful a precise unsafe position.

The erstwhile satellite champion added: "At the extremity of circular four, helium sat down successful his country and the proposal from Ben Davidson was precise strange.

"Ben Davidson told him to rotation the dice, told him to spell for it, helium wanted AJ to look for the uppercut connected his beforehand foot, which is simply a unsafe punch.

"Because erstwhile you propulsion the uppercut astatine scope you permission your chin exposed."

Froch doubled down connected his disapproval of Davidson insisting his thought to "roll the dice" was "stupid".

The Nottingham bruiser is adamant you can't travel that maneuver against a "big puncher" similar Dubois.

Froch added: "That's wherefore the 'roll the dice' successful circular 5 was a anserine idea, due to the fact that you're not going to rotation the dice against idiosyncratic who is simply a large puncher.

"All the heavyweights bang, but Daniel Dubois is known for being an implicit vessel with that close hand, if helium hits them you spot the effect. Anthony Joshua looked similar helium had been tasered."

Joshua is heading for a rematch with Dubois, who besides appears keen, and the combat could instrumentality spot successful Saudi Arabia.