ANTHONY JOSHUA needs a “brain transplant” if he is to beat Oleksandr Usyk, according to Carl Froch.
AJ was completely outclassed by the undefeated Ukrainian, 35, last September as he lost his world titles via unanimous decision.
Carl Froch says Anthony Joshua ‘needs a brain transplant’ to beat Oleksandr Usyk
The Ukrainian and AJ will meet in their rematch on August 20
The Watford-born star will get his shot at redemption after agreeing a £100million rematch with the champ that will take place in Saudi Arabia on August 20.
Joshua, 32, has hired new trainer Robert Garcia to help him become a three-time heavyweight king – but former super-middleweight champion Froch does not fancy his chances.
The Cobra told iFL TV: “Sometimes a change is good, but for Anthony Joshua to beat Oleksandr Usyk, he needs a brain transplant. He’s got all the physical attributes but I just don’t think he can beat him.
“I think it’s going to be difficult for Joshua to beat Usyk in this rematch; it’s going to be very difficult unless he changes his train of thought and his mindset.
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“His mindset needs to be bang on. He needs to start believing in himself and go in that ring with all the confidence that he can and will do the job. If he goes in believing, he can achieve.
“I just think since the Ruiz loss, he hasn’t had that mindset and hasn’t had that mentality of a winner.
“He just sort of got through the rematch with Ruiz, and I wasn’t impressed with the (Kubrat) Pulev victory.
“I’ve not seen that fire back in his belly. I don’t think leaving Rob McCracken, I don’t know it was a good decision or not, but I’m hoping it works out to be a good decision for him in terms of changing his mentality.”
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Froch added: “Maybe a change is as good as anything else when you have a rematch with somebody like Usyk because he needs to do something different.
“It’s a tough one for AJ. I’m not saying he can’t do it, because he can, he has all the physical attributes. But he needs to get it right mentally. He needs to get his head right.
“If he doesn’t believe in himself, he may as well not even bother turning up.”
