Anthony Joshua has been warned off taking an immediate rematch with Daniel Dubois.
The 2012 Olympic gold medallist failed in his bid to become a three-time heavyweight world champion a week ago when he was dominated by Dubois in a one-sided contest.
And former world champion Carl Froch believes it would be a mistake to take on Dubois again.
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Speaking on his Froch on Fighting YouTube channel, he said: “There’s talks now of an immediate rematch with Daniel Dubois.
“I think Eddie Hearn’s keen to chuck him straight back in there, because obviously Anthony Joshua is Eddie’s big cash cow, let’s be honest.
“He’s back in the driving seat if AJ can rectify that run. But for me, I think that’s a bad fight.
“An immediate rematch, Daniel Dubois is licking his lips, saying ‘I wasn’t happy with my performance, I think I can finish Anthony Joshua even earlier’.
“And he will come confident. First fight he went in he wasn’t sure if he belonged there.
“He’d been elevated to IBF champion after beating (Filip) Hrgovic, so does he belong at world level?
“Now he knows he belongs at world level, he knows what he can do to Anthony Joshua when he clips him on the chin.
“An immediate rematch, for me, is the end of Anthony Joshua’s career, and I don’t think that should be happening.”
On what he would advise Joshua to do, Froch added: “Then you’ve got to look down the ladder and see who’s next.
“You’ve got (Martin) Bakole, you’ve got Zhilei Zhang, big puncher – you’ve got Joseph Parker who’s on a bit of a crest of a wave after his Deontay Wilder win.
“They’re three fights there, those opponents would be going against Anthony Joshua really sticking it on him – and if he loses to one of them that’s definitely the end of him – even more so than if he gets flattened again by Dubois.”
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