Carl Froch has once again taken aim at Anthony Joshua after leaking their heated argument over WhatsApp this week.

The pair were once friends as they used train together under Rob McCracken when AJ was an amateur and a young pro, while Froch neared the end of his career.

4Froch and Joshua used to be training partnersCredit: Carl Froch – Instagram

Joshua even made his first Wembley Stadium appearance on the undercard of Froch’s final fight (the George Groves rematch) in 2014.

Now, AJ is set to headline at Wembley for the third time in his career and his more recent feud with Froch has once again become the topic of conversation.

In a video for his Froch On Fighting YouTube channel, Froch described an interview Joshua gave this week: “He was asked, ‘Carl Froch – one word answer.’ And what did he say? He called me a p***k.

“So I went straight back at him like I’d go back at anyone who called me that.”

Froch then proceeded to post screenshots of their WhatsApp exchange and a video AJ sent him.

Hypothesising as to why Joshua doesn’t like him, Froch said: “Maybe it’s because I’m quite critical, but it’s constructive criticism…

“It’s water off a duck’s back. To be honest I don’t care who I upset.

“There’s no personal animosity. I don’t wanna get personal with the back-and-forth beef.

Froch has been critical of AJ since his losses to Oleksandr Usyk,but he is now back fighting for a world title againCre

“Anthony Joshua has come to me with – they’re like little threats, they’re small threats in there.

“And the demeanour in which he’s putting it across to me, I could feel threatened.

“But I don’t give a s***, I’m the Cobra, I’ll front anybody face-to-face.

“Not because I’m a big, hard man, four-time world champion, Hall of Famer and I can fight a little bit with a granite chin, none of that, just because I wanna be honest.

“AJ’s getting wound up and getting really upset. I don’t wanna really go down this path of exposing it, but I’ve got to.

“Because you’re calling me a p***k, you’ve got no real reason for it, other than the fact that I’ve been honest about your career.

“You need to get over it, and concentrate on the rest of your career and try to finish on a high.

“And hopefully one day I’ll see you at the Hall of Fame, but at the minute your attitude and personality is totally classless, and I’m a little bit in shock.

“And by the way there’s a lot more messages and voicemails.

“I thought you’d either been smoking or drinking because it gets bad, but I’m gonna hold it back and keep it.”