Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury are set to clash later this year after they each emerged unscathed from their warm-up fights last weekend

Carl Froch believes Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury are simply fighting for the money.

Fury and Joshua set up their all-British showdown last weekend with victories over Mariusz Wach and Kristrian Prenga respectively. The fight has been a decade in the making but only earlier this year did the Brits sign to fight each other. But no date or venue has been announced, despite it being contracted to be held in the UK.

Should it be held at Wembley, organisers have insisted it is held at a time which suits a US audience, meaning the first bell could ring at 4am. But Froch as insisted it should not come down to what suits fans across the Atlantic. "Why are we accommodating American television for a British super-fight?" he said to Betpack.

"I’ve got reservations about whether it’s even a super-fight now anyway, because there are no world titles at stake, they’ve both been beaten and they’re both past their best. It is a fight I’m going to watch and, like Eddie Hearn said, when these two come together you get interested and excited to a degree. But come on, I’m not that excited. If those two didn’t fight, I wouldn’t care less. Six or seven years ago, it was probably the biggest fight in British boxing history. Now they’re both past their best and it’s a money grab.

"It’s probably third or fourth on the list of the biggest British fights. I also wouldn’t hold Sadiq Khan responsible if it doesn’t happen, because logistically, with Transport for London, the police and British Transport Police, they’ve all got to look at nearly 80,000 fans leaving the stadium at four in the morning and ask where they’re all going to go. It’s a potential f***ing nightmare, isn’t it?"

Froch also doubts whether Joshua or Fury deserve a place in the boxing Hall of Fame, despite being two-time heavyweight world champions. "At the time, AJ fought most of the people who were mandatory for his belts," he said. "He beat Wladimir Klitschko and fought the likes of Alexander Povetkin, so he has got names on his record. But he never fought Deontay Wilder, and he never fought Luis Ortiz when Ortiz was a dangerous name.

"Then you look at the way he lost to Usyk, the way he got badly knocked out by Daniel Dubois and the defeat to Andy Ruiz, who hasn’t got many other significant wins on his record. Unfortunately, Joshua’s record eliminates him from being in the Hall of Fame. It’s not me simply saying he doesn’t deserve it or he isn’t good enough. Just look down the record. There are too many negatives, and I think that will eliminate him from being selected for the International Boxing Hall of Fame.

"Eddie Hearn once said Joshua should be in the Hall of Fame because of what he’s done for boxing. I disagree. The International Boxing Hall of Fame should be based on results, who you beat and who beat you. Yes, Joshua is a two-time heavyweight champion, but he’s also been flattened a few times. You have to be realistic. I don’t think he gets in.

"Tyson Fury hasn’t got enough names on his record either. His biggest wins are Wladimir Klitschko and Deontay Wilder, and he has now lost twice to Usyk. Where are all the other significant wins on Tyson Fury’s career that put green ticks in all the boxes? There aren’t any. So unfortunately, they won’t be joining the Cobra anytime soon, or Roberto Durán, Sugar Ray Leonard, Muhammad Ali, Roy Jones Jr, Bernard Hopkins, Floyd Mayweather and the other names in the upper echelons of boxing."