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Carl Froch is sceptical that Tyson Fury will be ready to face Oleksandr Usyk in May after suffering a nasty cut in training.
The pair were due to meet to become the undisputed heavyweight champion on February 17.
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However, a large cut Fury sustained in sparring forced the bout to be cancelled.
The fight, which is taking place in Saudi Arabia, was quickly moved to a date in May - just over a three month delay.
The Gypsy King will need the cut to heal in order to get back to full training and Froch told talkSPORT that the new date should be taken with a pinch of salt.
He said: “The date they’ve announced is really convenient. Everybody's upset, infuriated and deflated that this undisputed everywhere title fight's not happening. So what do they do? They come out with a date of May 18.
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“Take that with a pinch of salt. They're giving us something to think about. They're giving us something to talk about and to keep the dream alive and keep all the fans intrigued.
“That date is something that's been plucked out of the air and I think we're being paid lip service because you can't say May 18 because you don't know what Fury is going to be doing now for the next two months and how that eye's going to heal.
“It's nice that they've got a date and they've put it in there and they still want it to happen but, to be honest, I don't get excited when I hear that.”
Froch also expressed concerns over Fury in recent fights and thinks he is 'on the slide'.
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He added: "He's on the slide, he's passed his best. I watched his fights from when we talked about the Deontay Wilder fight, when he was throwing 20-30 feints every round, he was bouncing on his toes, he was putting combinations together, he was moving a lot.
"Now he's slowing down, he's throwing less feints, he's killing the clock and he's been dropped four times in his last 70 rounds.
"When you look at statistics and facts they do not lie and I think Tyson Fury is on the slide."
