Carl Froch has fired back at Conor McGregor after being threatened by the UFC superstar on social media.
McGregor hit out at the former world champion boxer in a bizarre rant during the Anthony Joshua vs Oleksandr Usyk broadcast.
The Irishman, who is not known to have rowed with Froch before, tweeted: "That Froch tick, little scrawny pencil neck... I’ll grab his head and twist it clean off at a oner with my bare hands. Little wally of a thing. I’ll slap you around you little toffee nose tosspot."
Froch replied by quoting McGregor's tweet, writing: "Who is this mouthy little pr*** talking to? I will drag you outside with that wispy beard & show you how the big boys do it!!"
Froch was part of Sky Sports team in their London studio along with world champion Lawrence Okolie, heavyweight Frazer Clarke and host Anna Woolhouse. He was discussing Callum Smith's knockout win on the undercard in Jeddah when McGregor took to social media.
Froch gave an interview last month in which he claimed McGregor, a former two-weight UFC champion, lacked power.
"McGregor can't punch, he couldn't knock the skin off a rice pudding," Froch said. "I was there when he fought Floyd Mayweather - Conor McGregor is a big name because he's got the mouth and he's got the charisma.
"I'm just sort of getting into mixed martial arts now, my knowledge isn't [great]. I watch a fight and I won't know who I'm watching but I have to watch it back again. It gets brutal in there at times and I've got a lot of respect for these fighters.
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"We wear gloves in boxing, 10oz gloves and they wear little hand mitts. Alright, they're not massive punchers, some of them can punch, don't get me wrong, but they kick you in the face. They knee you in the head and do these spinning kicks.
"Then they get you on the floor, get you down there and f*** you up. They mess you up, they get you in some headlock and your arm. I admire these guys and I respect them."
McGregor remains out of action having broken his leg in his trilogy fight with Dustin Poirier last summer. He was expected to return to the cage but now appears unlikely to fight before the turn of the year.
