Carl Froch believes moon landing was faked as ex-boxer explains conspiracy theory

Boxing legend and former super-middleweight world champion Carl Froch believes the moan landing was a hoax.

The 47-year-old – who went 33-2 as a professional boxer – retired from the sport in 2014 after defeating British rival George Groves for a second time at Wembley. Since then, Froch has tried his hand at punditry as well as becoming a real hit on his official YouTube channel – which has amassed over 130,000 subscribers.

His recent comments aren’t surprising at all, though. Froch is a firm believer in the conspiracy theory which asserts that the planet is flat. “There’s no proof of the Earth’s curvature and this fake space agency Nasa use CGI images and every one is different,” he said on the Pound for Podcast podcast in 2022. “I’m looking at them thinking, ‘Hang on a minute, they’re like cartoons’.

“When someone like Richard Branson goes up there and starts doing chartered flights… and you can look back on Earth and see the Earth’s curvature, I’ll believe the Earth is a globe.”

In a recent interview with Action Network, when asked whether he believes Neil Armstrong actually landed on the moon, Froch said: “It’s very interesting that we haven’t been to the moon since and we can’t get there. Neil Armstrong was asked by somebody to place his hand on the Holy Bible and Neil Armstrong is a deeply religious man. He was asked to place his hand on the Bible and to swear on the Holy Bible that he went and stepped foot on the moon.

“He wouldn’t do it, and the guy said I will give you $5,000 in cash to a charity of your choice to place your hand on the Bible and tell us that you walked on the moon, and he wouldn’t do it. Now, for $5,000 to your charity… you would just do it. He’s religious, place your hand on the Bible, swear to God, and say you’ve been to the moon. Neil Armstrong wouldn’t do it and you can find the video online.

“That’s one thing, not to mention the fact we haven’t been since. The equipment they used to get up there was as powerful as a Zedec Spectrum to get up there, which probably wasn’t that powerful. It was a computer when I was a kid. We can’t get there now, and I think everything we’ve been told about the moon landing (is made up). Buzz Aldrin told a little girl that we’ve not been to the moon, and she said, ‘if we have been to the moon, why haven’t we been back?’ Buzz then said, ‘that’s not a question for a little girl (to ask). We didn’t go there because we can’t get there’.”

He added: “Then people said Buzz was losing the plot but maybe he was losing the plot because he couldn’t live with a f****** lie. When you look at all of the evidence, all the footage, and the fact that they lost all of the telemetric data that tells you that they went to the moon then I would say that we did not go to the moon. Man did not walk on the moon, that was a big f****** lie. NASA are funded by $63m per day and they tell us a lot of stories and a lot of things about black holes and distant galaxies.”

Recently, Froch has made a bit of a habit of calling out YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul. Following the latter’s recent win over Mike Tyson, the British boxing legend wrote on social media: “I will tie one arm behind my back and finish you for good.” In a short video – which he insisted wasn’t a call-out – he predicted a “one round demolition job” were Paul to take him on in the ring. However, the American made it clear he disagreed.

“F***ing sour loser [sic],” Paul wrote in response to the Nottingham native. “Shut the f***up. I’ve done more in 4 years than you have in your life. First and last time I respond to your broke salty ass,” he added. “Let me know if you want to wash my cars.”