The powerful American heavyweight Jermaine Franklin (21-1, 14 KOs) is gradually shaking his belly in the hall and slowly threatening his opponent in the fight in early April – the British ex-world champion Anthony Joshua (24-3, 22 KOs) in the spirit of Deontay Wilder. If you remember, the last couple of times in his career, not from a great mind, promised either death or injury to his rivals.
The Joshua-Franklin fight is scheduled to take place on O2 Arena in London (England).
“I’m ready for a fumes and fumes,” assured the Michigan uncle in
Twitter before yesterday’s announcement that he had been chosen as an opponent on AJ’s team. – I don’t play boxing. It’s time for 989 Assassin to set their sights on finishing off the 22nd victim on April 1st.”
For Joshua, this will be the first fight after two consecutive defeats to the Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk (20-0, 13 KOs). First, AJ lost to the Ukrainian in the fall of 2021, losing the IBF, WBO and WBA titles, then he tried to take revenge at the end of last summer, but still lost by decision.
As for the American, he controversially lost his last fight to Dillian Whyte at the end of the fall of 2022.
Today, Haye shared his expectations for Franklin vs. Joshua. He believes that the third consecutive defeat of Joshua will not be an end to his career.