29-year-old American heavyweight Jermaine Franklin (21-1, 14 KOs) understands that he will not be able to count on the favor of the judges in the upcoming fight against Briton Anthony Joshua (24-3, 22 KOs), which is scheduled for April 1 in London (England) , and therefore is going to either knock out the favorite, or defeat him so that even the “charged” referees could not do their “dirty deed”.
Jermain knows what he is talking about: he also fought in the UK in the previous fight and believes that he was frankly condemned in the fight with the local Dillian Whyte.
“I will try to knock out Joshua,” Franklin does not hide, “because I know that I may not be able to count on an honest attitude towards myself. That’s our mentality – to kill. I don’t want to pour feces on anyone, but we have been through this before.”
“Honestly, it’s because I won the previous fight (against White) on points,” explains the American. — The compubox stats show that I beat him in almost every round and won by four rounds, but the judges still gave him the victory. In general, that’s why I feel that I have to either knock out (Joshua) or dominate, dominate hard throughout the fight.”
Just now, Eddie Hearn told how Joshua is threatened with defeat by Franklin.
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