Joshua eager to reclaim world titles

By Daily Sports Nigeria on February 4, 2023

Anthony Joshua’s promoter, Eddie Hearn has insisted that the British-Nigerian is desperate to reclaim the world titles and become a three-time heavyweight champion as he returns to the ring in April against Jermaine Franklin.

Joshua will look to resurrect his career against the American at London’s O2 Arena in what will be his first outing since consecutive losses to Oleksandr Usyk.

Defeat to Franklin would likely remove the Watford warrior from the world title picture, but promoter Hearn is confident the former two-time unified heavyweight champ will return to winning ways in style.

“It’s a really tough fight with loads of pressure to come back because if AJ doesn’t win this fight, then we’ve got a major problem. I believe you’ll see a statement from a guy who is very dangerous, very motivated to become a three-time heavyweight world champion,” Hearn told BBC.

Heavy-handed Franklin has been dismissed as an easy opponent for Joshua, despite going the distance with recent WBC title challenger Dillian White last November.

Hearn said, “There’s so much contradiction, ‘Anthony Joshua is finished, mentally he’s shot. ‘But he’ll knock out Jermaine Franklin inside three rounds.’

“The same people that say Jermaine Franklin beat Dillian Whyte but he’s a terrible opponent for Anthony Joshua, in a comeback fight after two defeats to the pound-for-pound number one.”

Source Punch Ng

Posted February 4, 2023


 

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